Skeptic Goes To A Homeopathy Doctor (With VIDEO!) 

Respect ur courrage and passion towards Science 🔥💪🙏

My parents would have dragged me out of the clinic..and perhaps disown me 😁😂. Good work Pranav. Society needs more science warriors like you.

You should have started with "Why didn't I fall asleep after taking homeopathic sleeping pills?" 😂

Bro me and my sister are mbbs doctors and yet my mother takes homeopathy " medicine" 😂😂😭😭😭 love her tho 😭

That's very courageous. I can imagine the pressure you were under. It's not at all easy to debate someone with a strongly opposite view, especially when it's a pseudoscientific belief. And when it's filled with ad hominem and strawman arguments. Consider covering cognitive biases and logical fallacies some day. Might be good to equip viewers of your channel who might go through similar experiences..

This is a long story and I hope it's helpful. Last year during March 2020, just when the lockdown started, I returned back to my hometown from Bangalore. I was working in an IT company. Few days after I came, I had some slight chest pains. I thought it would go off as days go by. Then one day, I heard a news that one of my relative had a heart attack. I started panicking. So I told my parents and they all started panicking. At that time there were not much hospitals open. We went to a multi specialty hospital they took an ECG and said I was fine. They gave me some sleeping tablets and told me to take rest and this could be because of stress. I did that but the small chest pain remained. Then one day, my mom visited her long time family friend/homeopathy doctor. She asked about my symptoms and specifically asked if I had pain when I breathe in and out. And yes, the pain was caused by my lungs. She told my mom to get some test and chest x ray and meet her soon. Next day we took the tests and met her. She saw the x ray and asked me multiple questions. And finally said I had chronic bronchitis. I was very surprised because I don't smoke. Then I asked her like why are you telling it's chronic and not acute. During this time , my mom mentioned I had some wheezing problem when I was 1 year old. She pointed that out and said I have been having this since a kid and it's becoming more problematic now. I trusted her because she was someone who we knew for a long time. She gave some medicines and told me I had to take it for a year and it can be fixed. After taking the medication for a week the pain went off. So I started trusting her more. At the same time, I wanted to check with other doctors but no one were available due to lockdown. Then I got busy with my college applications and continued to take my medicine. Then I started researching about everything and understood I never had any symptoms for chronic bronchitis except for the slight chest pain. It didn't make sense at all for me. But I thought the symptoms will kick in anytime soon and I could fix it by taking medication properly. Then I had to leave India to pursue my higher studies. Once I reached here I started researching more about homeopathy and started wondering why I am not getting any symptoms. Met a doctor here, took some tests and he confirmed I never had chronic bronchitis. From this I concluded that I probably had some small problem. The homeopathy doctor used that and make it look like I had a chronic disease so that I would be getting medicines for more than a year and they get very good income. And when it ends, they would say they cured a disease that I never had. Then I would believe them and end up taking homeopathy for life. But I didn't end up there thanks to science. Bottom line is do not fall for homeopathy. It's a scam.

I have severe cough and cold and dust allergy since childhood. Whenever I would catch a cold and literally cough my soul out I would be taken to an Allopathic Doctor. He would prescribe Cough syrups and it would take 1.5months or 2months to get better. And then I started Homeopathy. Our conversation would be for 2mins only. He would ask the issue and give me the name of the homeopathy med. In a matter of 5-6days I would stop coughing. I've been taking homeopathy meds for 10yrs and I works well for me. Also I am prone to cystic acne. The same doctor suggested a liquid to apply on my face and within 1month those huge dark spots, pimple marks was gone. Yes, sometimes it really takes time to show its effect but it really works for me.

2:39 - He's wrong. Doctors have a legal responsibility towards the patients.

Unfortunately, we have an Ayush Ministry in this country. We are far far away from getting “educated”.

Hey man, awesome video. One thing that really intrigued me was your point about how people tend to be over aggressive start using insults when they know they are losing an argument. To be honest, I find myself guilty of doing this all the time. Any advice or maybe so videos you know that I can watch that will teach me to admit defeat in an argument with dignity.

I visited 3 homeopaths and asked them to give a written prescription ...With his diagnosis .... Everyone refused .

Aaha malayali arunno. Fellow malayali with a father who is a homeopathic doctor. I'm a modern med doctor myself. So this is a common scene at my home.

