article_snippet.sent: Professor Lewith isn't the only orthodox doctor who recommends complementary therapies to Professor Lewith patients...
article_snippet.sent: Dr Mike Dixon, a GP in Cullompton, Devon, and chairman of the College of Medicine, says Dr Mike Dixon, a GP in Cullompton, Devon, and chairman of the College of Medicine is a 'fan' of herbal medicines because herbal medicines are 'safe, help to encourage self-care by patients and, in cases such as mint and aloe vera, can be grown by patients, making patients virtually free'. '
article_snippet.sent: Dr Mike Dixon says Dr Mike Dixon is a 'fan' of herbal medicines because they are 'safe' (posed by model)
article_snippet.sent: The number of GPs in Britain who practise homeopathy . '
article_snippet.sent: Most conventional doctors are highly sceptical of homeopathy, questioning the idea that minute amounts of a substance that triggers symptoms can also be used to treat those symptoms.
article_snippet.sent: Not so Dr Tim Robinson, a GP in Beaminster, Dorset, who has been a GP for 25 years and a homeopath for 20. '
article_snippet.sent: The idea behind homeopathy is that dilute forms of substances that cause the symptoms of a condition can also help to treat a condition. '
article_snippet.sent: In a study of 20,000 people by Bristol Homeopathic Hospital, 70 per cent of 20,000 people by Bristol Homeopathic Hospital said 20,000 people by Bristol Homeopathic Hospital felt a positive benefit.'