An Explanation of Ultradilution and Potentization in Homeopathy

Abstract

This thesis attempts to explain the phenomena of ultradilution and homeopathic potentization with an anecdotal account of a biotinylated dot-blot demonstration of ultradilution brought to the attention of the Pomeranz laboratory, University of Toronto, in 1989. It is argued that the dot-blots are not only data but that they are also an expression of ultradilution itself. Moreover, it is considered that ultradilution and homeopathic potentization can be explained by: (1) Poincaré's recurrence (the disappearance and return of the signal); (2) succussion, resonance and amplification (preservation of the signal); (3) quantum coherence domains (the nature of the signals); and (4) generation of harmonics (the transformation of the signal).

Keywords

Poincaré's recurrence theorem - ultradilution - potentization - serial dilution - succussion - amplification - resonance - harmonic generation - dot-blot analysis

Publication History

Received: 09 February 2021

Accepted: 02 June 2021

Article published online:
07 September 2021

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