I really don't believe homeopathy but my 10mm stone, Acidity and Coryza and itching disappeared with that sugary pills.

Aw man, your parents are siding with the quack, it's the same thing with my parents as well. Whenever I question their views on anything(religion, homeopathy, fake gurus), I get hit with the " You are not normal " line, and everyone around me believes it and I should too. Seriously there is no way to have a discussion with my parents about the above topics without personal attacks:(.

And first of all... Homeopathy was invented by a MBBS doctor itself... And if Homeopathy was mare a Placebo than why so many mbbs doctors are turning to Homeopathy... ???

You have balls of steel! This is courage to speak truth to power even with your parents! Wow

The Amazing James Randi's video on homeopathy is one of best ones I have seen.

Dude yours is probably the best Indian debunking channel out there. Way to go 💪✨

We are with you. You are underrated but please remember that it is the true science which is underrated. We hope you don't get frustrated, if you do, remember that we are all with you

Same happens to me everytime I ask a question on something, specifically with God. That simply ends in insults and irrational arguments and insists from parents to not questions.

Every other day i see atleast one patient , who was on Homeopathic treatment for Multiple diseases for years now came to our hospital after there was hardly any life saving treatment we could've done

Take the 'psychic' in a good sense Pranav, you know, like someone not governed by laws of nature!! This was a good one. :) Brave attempt with parents!

the doc way is far up his own filth and it seems he's also justifying himself as to why he opted homeo over regular M.B.B.S

I felt that part where parents supports the opposite side . I would have liked to hear more about what happened after you got home. My family also have a hard time dealing with me and discussions are very hard when they ignore many valid points from my side . Mostly they interfere and scold me because my ways are not like what our "normal" society does/believe . At the end I still know it's because they care about me and my better good (even though they assume that I am mad/psychotic for doing things my own way).

Homeopathy worked for my problems regarding menstruation. While it took 4months to get there, it made sure it never happened again. If something doesn't work for you, doesn't mean its not for everyone else either. There are good and bad people in all streams, and it's the same with pseudoscience. I never got the impression that pseudoscience is equal to science or is competing with science. However if something works for someone, they should choose it instead of becoming a sheep to the other herd in an attempt to disapprove of it. Always choose your path. There are too many cases of allopathy doctors being corrupt too and giving the wrong diagnoses, you just have to choose a good one. Idk I just find your audience extremely one-sided. Nobody should be able to dictate what someone prefers.

Nice video, I really request you to make a video about ISKCON, I attended one of their online seminars just because I was curious and I was surprised to see that they literally claim Big Bang and Evolution are untrue, I really want people to know the reality of such a big organisation. edit- Also the video was very funny xD

I have asthma and it’s hereditary. When I was 8 it almost went out of hand. I was not like the other healthy kids in my school. I was allergic to dust and worse than that I began to develop wheezing whenever the weather gets cold. Apart from that my immunity was so low that my IgA levels were just 1/10th of the normal standard. So my parents decided to treat my asthma in homeopathy. It went on for almost 2 years till I was 10 and I would say that it helped a lot in suppressing my asthma. Didn’t help me with my immunity tho but I felt a lot better. But over the years my immunity developed and after 12 years I can say that I’m as healthy as the guys of my age. I’m not quite sure whether my asthma has completely cured or not but I’m damn sure it doesn’t bother me to the slightest. My mom has a combination of piles and fistula which she developed 4 years ago and it got worse week by week. She couldn’t take even a bite of any food which is spicy which if she did would cause tremendous pain. So she decided to treat it in homeopathy. Now she has almost completely recovered from this condition. Her fistula wounds have healed manifold and she has begun to consume mildly spicy food items without any problem though she’s kinda hesitant to return to her normal eating routine before this condition. She’s still on medications tho which is completely homeopathy based. So I personally believe in homeopathy regardless of all these claims cuz it worked for our family. I also respect the reason for y’all people not believe in stuff which ain’t science-backed. I believe that when it comes to alternate treatments like homeopathy you’ve gotta find be careful in finding the right and legit doctor.

Damm i didn't taught..you would go that far... You are true towards your motive... Good work man,i like your every work...

Hi Pranav, watching your content for more than a year. Just now i happened to see this video, I could see the importance of why everyone should learn how to communicate effectively, I always believe that serious topics are not always needs to be discussed seriously. The doc couldn't get his point accross without personally attaching you. The level of maturity and patience you got when even you dad was against you at that instance was commandable. Learning and growing along with you. Cheers!

