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Subject: Re: Homeopathic cure for polycyctic kidney ??

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Date Posted: 16:24:47 04/13/08 Sun
In reply to: 's message, "Homeopathic cure for polycyctic kidney ??" on 03:52:04 04/02/08 Wed

I know homeopathy is common but here is a little background you might want to consider when trying to assess whether homeopathy could work. Homeopathic medicines labeled 30x contain 1 molecule of the medicine per 7,874 gallons. So the odds are that there isn't a single molecule of the substance in the drops you would take. In fact, there is no way to test to see if the manufacturer even tried to follow the formula.
But it gets worse. Remember Avagodro's number from high school? This is a measure of the number of molecules per gram mole of the substance. Well, homeopathy was developed before Avagodro's number was determined. Therefore, some "cures" make no sense at all. For example, homeopathic medicines labeled 200C (I have found these in my local health food store) is diluted to the point of 1 molecule to all the molecules in the entire visible universe. How can that cure one?
-Ph.D. in science in '91, PKD patient since '89

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>I know homeopathy is common but here is a little >background you might want to consider when trying to >assess whether homeopathy could work. Homeopathic >medicines labeled 30x contain 1 molecule of the >medicine per 7,874 gallons. So the odds are that >there isn't a single molecule of the substance in the >drops you would take. In fact, there is no way to >test to see if the manufacturer even tried to follow >the formula. >But it gets worse. Remember Avagodro's number from >high school? This is a measure of the number of >molecules per gram mole of the substance. Well, >homeopathy was developed before Avagodro's number was >determined. Therefore, some "cures" make no sense at >all. For example, homeopathic medicines labeled 200C >(I have found these in my local health food store) is >diluted to the point of 1 molecule to all the >molecules in the entire visible universe. How can >that cure one? > -Ph.D. in science in '91, PKD patient since '89
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