Since the subject of high dilution effects is still a subject for
debate, this volume provides evidence in support of effects from control
clinical studies, clinical records from veteran physicians, controlled
experiments on animals and plants, and in vitro tests without any
organisms (Chapter II). An overview of the methods for preparing drugs
at ultra high dilution is also provided as well as the basic principles
of homeopathy, which has been alleviating human suffering through the
use of these drugs for several hundred years (Chapter I). Chapter III
provides physical basis of high dilutions as evidence from the NMR, IR,
UV and fluorescence spectra of those drugs. Since water is used as the
diluents media, the structure and dynamics of water polymers in relation
to high dilution are discussed in order to facilitate easy comprehension
of this physical aspect, the basic principles of spectroscopy are also
described. Chapter IV focuses on the mechanism of action of potentized
drugs in the living system, discussing the structure of the cell, the
plasma membrane, the integral proteins on the membrane, the interaction
between these proteins and high dilutions and the manifestations of the
therapeutic effects of high dilutions. Some aspects, peculiar to
homeopathy, such as the chief miasm psora, and the literalities and time
modalities of symptoms and drug action are interpreted from a scientific
perspective. Chapter IV ends with a brief discussion on water structures
and the origin of life to show the natural evolution of high dilution
effects. The book not only helps in understanding the physical basis of
high dilutions and their mechanism of action in organisms but provides
many new avenues of investigation into this interdisciplinary field of
science.
