Water

Summary

Essential to life, stimulating to scientific research, and ubiquitous in homeopathy - water is all that and more. This article retraces the history of life and the history of the water molecule itself. From there it discusses some of the scientific properties of water and hints at possible scientific explanations of how homeopathy works. The role of water in homeopathy itself is viewed from a critical standpoint and some areas for homeopathic research are suggested.

Key words

Water - Water clusters - Scientific explanation of homeopathy - Water remedies

References

• 1 Lo S-Y. Anomalous state of ice.  Modern Physics Letters B,. 1996;  10 909-919
• 2 Lo S-Y. Physical properties of water with IE structures.  Modern Physics Letters B,. 1996;  10 921-930
• 3 Sevar R. The water of the cross spring in bath.  Homœopathic Links,. 2002;  15 181-185

1 For the scientifically interested, the explanation of the Mpemba effect has to do with the properties of super-cooled water created during the freezing process.

2 For further reading - about all of homeopathy, not only on the scientific side - I recommend my book “Imagine Homeopath - a book of experiments, images, and metaphors”, Thieme Publishers, New York, 2005.