A Zoological Example on Ultra High Dilution Research. Energetic Coupling Between the Dilution and the Organism in a Model of Amphibia

Amphibians and ultra high diluted thyroxine – further experiments and re-analysis of data

“…27,28 Annotation and outlook Apart from the above-mentioned model (1 in the list below) further studies (2ff) involving highland amphibians were also presented in UHD 1994. 1 1. T30x added directly to the basin water at intervals of 48 h, showing animals to develop slower than control (p > 0.01) 2.…”

“…In 'Ultra High Dilution' (UHD) 1994, a model involving highly diluted thyroxine and the metamorphosis of highland amphibians was presented. 1 Since then, in discussions around 'homeopathy', there is frequent mention of that model as an example of experiments on extremely diluted substances (e.g. 2,3 ).…”

Update on preliminary elements of a theory of ultra high dilutions

“…In our respective study on amphibian published in 1994, the UHDs of thyroxine and of water for control, respectively, were sealed in glass vials (ampoules) in order to avoid that it was mixed with the water containing the organisms. 30,31 It was found that plexiglass is not suitable for the information transfer between the UHD and the organism. This might be because plexiglass has different electromagnetic properties.…”

“…The electromagnetic (VIS) window that marked the difference in the transmission spectra between quartzglass and hardglass was situated between 210 and 310 nm (1.43 Â 10 15 and 0.96 Â 10 15 Hz). The 1994 study, carried out by 4 multicentre researchers, 30 was repeated later, with confirmatory results by two researchers 8,33 and with negative results by one researcher. 34 Other questions that researchers need to address in this context are, for instance how stable and unique the stored information is, how an information transfer or propagation is being kept pure throughout a physiological system, and how the physiologically useful part of the information can be stable throughout a changing physiological environment until it reaches its distinct trigger point in the system.…”

“…An analogy would be the effect of a public address amplifier in an undamped empty auditorium. In our amphibian model, 30,31 the organism has completely ceased to oscillate with the frequency (frequencies) linked to the developmental stress after an initial superposition of frequencies out of phase, due to the constant presence of the passive resonator. In a further stage of phase shift, even a positive resonance occurred, which led to an enhancement of the reaction (development) that was initially slowed down.…”