I have uncovered at least a couple dozen DBPC studies that support homeopathy and about six that don't support it. The person in this forum states that water memory is disproven. I think that the evidence for water memory has been given new life by a few recent studies.
http://www.scienceforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091&page=2
Below is an article from New Scientist that makes a strong case for water memory.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1532
http://www.doctorshealthsupply.com/homeopath/homeopathic_newsletter.htm
"The history of the solution is important. The more dilute it starts, the larger the aggregates," says Geckeler. Also, it only worked in polar solvents like water, in which one end of the molecule has a pronounced positive charge while the other end is negative.
And the experiments performed by a Swiss chemist using thermoluminescence on lithium and sodium solutions diluted far beyond avogrado's number is something that gives very strong evidence of something peculiar going on with respect to water memory.
http://www.vhan.nl/documents/Rey.thermoluminescence.pdf
http://www.raydionics.com/water.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3817
Yet a paper is about to be published in the reputable journal Physica A claiming to show that even though they should be identical, the structure of hydrogen bonds in pure water is very different from that in homeopathic dilutions of salt solutions. Could it be time to take the "memory" of water seriously?
The paper's author, Swiss chemist Louis Rey, is using thermoluminescence to study the structure of solids. The technique involves bathing a chilled sample with radiation. When the sample is warmed up, the stored energy is released as light in a pattern that reflects the atomic structure of the sample.
www.skepp.be:8080/skepp/artikels/alternatieve_behandelingen/ECH_report_research112004-1.pdf+ECH+GENERAL+ASSEMBLY+%E2%80%93+XVIII+Symposium+of+GIRI&hl=en]Can this really be reproduced as easily as they say it can?[/URL]
A/ The experimental model that is cheapest, most reproducible and also the most easilyresearched is probably the “acetylcholine-induced contraction of the rat ileumâ€. It is a well-recognized scientific model (Chang FY, Lee SD, et al. Rat gastrointestinal motor responsesmediated via activation of neurokinin receptors. J.Gastroenterol Hepatol 1999; 14: 39-45).This model has been devised for the verification of very high dilutions of Belladonna by A.Cristea, a Romanian researcher; results have already been published (Bastide M (ed). Signalsand Images. Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997: 161-170).
http://www.skepp.be:8080/skepp/artikels/alternatieve_behandelingen/ECH_report_research112004-1.pdf
Professor Wolfgang Süß, Institute of Pharmacy at the University of Leipzig, has used this model to test the transfer of the activity of a homeopathic remedy (in this case Atropinumsulphuricum D60) from the original liquid form to the homeopathic tablet. As usual, severalcontrols were performed. Alpha-lactose monohydrate tablets impregnated with the highlydiluted Atropinum had systematically efficacy, on the contrary with anhydrous alpha-lactose tablets no effect can be ascertained. Thus, the quality of homeopathic tablets can be testedbefore daily use in pharmacy (constant reproducibility). This very simple model therefore has the potential to remove doubts about the activity of very highly diluted homeopathic remedies(Schmidt F, Süß WG, Nieber K. In-vitro Testung von homöopathischen Verdünnungen. Biol.Med./Heft 1/February 2004;32-37).
http://www.scienceforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091&page=2
Below is an article from New Scientist that makes a strong case for water memory.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1532
http://www.doctorshealthsupply.com/homeopath/homeopathic_newsletter.htm
"The history of the solution is important. The more dilute it starts, the larger the aggregates," says Geckeler. Also, it only worked in polar solvents like water, in which one end of the molecule has a pronounced positive charge while the other end is negative.
And the experiments performed by a Swiss chemist using thermoluminescence on lithium and sodium solutions diluted far beyond avogrado's number is something that gives very strong evidence of something peculiar going on with respect to water memory.
http://www.vhan.nl/documents/Rey.thermoluminescence.pdf
http://www.raydionics.com/water.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3817
Yet a paper is about to be published in the reputable journal Physica A claiming to show that even though they should be identical, the structure of hydrogen bonds in pure water is very different from that in homeopathic dilutions of salt solutions. Could it be time to take the "memory" of water seriously?
The paper's author, Swiss chemist Louis Rey, is using thermoluminescence to study the structure of solids. The technique involves bathing a chilled sample with radiation. When the sample is warmed up, the stored energy is released as light in a pattern that reflects the atomic structure of the sample.
www.skepp.be:8080/skepp/artikels/alternatieve_behandelingen/ECH_report_research112004-1.pdf+ECH+GENERAL+ASSEMBLY+%E2%80%93+XVIII+Symposium+of+GIRI&hl=en]Can this really be reproduced as easily as they say it can?[/URL]
A/ The experimental model that is cheapest, most reproducible and also the most easilyresearched is probably the “acetylcholine-induced contraction of the rat ileumâ€. It is a well-recognized scientific model (Chang FY, Lee SD, et al. Rat gastrointestinal motor responsesmediated via activation of neurokinin receptors. J.Gastroenterol Hepatol 1999; 14: 39-45).This model has been devised for the verification of very high dilutions of Belladonna by A.Cristea, a Romanian researcher; results have already been published (Bastide M (ed). Signalsand Images. Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997: 161-170).
http://www.skepp.be:8080/skepp/artikels/alternatieve_behandelingen/ECH_report_research112004-1.pdf
Professor Wolfgang Süß, Institute of Pharmacy at the University of Leipzig, has used this model to test the transfer of the activity of a homeopathic remedy (in this case Atropinumsulphuricum D60) from the original liquid form to the homeopathic tablet. As usual, severalcontrols were performed. Alpha-lactose monohydrate tablets impregnated with the highlydiluted Atropinum had systematically efficacy, on the contrary with anhydrous alpha-lactose tablets no effect can be ascertained. Thus, the quality of homeopathic tablets can be testedbefore daily use in pharmacy (constant reproducibility). This very simple model therefore has the potential to remove doubts about the activity of very highly diluted homeopathic remedies(Schmidt F, Süß WG, Nieber K. In-vitro Testung von homöopathischen Verdünnungen. Biol.Med./Heft 1/February 2004;32-37).
