Water Memory Effects Explored In New Issue Of Homeopathy Journal

[Dana Ullman, MPH]

Friends,
impressive body of articles are published in it by a diverse and highly
respected group of scientists report on how the making of homeopathic
medicines changes the structure of the water (or water/ethanol mixture),
thereby having biological and clinical effects...

--Dana Ullman
Water Memory Effects Explored In New Issue Of Homeopathy Journal

A special issue of the journal Homeopathy, journal of the Faculty of
Homeopathy and published by Elsevier, on the 'Memory of Water' brings
together scientists from around the world for the first time to publish new
data, reviews and discuss recent scientific work exploring the idea that
water can display memory effects. The concept of memory of water is
important to homeopathy because it offers a potential explanation of the
mechanism of action of very high dilutions often used in homeopathy.

Guest editor Professor Martin Chaplin of the Department of Applied Science
at London South Bank University, remarks: "There is strong evidence
concerning many ways in which the mechanism of this 'memory' may come about.
There are also mechanisms by which such solutions may possess effects on
biological systems which substantially differ from plain water."

The concept of the memory of water goes back to 1988 when the late Professor
Jacques Benveniste published, in the international scientific journal
Nature, claims that extremely high 'ultramolecular' dilutions of an antibody
had effects in the human basophil degranulation test, a laboratory model of
immune response. In other words, the water diluent 'remembered' the antibody
long after it was gone. His findings were subsequently denounced as
'pseudoscience' and yet, despite the negative impact this had at the time,
the idea has not gone away.

In this special issue of Homeopathy, scientists from the Czech Republic,
France, Germany, Italy, Russia, USA as well as the UK present remarkably
convergent views from groups using entirely different methods, indicating
that large-scale structural effects can occur in liquid water, and can
increase with time. Such effects might account for claims of memory of water
effects.

Commenting on the special issue, Professor Chaplin said: "Science has a lot
more to discover about such effects and how they might relate to homeopathy.
It is unjustified to dismiss homeopathy, as some scientists do, just because
we don't have a full understanding of how it works." In his overview he is
critical of the 'unscientific rhetoric' of some scientists who reject the
memory of water concept "with a narrow view of the subject and without any
examination or appreciation of the full body of evidence."

Professor Chaplin and Dr Peter Fisher, editor-in-chief of the journal, agree
that the current evidence brings us a step closer to providing an
explanation for the claims made for homeopathy and that the memory of water,
once considered a scientific heresy, is a reality. "These discoveries may
have far reaching implications and more research is required," comments Dr
Fisher.

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Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release.
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Homeopathy is the leading international journal of homeopathy, and the only
journal dedicated to the topic indexed in Medline
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/homp). It is the journal of the Faculty of
Homeopathy (http://www.trusthomeopathy.org/), and published by Elsevier.

About the Faculty of Homeopathy

The Faculty of Homeopathy was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1950 to
provide education and training in homeopathy for statutorily regulated
healthcare professionals. The Faculty's membership includes doctors, vets,
dentists, nurses, pharmacists, podiatrists and a number of other healthcare
professionals who are qualified in and practice homeopathy.
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[Munir Mughal]

Hello Dona,
Very useful and inspiring.
This reminds me an excellent book 'The Hidden Messages in Water' -- by: Masaru Emoto. It is worth reading.
Thank you
Munir