New research on homeopathic doses' affects on plants...
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:30 pm
Friends,
Here's another new study. This study confirms earlier work that heat applied to a homeopathic medicine can reduce or even abolish its effects (how do the skeptics explain THIS one?!?).
What is also interesting is that the effects increase over time after which a homeopathic medicine is made. One must therefore wonder if some of the "negative" trials (such as Nature's attack on Benveniste) was the result of simply rushing the "treatment" to the basophils. Ooooo.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 Dec 22. [The Efficacy of Ultramolecular Aqueous Dilutions on a Wheat Germination Model as a Function of Heat and Aging-Time.
Brizzi M , Elia V , Trebbi G , Nani D , Peruzzi M , Betti L .
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali, Viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. lucietta.betti@unibo.it.
This study evaluates the effects of temperature and aging on the efficacy of As(2)O(3) at the 45th decimal potency in a wheat germination model, compared against a control and potentized H(2)O 45x. Each treatment-temperature combination was tested on seeds (Triticum aestivum L.) of Pandas variety, using six Petri dishes (33 seeds/dish) per trial, performing eight trials. Seeds were pre-treated by poisoning with 0.1% As(2)O(3) solution to reduce germination, to allow a better evaluation of homeopathic treatment effects. The outcome variable was the number of non-germinated seeds after 96 h. Temperature effect was investigated by heating each treatment in a water bath for 30 min (at 20, 40 or 70 degrees C), or for 5 min (at 100 degrees C), and that of aging by dividing experimental data, collected over a period of nearly five months, into two groups: early and late experiments. Results seem to show that the efficacy of As(2)O(3) 45x is unaltered at 20 and 40 degrees C, increases at 70 degrees C and decreases at 100 degrees C. As regards aging, a notable difference was found between early trials, with no significant efficacy, and late trials, where As(2)O(3) 45x exhibits a repeated significant effect versus control, except at 100 degrees C. A reduction in variability was observed for As(2)O(3) 45x at 20 degrees C versus control, confirming the findings of previous work. The main conclusion suggested by this experiment is that the efficacy of As(2)O(3) 45x on wheat germination may be influenced by heating degree and seems to have an increasing trend as a function of aging.
http://tinyurl.com/yanf7zx
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2002 ... dinalpos=1
Dana Ullman, MPH
Homeopathic Educational Services
2124 Kittredge St.
Berkeley, CA. 94704
(510)649-0294
(800)359-9051 (orders only in the U.S.)
(510)649-1955 (fax)
dullman@igc.org OR dana@homeopathic.com
http://www.homeopathic.com
Here's another new study. This study confirms earlier work that heat applied to a homeopathic medicine can reduce or even abolish its effects (how do the skeptics explain THIS one?!?).
What is also interesting is that the effects increase over time after which a homeopathic medicine is made. One must therefore wonder if some of the "negative" trials (such as Nature's attack on Benveniste) was the result of simply rushing the "treatment" to the basophils. Ooooo.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 Dec 22. [The Efficacy of Ultramolecular Aqueous Dilutions on a Wheat Germination Model as a Function of Heat and Aging-Time.
Brizzi M , Elia V , Trebbi G , Nani D , Peruzzi M , Betti L .
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali, Viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. lucietta.betti@unibo.it.
This study evaluates the effects of temperature and aging on the efficacy of As(2)O(3) at the 45th decimal potency in a wheat germination model, compared against a control and potentized H(2)O 45x. Each treatment-temperature combination was tested on seeds (Triticum aestivum L.) of Pandas variety, using six Petri dishes (33 seeds/dish) per trial, performing eight trials. Seeds were pre-treated by poisoning with 0.1% As(2)O(3) solution to reduce germination, to allow a better evaluation of homeopathic treatment effects. The outcome variable was the number of non-germinated seeds after 96 h. Temperature effect was investigated by heating each treatment in a water bath for 30 min (at 20, 40 or 70 degrees C), or for 5 min (at 100 degrees C), and that of aging by dividing experimental data, collected over a period of nearly five months, into two groups: early and late experiments. Results seem to show that the efficacy of As(2)O(3) 45x is unaltered at 20 and 40 degrees C, increases at 70 degrees C and decreases at 100 degrees C. As regards aging, a notable difference was found between early trials, with no significant efficacy, and late trials, where As(2)O(3) 45x exhibits a repeated significant effect versus control, except at 100 degrees C. A reduction in variability was observed for As(2)O(3) 45x at 20 degrees C versus control, confirming the findings of previous work. The main conclusion suggested by this experiment is that the efficacy of As(2)O(3) 45x on wheat germination may be influenced by heating degree and seems to have an increasing trend as a function of aging.
http://tinyurl.com/yanf7zx
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2002 ... dinalpos=1
Dana Ullman, MPH
Homeopathic Educational Services
2124 Kittredge St.
Berkeley, CA. 94704
(510)649-0294
(800)359-9051 (orders only in the U.S.)
(510)649-1955 (fax)
dullman@igc.org OR dana@homeopathic.com
http://www.homeopathic.com