When you can't make a point. Employ personal attack

Dude much love from over here in the US! You do such a good job of methodically and calmly breaking down and exposing pseudoscience. You absolutely have a bright future as a science communicator.

I really dont know what to say man but the way you stood up to him without being rash or rude, I respect you man. Not only you stood up for science, but you did it in a humble manner. SALUTE @Science Is Dope

So I told a friend about this video and he says 'How will the homeopathic medicine work if he takes it all at once? It will work slowly, only if he takes the recommended dosage on a daily basis.' I am still scratching my head. Some people just won't learn.

Bro nice to know ur a fellow malayalee

I can completely relate to this. Hats off to your efforts Pranav!

Salute your bravery given that these quacks can easily get agitated and resort to violence when challenged. We don't have the video with the start of the conversation so it would be interesting to know when the "Dr" made the switch from addressing you "you" with the more informal, sometimes rude form of the second person.

3:08 when the world says your mad, your on the right path 🌝 I am new sub. I thought your just like every other guy on the internet who's arguments are limited to his studio. By making this in-person argument you have earned more of my respect ❤️

Same happened to me when I fought (good argument)with my uncle,who is a homeopath but I didn't have extraordinary evidence to totally claim what I mean. I asked him about the mechanism of the medicine ,but he gave some explanation like quantum level healing and some research has been done by iit Bombay that it is related to nanotechnology

Exactly this is how these discussions go....when they can't hold on to anything else, they abuse you and label you with insensitive terms as "psychic", "mad"....

Homeopathy cured my Mom's Sciatica!! Had tried Allopathy but of no use !! So it's real.

I had to take homeopathy treatment for crohns disease forcefully because I was 19 and that quack and my parents forced me to do it because they belived that I m stupid Helpless

Damn! That's great man Hats off to you! I had gone through the same pressure with my relative, who is basically a astrologer, It was going smooth for a long time, until we met on a eclipse day, Where he went on propagating about the common myths about eclipse, I wasn't even able to tolerate it for a minute, Without any hesitant I genuinely objected him with all the evidences and without even accepting he was wrong, he swiftly changed the topic to astrology and damn that's where the argument got heated up, I wasn't genuine this time and bashed him with evidences and with some savage statements too.. And finally he finished the argument by saying, what I leant in the school was totally wrong and later as usual he said that I'm not in a right age to understand this and I need to grow up and the things is that I was completely covered by a group of people like some 5 to 6 who were literally against me, The stress I was undergoing that time was unimaginable!

3:16 ok bro ask that doctor to the first ever human trial on every substance even unresearched ones that might be very dangerous since he thinks only a psychotic person would ask for evidence before getting a treatment

Wow that was one of the best videos I have seen recently. Good job brother!! Typical response, expected from most parents as well...kollaam!!

മലയാളി ആണല്ലേ. 🔥🔥🔥.

bro go and check new research on homeopathic , nano science , what potentisation and reactivity increased by charging something that is done in homeopathy , nano particles have more surface area volume ratio , you researched well but check new researches

Found your channel yesterday. Since then I have watched 4 to 5 videos and loved it. As a person with sensory issues I am not able to watch more than 1 sometimes half of the video at a time😟😟. Would be great if you can remove the music.

I think this content is just gold. Thank you for educating me. lots of love! ❤️

Damn. I'm gonna try this. Wish me luck.

I don't want to argue on science or anything. Why should I have an issue if I get relief for my problem. My son had serious breathing / asthma issues. We went to multiple allopathic (proven science) doctors and hospitals. Finally they told it's not good to give so much medications to the small kid. The medicines and continuous nebulization were having adverse effect on his health also. Then we went to a homeopath based on advice from a friend. We did not have much belief in it, but there was no harm in trying out as we had tried every other option. Surprisingly his problems started reducing and we could see a drastic improvement in his health. He did not miss school much after that as well. He used to get minor colds, but with the medicines it never aggravated. So to conclude. I don't want to know if it was science or magic or they gave nectar or poison. My problem is solved and I got the result. What more do I need.

