HEALTH: Fresh clue to homeopath mystery

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Wednesday, 7 November, 2001, 19:01 GMT

Fresh clue to homeopath mystery

 

Heavily diluted solutions are used in homeopathic remedies

 

Many scientists think it is physically impossible for homeopathy to work

- but new research suggests how remedies might be having an effect.

 

Many homeopathic treatments take ingredients and then dilute them in

water many times over.

 

In some cases, it is believed that the more times a remedy is diluted,

the more potent it becomes.

 

This flies in the face of established scientific wisdom, which states

that diluting a liquid will weaken its effects.

 

In fact, it has been calculated that some of the degrees of dilution

involved in homeopathy mean there is unlikely to be even a single

molecule of the original ingredient still present in a dose.

 

However, research reported in New Scientist magazine claims to have

found a curious phenomenon which might challenge this belief

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1643000/1643364.stm