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Homeopathy 2010; 99(02): 99-103
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2009.10.004
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Effect of dielectric dispersion on potentised homeopathic medicines

T. Maity
1   Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826004, India
,
D. Ghosh
2   Department of Electrical Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, West Bengal, India
,
C.R. Mahata
2   Department of Electrical Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, West Bengal, India
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Received19 February 2009
revised15 October 2009

accepted28 October 2009

Publication Date:
20 December 2017 (online)

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Background: This paper reports dielectric dispersion occurring in potentised homeopathic medicines subjected to variable frequency electric field using an instrumentation method developed by the authors. Oscillations occur in the direction of electric field, and are usually termed longitudinal/acoustic-mode vibrations.

Methods: The test material was lactose soaked with homeopathic medicine. Multiple resonance frequencies, forming a frequency-set, were observed repeatedly for each medicine.

Results: We report experimental results for three potencies of Cuprum metallicum (Cuprum met) in the frequency range of 100kHz–1MHz. Each exhibits a set of resonance frequencies, which may be termed as its characteristic set. As the frequency-set of each medicine is different from those of others, each medicine may, therefore, be identified by its characteristic frequency-set. This suggests that potentised homeopathic medicines, which are chemically identical with the vehicle, differ from one another in the arrangement of vehicle molecules.

Keywords

Instrumentation - Dielectric Dispersion - Potentised - Homeopathic medicines
 

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