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Not for babies, it won’t
It could to some degree through parents, but most probably not, indeed.
I do think that you're right here. Parents could give a placebo to a child without realizing that it is a placebo, calm down, causing the child to calm down. Children are like dogs and stare directly at the faces of the adults around them to know how they should react to a situation. A calm parent can make a calm child.
Actually, it does. A friend of mine uses homeopathic anal suppositories for his almost 1 y/o and it almost always calms her down.
Guess having stuff shoved up your butt doesn't need natural language to be understood lol.
Probably more like “I better shut up, or mom will shove more stuff up my butt.”
You forgot the most important rule of humanity: everything is normal to a child. That child thinks that all kids get pills shoved up their asses every night and doesn't think anything of it.
That's child abuse. But it's also an example of how strong beliefs in homeopathy can arise. With fluctuating conditions, people often seek a solution when symptoms (or the child's cries) are at their worst. When they get better soon after, it creates an illusion of effectiveness.
A similar illusion is at work with the MMR vaccine. Autism becomes diagnosable at around the same age as the first shot is given, creating a powerful impression that the two events are connected.
It's why we have randomised controlled trials. With no control arm for comparison, your friend has concluded that abusing their child is somehow useful.
I myself am note sure whether they are any useful or effective, to each of their own. It's not like I can talk him out of it. I wouldn't spend a dime on any homeopathic at all.