IN PHYSICS
Homeopathic Preparations of Quartz, Sulfur and Copper Sulfate Assessed by UV-Spectroscopy.
Wolf U, Wolf M, Heusser P, Thurneysen A, Baumgartner S.Institute of Complementary Medicine KIKOM, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
The UV transmission for homeopathic preparations of CuSO(4) preparations was significantly lower than in controls.
Lower transmission of UV light may indicate that homeopathic preparations are less structured or more dynamic than their succussed pure solvent.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19474239?ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Thermodynamics of extremely diluted aqueous solutions.
Elia V, Niccoli M.Department of Chemistry, University Federico II of Naples, Italy. Elia@chemna.dichi.unina.it
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 1999
The authors show through physical experiments homeopathic preparations can permanently alter the properties of water.
PubMed:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10415834Abstract:
http://nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/articles/view,81
Physical studies of homeopathic preparations
Electrical impedance and HV plasma images of high dilutions of sodium chloride.
Assumpção R. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18657771?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmedNEWS ITEM: THE QUEEN’s HOMEOPATH & THERMOLUMINESCENCE
http://www.6minutes.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=220977The role of water in the thermodynamics of dilute aqueous solutions.
Alberty RA.Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. alberty@mit.edu
Water plays a role in the thermodynamics of dilute aqueous solutions that is unusual in two ways.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12646365?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedreviews&logdbfrom=pubmed
The 'Memory of Water': an almost deciphered enigma. Dissipative structures in extremely dilute aqueous solutions.
Elia V, Napoli E, Germano R.Dipto. di Chimica, Università Federico II di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
The authors demonstrate that water prepared by the procedures of homeopathic medicine is physicochemicaly different from the initial water.
Gas discharge visualization evaluation of ultramolecular doses of homeopathic medicines under blinded, controlled conditions.
Bell IR, Lewis DA 2nd, Brooks AJ, Lewis SE, Schwartz GE.Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5153, USA. ibell@u.arizona.edu
OBJECTIVES: To determine the feasibility of using a computerized biophysical method, gas discharge visualization (GDV), to differentiate ultramolecular doses of homeopathic remedies from solvent controls and from each other. DESIGN: Blinded, randomized assessment of four split samples each of 30c potencies of three homeopathic remedies from different kingdoms, for example, Natrum muriaticum (mineral), Pulsatilla (plant), and Lachesis (animal), dissolved in a 20% alcohol-water solvent versus two different control solutions (that is, solvent with untreated lactose/sucrose pellets and unsuccussed solvent alone). PROCEDURES: GDV measurements, involving application of a brief electrical impulse at four different voltage levels, were performed over 10 successive images on each of 10 drops from each bottle (total 400 images per test solution per voltage). The dependent variables were the quantified image characteristics of the liquid drops (form coefficient, area, and brightness) from the resultant burst of electron-ion emission and optical radiation in the visual and ultraviolet ranges. RESULTS: The procedure generated measurable images at the two highest voltage levels. At 17 kV, the remedies exhibited overall lower image parameter values compared with solvents (significant for Pulsatilla and Lachesis), as well as differences from solvents in fluctuations over repeated images (exposures to the same voltage). At 24 kV, other patterns emerged, with individual remedies showing higher or lower image parameters compared with other remedies and the solvent controls. CONCLUSIONS: GDV technology may provide an electromagnetic probe into the properties of homeopathic remedies as distinguished from solvent controls. However, the present findings also highlight the need for additional research to evaluate factors that may affect reproducibility of results.
PMID: 12676033 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12676033?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=3&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmedHigh homeopathic potencies are different from potentized solvent when investigated with the REDEM technology
. Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2005 Feb;12(1):6-13. Witt C, Lüdtke R, Weisshuhn TE, Willich SN.Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin.
Samples were measured in a capacitor that was connected to 60 individual oscillator circuits at frequencies between 250 and 930 KHz; their oscillation damping was recorded. In two experiments (3 and 4 replications) stable differences between a potentized 'mother tincture' and potentized solvent were assessed. Statistical analysis was done using ANCOVA. RESULTS: Significant differences (p < 0.01) between remedy and control were found, mostly at the same oscillator frequencies.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15772457?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed