Imuran and homeopathic medicine?

Hoping for some advice! I am the mother of a 9 year old boy with Crohn's diagnosed 1 year ago. Since he was diagnosed he's been on Imuran hoping that this could give remission. Meanwhile we have tried with diet (no sugar, no red meats, not milk, no processed food, no additives, no wheat but spelt instead), since we are not comfortable to leave it all to medication and just symptom treatment. Now, after one year on Imuran and the diet, he is doing fine - no stomach pains and no diarrea, but blood and stool tests show elevated inflammation markers and recent colonscopy confirms acute and chronic inflammation in the small intestine. On top of all he's growth is now slowing down. Since Imuran obviously isn't going to do the job, his doctors therefore want to put him on Remicade/Infliximab. We have requested some time to consider this, since we've been and still are reluctant to medication hoping that more natural approaches can help him instead. 

Now, under time pressure, we are desperately looking for alternatives that can get him into remission. One is to quit all gluten in his diet (we started 2 days ago - I my self is gluten intolerant, not celiac - and our son has been tested not celiac). The other is that we today went to see a man who is in to homeopathy. He did an iris analysis of our boy and told us to give him an immune strengthening product (Immunfactor TAGMH). We were done in 15 minutes   so now we sit here with a preparation which we are very uncertain about whether to give to him or not. Basically, he's on Imuran to suppress his immune system and now while still on Imuran we are supposed to give him something to strengthen his immune system!!!! Does anybody know if this makes sense, or anyone have tried similar homeopathic treatment while still being on Imuran?

I used to be on Remicaide until I developed antibodies to it and my started to get sick and my dr didn't really believe me. I know the only think that kept me from a from a full blown flare and out of the hospital was my homeopathic natural remedies (disclaimer: I know this is a sensitive subject for the non-believers, and the moderators don't always like people talking about it so let me be clear - I am on a dr's RX and complement it with natural remedies. I am not claiming one is better than the other since I am not 100% homeopathic and can't prove that it works, and even if it worked for me, everyone is different and has different responses. Don't SOPA me! :) )

It is not an easy lifestyle to follow, especially if you aren't surrounded by others who live the same lifestyle (ex. it would be a breeze in So. Cal, not so much on the East Coast.)

Here are 3 links to 3 blogs where you can find recipes, food for health, herbal remedies, natural ways to manage symptoms, etc. That being said, I am also on Humira now. I wish I wasn't, but hey, even if it gives me cancer someday (a possible side effect) at least I'll have had a relatively painless run for a while now. :)

http://www.megansmind-holisticwellness.blogspot.com/2011/10/natural-remedies-for-perianal-crohns.html

(She has Crohn's - she was the first person I talked to when my jerk dr told me that i "had the flu - stop complaining, everyone has it - it's like the plague this year. No, your UC isn't the problem (later diagnosed w Crohn's Colitis). You lost 30 lbs, you have the FLU! Those sores in the back of your throat? Must be herpes. Your skin eruptions? Have you been in the woods lately? (This was December)." I was at the absolute end of my rope and some of her suggestions helped me manage my symptoms.

http://gingeristhenewpink.blogspot.com/ (She has Crohn's too)

http://www.thekindlife.com/forum/thread/chrons-ibs# (Alicia Silverstone's website - her book is awesome)

Please feel free to privately message me - one of these days I am going to make a list of the things I do to keep myself healthy. If even one works for someone here it's worth it. :)

Thank you so much all of you for your warm welcome, suggestions and support. It's so great to have something to share this with. We will definitely consider some of your suggestions and check the websites you recommend.

Putting him on an elimination diet has not been easy - and we don't know if we have eliminated all that can keep up his inflammation (a maybe we have eliminated too much)! However, there is no doubt that he gets to pay if he gets too much sugar and fat, but I guess that goes for everybody with this disease. Besides the extra work and cost, which I don't mind as long as it can help him, it has and is still hard for him. All the situations where he is offered something that he must refuse, he is well aware that he is missing out on a lot of the yummy stuff that he used to eat and sometimes it bothers him a lot and it is such a hard time for him, but still he understands (though just 9 years old) that what he eats affects his health. So I guess the hardest part for him is feelling different from his friends and sometimes he gets so frustrated because why did it have to be him to have this awful disease. But we try to keep up his good mood by making diet compliant versions of his favourite meals and have made Friday the day that he can enjoy some sweets and cake/ice-cream in controlled amounts of course and as "clean" products as possible. 

Anyway, we have decided not to use the homeopathic product, since we don't feel confident in the homeopath or what ever he is, the person we consulted. The product could perhaps help him, but as you mention, Vixen, it seems strange to take two things that contradict each other! We are simply concerned about how it could affect him now that he is taking an immunesuppressant. We are willing to try a lot, but we don't want to gamble!

We are already giving him fish oil supplements, probiotics, multi vitamin pills, d-vitamin (to keep up his good level during wintertime here in cold, dark Denmark) and iron and zinc (ordered by doctor because of deficiency). I have never heard about Serrapeptase, but I will definitely look into it. Do you know of people with Crohn's that have had benefit from this?

Now, we have decided to contact a local Chinese clinic (acupunture) for a last try to reduce inflammation, since we have heard that it has helped others. We still have one month before we have to take the big decision of putting him on Remicade. We will try this path, because we are looking for a holistic treatment, something that looks at the overall picture - what he eats, how he lives, what he is exposed to etc. I know that we are naive, but we are still looking for the thing that can turn off his inflammation. Something must have triggered it!!! He must have some kind of unbalance. It could be a mission impossible, but we have to give it a try!

Have any of you tried acupuncture/Traditional Chinese Medicine?