Haha he exposed himself.

honestly as someone who's had a lot of doctors disregard my concerns the part where he said you shouldn't be concerned about what the physiological effects of a treatment are was genuinely shocking. like... you should actually. when your doctor prescribes you a new treatment you should ask questions about what it does and what side effects you're likely to experience and what severe side effects you should be on the lookout for. "what is this treatment going to do to me" should actually be your number one concern. i don't really think you should NEED to trust doctors personally. i think they should be able to alleviate your concerns by providing you with evidence. and like "what if i refuse to tell you the result beforehand?" dude. then why would anyone take your treatment? do you tell your clients anything at all or do you just hand them a concoction and send them on their way?

U should have told him 30c dilution is just water..

Doctor doesnt know the difference of psychic and psychotic 🤣🤣🤣how is he treating people

Your content is dope People need this kind of content. ur doing a great job

But...but....you did not attack a doctor, just a charlatan who might be well-intentioned.

Coming from the south(tvm),hearing you both argue in that thrissur accent was really entertaining😂😂 anways great work

Can you make a video about why jealousy and hatred is rising in Indian society at exponential levels? Btw, this video is so good and well researched. RESPECT!

Offer the " doctor "a homeopathic healing punch

You are literally a one-man army against the widespread pseudoscience and blatant lack of logical reasoning and critical thinking this country is plagued with lately.... thankyou!!!

i highly relate to this. Thank you so much for wording out my frustration backed up with so much research. Great job pranav

Only crazy people change the world .. Bro keep doing your good work 👍

Make a video on electro homeopathy. It is now growing so much in rural area. Without even knowing physiology they became dr and treating people .

@science Is dope 😂 Pranav, your parents agreeing to the homeopath reminds me about how we all deal with our parents as well 😂

YOU ARE WONDERUL BRO. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING. ALL BIG SUPPORT AND HUG FOR YOU ☺️

Ehh chettan malayali airunno 😁

I will share this video, but can you ensure me 'modern medicine's security when my homeopathic family is gonna beat me up?

What a motivation to proove science is dope 🙂🙂🙂❤

Man you are a legend i can understand malayalam And this was BOLD

Why didn't you show the video you recorded from the start, the video starts with the point where the doctor is already agitated. Just being a skeptic :)

Sir can you make vedio about psychology and is psychology a part science or not

Homeopathy has been criticized a lot, but the most prevalent criticism comes from people who do not have the slightest idea of what it is; and their judgment is based on naivety. The new evidence-based approach to homeopathy, thanks to the discovery of the memory of water by Dr. Gerald H. Pollack of the University of Washington in Seattle, finally homeopaths can explain with evidence the mechanism of action of their drugs and why they use infinitesimal doses.

I understand your frustration. I’m an allopath myself but isn’t it unethical to record a conversation with the so called “doctor” without his permission? There are certain rules to be followed in a hospital/ clinic which includes no photography or videography inside the room.

Why do you think scientists ( like the government) don't have agendas? Are you certain that researcher bias won't affect the results of scientific studies?

Bro support from tamilnadu

Even I mbbs docs react the same way when we as them about the evidence

Lol his dad was like : Yeah yeah, I know he is psychic

Dude, You're the best👍💯. Respect your work.

Isn't the placebo effect scientific

I am taking my Dad who is a kidney patient to an Ayurvedic centre because he was told that it will miraculously revive his kidneys and he will not need frequent dialysis. My dad is an extremely rational person, but he think I am misinformed, and that the Indian Govt wouldn’t have a full ministry for alternative medicines if it weren’t legit. I am going along with it, because he is really hopeful and curious, and I am hopeful that if they are using some herbs and stuff it’s probably harmless. It is highly unethical to give people false hopes!

For your every answer that college will give you answer of each and every question

you and professor Dave are the best

Please debunk Dr BM Hegde 🙏🙏🙏

Dear friend ,, u plz sit with a good homoeopath for a month....nd see the results.....u might amazed to see the many non-treatable cases getting better..... If you think all those result are becoz of belief,, can you do the same ???

I didn't know this nonsense had made it as far as India. It is a European invention and one which an alarming number of people believe in. It's water! The local skeptics group I go to in the UK once did a stunt where they took an overdose of homeopathic medicine. They were fine. That homeopath you met seemed to get aggressively defensive quite quickly. You were asking reasonable questions. I always wonder with such people whether they really believe in what they're selling or are just con artists. Same result either way.

