Re: Homeopathics was Re: Kalium dichromicum

From: Marvin (physchem_at_cloud9.net)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:03:10 -0500

Marshall Dudley wrote:
> Wilco Oelen wrote:
>
>
>>farooq_w@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>Bas wrote:
>>>
>>>>Wilco,
>>>>
>>>>indeed its from a homeopatic preparation. The color is clear.
>>>>I don't know the 'starting factor'. So if it means 1 gram on 1000
>>>
>>>grams of
>>>
>>>>water diluted 10^6 times,
>>>>I wonder if it has any effect at all then.
>>>
>>>Interestingly the some potassium dichromate bottles now specifically
>>
>>>mention "Avoid inhaling the dust...which may cause cancer". Really
>>>surprising to know that it was used as a NOSESPRAY!
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anyhow, I'm not going to use it at all anymore. But I WAS
>>
>>surprised
>>
>>>to see
>>>
>>>>that chemical used in a
>>>>medicine!
>>>
>>>Arsenic was a long time favourite of physicians for treating
>>
>>syphilis
>>
>>>and other diseases in Indian school of medicine. Homeopathy also
>>
>>uses
>>
>>>(d) arsenic. I recall that in a century old British chemistry text,
>>
>>it
>>
>>>was claimed that traces of arsenic improve skin complexion.
>>
>>Farooq,
>>
>>Indeed it is quite surprising to see what kinds of chemicals are used
>>in medicine, especially in homeopathic preparations. However, the
>>concentrations frequently are so low that from a mathematical point of
>>
>>view, no atoms of the compound can be present.
>
>
> Correct, the previous presence of the compound causes some structure
> change in the water somehow.
>
>
>>It is believed that the
>>FORMER presence of a certain compound still leaves some energy/aura in
>>
>>the water, such that it has effect. I do not believe this personally,
>>but many people believe it helps.
>
>
> It should not be a matter of belief. Prepare some homeopathic solutions
> yourself from distilled water, and use a scanning photospectrometer to
> view the infrared and uv absorption spectrum. You will find that it is
> different than the original distilled water and repeatable. I have also
> done it with water exposed to magnets and even weird coils that were
> claimed to energize the water. I had intended to disprove them, but
> ended up proving that they do do something to the water. Everything left
> an impression that was easily verified by this instrument. What exactly
> the changes are is up for grabs, but I have done this and found that
> something changes. Also there are reports that freezing and examining
> the crystals under a microscope can also indicate that the structure of
> the water is different, but I have never done that.>
> Marshall

Please tell us how you record the spectra, particularly the infrared spectra. t is quite a trick to do that.

>
>
>>In the Netherlands, many preparations
>>can be purchased, which are based on this philosophy. So, what Bas
>>has,
>>probably is not an old out-of-use product, but a contemporary product,
>>
>>frequently sold to thousands of people nowadays.
>>
>>Wilco
>
>

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