Title |
High sensitivity 1H-NMR spectroscopy of homeopathic remedies made in water
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Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, November 2004
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-4-15 |
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Authors |
David J Anick |
Abstract |
The efficacy of homeopathy is controversial. Homeopathic remedies are made via iterated shaking and dilution, in ethanol or in water, from a starting substance. Remedies of potency 12 C or higher are ultra-dilute (UD), i.e. contain zero molecules of the starting material. Various hypotheses have been advanced to explain how a UD remedy might be different from unprepared solvent. One such hypothesis posits that a remedy contains stable clusters, i.e. localized regions where one or more hydrogen bonds remain fixed on a long time scale. High sensitivity proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has not previously been used to look for evidence of differences between UD remedies and controls. |
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