Irradiation and homeopathic remedies

[freelynn]

This is an e-mail discussion I started by asking Ainsworth about the
effects of irradiation on homeopathic remedies. Ainsworth suggested I ask
Chris Kurz. I am forwarding the entire discussion for the benefit of the
Minutus group.

Lynn Cremona
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From: "Christian Kurz"

Hi Lynn,
Sterilization by irradiation is usually accomplished using gamma
radiation -- mostly with Cobalt-60 as the source -- although very high
energy X-ray and electron beams are in use, too.
Let me take a step back and review the four kinds of radiation mentioned so
far in this thread:
(0) Electron beams
Electron beams are very high velocity electrons and therefore fall under the
category of particle beams. They don't penetrate as deeply as, e.g., gamma
rays and can be shielded more easily. No experience exists regarding their
effect on homeopathic remedies. They are absorbed more readily (that's why
they don't penetrate as deeply) and therefore deposit most of their energy
in the target. Therefore my guess is that they have a fairly large
potential of affecting remedies.
(1) Microwave radiation (such as in a microwave oven).
(2) X-rays
(3) Gamma rays
All three remaining sources are the same kind of radiation, namely
electromagnetic by nature. The difference lies in the frequency of the
electromagnetic field, which is lowest in microwaves and highest for the
gamma radiation. Proportional to their frequencies are their respective
energies, again with gamma rays being highest.
We know -- and this has been my experience also -- that x-rays don't affect
homeopathic remedies. Microwaves, this is my educated guess, won't either
because (a) they are lower in energy and (b) they don't resonate with a dry
lactose pellet. Microwaves generated in a microwave oven are tuned to
excite particular resonances within a molecule such as they occur in, e.g.
water or fatty substances. Dry lactose would not heat up much when placed
in a microwave oven. This is an easy experiment to try, however, and I
should actually go and do it before posting this. Maybe someone on the list
can do it and report back?
As to gamma rays -- they probably have the highest potential of anulling the
efficacy of a homeopathic remedy of all three. No experimental data exist,
to my knowledge. But they are not as easily absorbed in the remedy as
electron beams and therefore I would rate their effect as less disruptive
than the latter.
In the order of increasing potential to harm homeopathic remedies,
therefore:
(1) Microwaves
(2) X-rays
(3) Gamma rays
(4) Electron beams.
This is just my educated guess, since nobody knows how homeopathic
information is stored in the lactose pellet to begin with.
-- Chris.
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[Soroush Ebrahimi]

I put some unpotentised lactose pills on the plate of my microwave and gave
it a zap of 45 seconds at 900w.

They were warm as was the glass turn plate that is the standard with the
microwave.

Microwaves cause vibration of O-H bond (plenty in water as it is made of
H-O-H). But we have some O-H bonds in lactose too.

Wasn't there an experiment done at London Imperial University where Hom
Remedies were shown to show something under Magnetic resonance?

If so, can we not check the effect of various radiations by repeating the
Magnetic resonance test before and after radiation?

Who has access to such facilities??

Soroush

[Carol Smith]

Hello Dana Ullman has a monograph which published an article by Rudolph Smith and Garth Boericke comparing succussions and dilutions with bioassay of an
N.M.R.
Carol

Finrod wrote:

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Details please??

Soroush