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Homeopathic dilutions

Index Homeopathic dilutions

In homeopathy, homeopathic dilution (known by practitioners as "dynamisation" or "potentisation") is a process in which a substance is diluted with alcohol or distilled water and then vigorously shaken in a process called "succussion". [1]

33 relations: Addison-Wesley, Avogadro constant, Constantine Hering, Consumers Union, Creighton University, Distilled water, Femtosecond, Homeopathy, Hydrofluoric acid, Influenza, Jacques Benveniste, Lactose, Lithium chloride, Mole (unit), Observable universe, Olympic-size swimming pool, Oscillococcinum, Oyster, Pathology, Placebo, Pseudoscience, Quartz, Samuel Hahnemann, Serial dilution, Sodium chloride, Spirituality, The New York Times, Thermoluminescence, Ton, Trituration, Walter Sullivan (journalist), Water memory, Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler.

Addison-Wesley

Addison-Wesley is a publisher of textbooks and computer literature.

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Avogadro constant

In chemistry and physics, the Avogadro constant (named after scientist Amedeo Avogadro) is the number of constituent particles, usually atoms or molecules, that are contained in the amount of substance given by one mole.

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Constantine Hering

Constantine J. Hering (January 1, 1800 – July 23, 1880) was an early pioneer of homeopathy in the United States.

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Consumers Union

Consumers Union (CU) is a United States-based non-profit organization focusing on product testing, investigative journalism, and consumer advocacy.

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Creighton University

Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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Distilled water

Distilled water is water that has been boiled into steam and condensed back into liquid in a separate container.

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Femtosecond

A femtosecond is the SI unit of time equal to 10−15 or 1/1,000,000,000,000,000 of a second; that is, one quadrillionth, or one millionth of one billionth, of a second.

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Homeopathy

Homeopathy or homœopathy is a system of alternative medicine developed in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann, based on his doctrine of like cures like (similia similibus curentur), a claim that a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people would cure similar symptoms in sick people.

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Hydrofluoric acid

Hydrofluoric acid is a solution of hydrogen fluoride (HF) in water.

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Influenza

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus.

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Jacques Benveniste

Jacques Benveniste (12 March 1935 – 3 October 2004) was a French immunologist, born in Paris.

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Lactose

Lactose is a disaccharide.

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Lithium chloride

Lithium chloride is a chemical compound with the formula LiCl.

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Mole (unit)

The mole, symbol mol, is the SI unit of amount of substance.

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Observable universe

The observable universe is a spherical region of the Universe comprising all matter that can be observed from Earth at the present time, because electromagnetic radiation from these objects has had time to reach Earth since the beginning of the cosmological expansion.

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Olympic-size swimming pool

An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions, large enough for international competition.

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Oscillococcinum

Oscillococcinum (or Oscillo) is a homeopathic preparation marketed to relieve influenza-like symptoms.

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Oyster

Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.

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Pathology

Pathology (from the Ancient Greek roots of pathos (πάθος), meaning "experience" or "suffering" and -logia (-λογία), "study of") is a significant field in modern medical diagnosis and medical research, concerned mainly with the causal study of disease, whether caused by pathogens or non-infectious physiological disorder.

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Placebo

A placebo is a substance or treatment of no intended therapeutic value.

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Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be both scientific and factual, but are incompatible with the scientific method.

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Quartz

Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2.

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Samuel Hahnemann

Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (10 April 1755 – 2 July 1843) was a German physician, freemason best known for creating the system of alternative medicine called homeopathy.

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Serial dilution

A serial dilution is the stepwise dilution of a substance in solution.

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Sodium chloride

Sodium chloride, also known as salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions.

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Spirituality

Traditionally, spirituality refers to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man," oriented at "the image of God" as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thermoluminescence

Thermoluminescence is a form of luminescence that is exhibited by certain crystalline materials, such as some minerals, when previously absorbed energy from electromagnetic radiation or other ionizing radiation is re-emitted as light upon heating of the material.

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Ton

The ton is a unit of measure.

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Trituration

Trituration is the name of several different methods used to process materials.

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Walter Sullivan (journalist)

Walter Seager Sullivan, Jr (January 12, 1918 – March 19, 1996) was considered the "dean" of science writers.

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Water memory

Water memory is the purported ability of water to retain a memory of substances previously dissolved in it even after an arbitrary number of serial dilutions.

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Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler

Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler — also spelled Schuessler, particularly in English-language publications — (21 August 1821 – 30 March 1898) was a German medical doctor in Oldenburg who endeavored to find natural remedie and published the results of his experiments in a German homeopathic journal in March 1873, leading to a list of 12 biochemic cell salts that remain popular amongst those interested in alternative medicine.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic_dilutions

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