A possible characterization of the homoeopathic effect
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in British Homoeopathic journal
- Vol. 86 (1) , 4-9
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0007-0785(97)80003-8
Abstract
Electrical signals from a photoelectric plethysmograph are used to test peripheral blood circulation as a source of a homoeopathically relevant parameter that will vary in a reproducible and systematic way following exhibition of specific medicines in homoeopathic doses. Mathematical treatment of the signals gives a Fourier power spectrum with an approximately linear profile (in a log-log plot) at the lowest frequencies. The gradient of this line seems to meet the above requirements of reproducible and systematic variation under a homoeopathic stimulus, and this is our basis to propose an analogous treatment for other electrical signals from the body, especially those from the heart and brain.Keywords
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