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

Oh boy! Why do I feel like mallu parents are all the same? 🥺 #SameSituationAtHome

Pranav, I totally appreciate your courage. It takes a lot of guts to stand up for your views especially when everyone in the room don't agree with you. It also takes so much courage to start a youtube channel against pseudoscience. It is not easy to stand up to your parents /society views. I have total digust for this doctor, because of the disrespectful manner he spoke. Clearly there is no proof for many of homeopathy principles because if there was , he would shown you actual scientific research.

Good work bro.. ❤❤❤❤

OshO on Homeopathy: Homeopathy goes still a little deeper. It works on the manomayakos, the mental body. The founder of homeopathy, Hahnemann, discovered one of the greatest things ever discovered, and that was: the smaller the quantity of the medicine, the deeper it goes. He called the method of making homeopathic medicine 'potentizing'. They go on reducing the quantity of the medicine. He would work in this way: he would take a certain amount of medicine and would mix it with ten times the amount of milk sugar or with water. One quantity of medicine, nine quantities of water; he would mix them. Then he would again take one quantity of this new solution, and would again mix it with nine times more water, or milk sugar. In this way he would go on: again from the new solution he would take one quantity and would mix it with nine times more water. This he would do, and the potency would increase. By and by, the medicine reaches to the atomic level. It becomes so subtle that you cannot believe that it can work; it has almost disappeared. That is what is written on homeopathic medicines, the potency: ten potency, twenty potency, one hundred potency, one thousand potency. The bigger the potency, the smaller is the amount. With ten thousand potency, a millionth of the original medicine has remained, almost none. It has almost disappeared, but then it enters the most deep core of manomaya. It enters into your mind body. It goes deeper than acupuncture. It is almost as if you have reached the atomic, or even the sub-atomic level. Then it does not touch your body. Then it does not touch your vital body; it simply enters. It is so subtle and so small that it comes across no barriers. It can simply slip into the manomayakos, into the mental body, and from there it starts working. You have found an even bigger authority than the pranamaya. - OshO Excerpted from: Yoga The Alpha and the Omega (Volume: 10) Chapter - 07 The witness is self-illuminating www.oshoworld.com

I get an ad on Laws of attraction before the video. LOL

Love from Kerala ❤️❤️ malayali ❤️❤️

Pranav i seriously dint know you were from kerala Damn your english sounss pretty good tooo Nice to see people in kerala getting educated

You really did break the guy…😂

I'm an allopathic doctor and what I "believe" like these people like to say is, any medicine or drug should work irrespective of our belief system. It must be objective in its action. I say it is a morally wrong medicine system if it acts differently on different people just because they don't believe in your medicine. I have an unconscious patient in the casualty and the treatment I provide will or should work on the patient irrespective of the patient's nationality, religion, caste and ethnicity. Yes, even modern medicine's drugs' actions depend on the individual patient's liver and kidney functions, but we have certain predictable results that we proved through rigorous double-blinding trials. Are people gonna take an experimental drug that is not proven to work efficiently? That's how I feel when people opt for homoeopathic medicine. People ask so many questions to doctors if they should take their anti-diabetic medicine lifelong and their adverse effects, but will sit in a homeo clinic for 4 or 5 hours and eat those sugar pills for their whole lives! I'm not against a particular system, but provide me enough evidence to back your claims. Afterall, my medicine is called "Evidence Based Medicine". Literally.

Why do you go there with your parents??

I told my mother about homeopathy. As she had hand pain she was given homeo medicine. But after watching your videos i told my mother about this and she was convinced. then she tried the ayurvedic medicines and there is a relief in her pain now.

From homeopathic he became a psychiatrist and made you psychotic..what a transition 😝

Honestly, i think what you have is not a 'belief'. With beliefs, people tend to have a confirmation bias. You have a scientific temper. I am sure if there is a scientifically conducted research on homeopathy that proves it to be effective, you would start adopting it.

I took homeopathic treatment totally troubled with some gastric issues. The doctor charged me 1600 for 24 days course and gave some solutions. Had it, and there was immense relief which lasted for 2 months.. visited again and he prescribed 6 months course.. unfortunately in my 3rd month, things began reversing to the initial state.. 6 months passed and I realized there was no use.. the initial 2 months were probably placebo because of the hope that my friend gave me while visiting that doctor. All I feel now is that there has to be some kind of study or experimentation enough to prove how those meds work, which not only makes them effective but safe also. Homo meds do seem little spooky since they don't tell you what are its constituents.