Nuclear Magnetic Resonance characterization of traditional homeopathically manufactured copper ( Cuprum metallicum ) and plant ( Gelsemium sempervirens ) medicines and controls

Abstract

There is clear evidence that homeopathic solutions cannot be considered as pure water as commonly assumed. Instead, we have evidenced a clear memory effect upon dilution/potentization of a substance (water, lactose, copper, gelsemium) reflected by different rotational correlation times and average H⋯H distances. A possible explanation for such a memory effect may lie in the formation of mesoscopic water structures around nanoparticles and/or nanobubbles mediated by zero-point fluctuations of the vacuum electromagnetic field as suggested by quantum field theories. The existence of an Avogadro's 'wall' for homeopathically-prepared medicines is not supported by our data. Rather it appears that all dilutions have a specific material configuration determined by the potentized substance, also by the chemical nature of the containers, and dissolved gases and the electromagnetic environment. This sensitivity of homeopathically-prepared medicines to electromagnetic fields may be amplified by the highly non-linear processing routinely applied in the preparation of homeopathic medicines. Future work is needed in such directions. The time is now ripe for a demystification of the preparation of homeopathic remedies.

A New Publisher and New Directions

“…6 Homeopathy has recently published work by van Wassenhoven et al, again using NMR. 7 Other methods including calorimetry, described by Elia et al, may also have the potential to distinguish between different homeopathic medicines at very high dilutions. 8,9 Several other methods may have the potential to distinguish between control (succussed) water and high dilutions of different homeopathic medicines.…”

Application of Neural Networks to Explore Manufacturing Sales Prediction

“…These inferred potential variables were called factors [11,12]. Previous factor studies have covered commercial, e.g., [13,14]; sales, e.g., [15][16][17]; industry, e.g., [18][19][20]; and manufacturing, e.g., [21][22][23] applications amongst many others, and has been shown to effectively extract important factors that can then be employed for prediction using different methods.…”

Homeopathy and intellectual honesty

“…Michel van Wassenhoven and colleagues, building on the work of Jean-Louis Demangeat and others, demonstrate that dilution and succussion processes can be measured through NMR spin-lattice T1 and spinespin T2 relaxation times for a metal-and a plant-derived homeopathic medicine. 14 In an important innovation, a new mathematical procedure which enables data to be plotted and statistical tests to be applied is introduced.…”