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Modern observation techniques offer the possibility of better understanding the
physical and chemical characteristics of homeopathic medicines. Numerous biological
studies have shown the effect of high homeopathic dilutions on allergic mechanisms,
bleeding time, the elimination of toxins and more. These results may make it possible
to open new therapeutic fields.
Pharmacological Activity of Confirmed Homeopathic Doses
Various biological studies have made it possible to accurately observe the effect
of certain substances when they are highly diluted in vitro.
Allergic Sensitization
In vitro research was conducted on the white blood cells involved in allergic reactions
(basophilic granules). The blood of people allergic to mites was placed in contact
with the allergen and it was noted that histamine with homeopathic dose could reduce
the sensitization of the basophilic granules.
Aspirin and Bleeding
While aspirin used with allopathic doses increases bleeding time, studies have found
that with homeopathic dilutions, bleeding time is reduced. Further, aspirin to the
15th centesimal (15 CH) inhibits the effect of aspirin at high dosage (100 mg/kg)
when administered simultaneously. These results once again prove the effect of high
dilutions and make it possible to envisage therapeutic applications.
Intoxications
In another study in which rats received arsenic, those that were administered a
homeopathic dose (Arsenicum Album 7 CH) eliminated the poison much easier.
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are continuing studies on the protective effects of arsenic salts, oxides and other
highly diluted metals.
Additional Perspective and Alternative Therapies
In particular, biological research makes it possible to show the action of homeopathic
medicines in vitro and in vivo, something which had, until now, been observed only
by physicians and patients.
As the results with aspirin show, biological research could also offer alternative
therapies to conventional medicine. Naturally, this must be validated by the clinical
research. Currently it is too soon to translate the observations made on animals
in vivo and in vitro to humans, but the results obtained drive scientists to continue
their research and testing of other homeopathic preparations.
Thermoluminescence:
A Physical Method for Understanding the Action Mechanism of Homeopathic Medicines
When a homeopathic medicine is in development, the basic substance is diluted in
a neutral solvent (usually water) to 1/100th. The product is then vigorously shaken
through a process called dynamization. The resulting homeopathic dilution is diluted
again to 1/100th, dynamized again and so on. Although at a certain level of dilution
there is no more basic ingredient, many studies have proven the clinical and biological
effects of very high dilutions.
As water is a complex chain of billions of always-linked, always-moving molecules,
it is possible that water is influenced for an extended period of time by the introduction
of the basic substance and the turbulences of the process of dynamization.
Thermoluminescence, a property of all solids emitting light after irradiation and
heating, is usually used for archaeological dating. Homeopathic researchers have
frozen a dynamized homeopathic solution in order to "fix" it, then have irradiated
and reheated it. By comparing the thermoluminescence of the homeopathic dilution
to that of neutral water, researchers have been able to see the defects of the ice
structure. Changes have been noted even at dilution levels where none of the basic
substance's molecules were present.
The results of this experiment show definitively that a homeopathic dilution differs
from water—and that the various dilution levels give the water different characteristics,
thus providing a possible physical explanation to the therapeutic properties of
homeopathic medicines.
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