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Homeopathy is based on water memory wherein diluting the original material increases the effectiveness of the dosage. Even if this is true (no study has shown
by Guvante 3y ago
Homeopathy is based on water memory wherein diluting the original material increases the effectiveness of the dosage.
Even if this is true (no study has shown it is, many have shown there is no effect) why doesn't the mechanisms employed by homeopathic medicine match this theory?
Many homeopathic medicines are available in pill form. Not water pills but sugar pills. What is the scientific basis for water memory that lines up with using sugar pills?
Additionally dilution is expensive and not actually done by homeopathic medicine manufacturers. Instead unpurified water is ran through a container which is shoken and emptied completely. The assumption being that upon refilling the container a 1:100 dilution will be created.
Once more I point out, what does this have to do with the proposed scientific basis?
Even if there were a "method to the madness" with regards to Homeopathies "less than one molecule in all of Earth's water" dilutions: the reality of homeopathic medicine creation is they don't even use fresh water for each dosage often reusing the same water to save on fresh water costs.
So the best you can say is while the psuedoscience might be pseudoscience and not just made up (note it is certainly made up) however the manufacturing industry is unable to even reach that low bar of psuedoscience.
Instead the manufacturing here is simply abusing a whole in FDA regulation made by a questionable ruling by the Supreme Court. "As long as the magic words 'Not for the treatment of any disease' exists you can put any unregulated substance next to regulated medicine".