Interaction between Solvatochromic Dyes and Water Sampled from a Natural Source Treated with High Dilutions of Phosphorus

Abstract

Background Highly diluted and succussed solutions interact with solvatochromic dyes, indicating that changes in solvent and solute polarity could be related to their mechanism of action. It is not known, however, how the activity associated with succussed high dilutions is transferred to untreated water and what the limits of this process are. Aims The aims of the present study were to ascertain whether a succussed high dilution of phosphorus (1.5 × 1−59 M; Phos 30cH) seeded into a natural water source that fed a fjord and two connected lakes could propagate itself through the lake system (total volume 2200 m3) and, moreover, whether the process could be tracked using solvatochromic dyes. Methods Samples of water were collected before and after seeding, at different times and places throughout the lake system. Controls comprised water taken from an untreated and adjacent, but independent, lake (1385 m3). Results Water samples taken up to 72 hours after the source treatment produced significant increases (p ≤ 0.03) in the absorbance of the solvatochromic dye methylene violet (MV), while samples from the control lake produced no changes. Conclusions The study indicates that activity associated with Phos 30c can propagate itself through large volumes of water, causing changes throughout a whole connected lake system, and that these changes can be tracked using the solvatochromic dye MV. This in turn means the use of homeopathic medicines in large volumes of drinking water, in farming and ecological contexts, now has the potential to be assessed with physico-chemical monitoring.

Bioresilience to Mercury Chloride of the Brine Shrimp Artemia Salina after Treatment with Homeopathic Mercurius Corrosivus

“…The results allow for the use of these homeopathic potencies as agents in a simple and low-cost remediation procedure, able to improve natural bioresilience processes and be monitored by solvatochromic dyes, even in a large volume of water, as previously reported. 48 1Circalunar variations are known to be important modulation factors on the physiological processes of several marine species. In 2020, Andreatta and Tessmar-Raible pointed out connections between rhythms of metabolic and endocrine pathways and circalunar variations, 57 making it possible to identify molecular markers, such as gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and neuropeptides, related to the expression of "clock genes" in several marine species.…”

“…41,42 Solvatochromic dyes have been used as a sensitive method to identify succussed high dilutions. [43][44][45][46][47][48] This method is based on the capacity of these dyes to act as probes, revealing changes in patterns of solvent/solute polarity in the presence of homeopathic samples, [43][44][45][46] through changes in their visible spectra. The method has been used since 2016 as a sensitive tool for evaluating homeopathic potencies.…”

“…47 In a recent field study, the propagation of signals induced by homeopathic high potencies in large volumes of water was detected by this technique. 48 In the current study, Artemia salina (brine shrimp) has been used as an experimental model [49][50][51] to test if Mercurius corrosivus (MC), prepared from homeopathic manipulation of HgCl 2 , can act as a remediation agent following sea-water contamination by a harmful concentration of the same salt.…”

Adsorption of Methylene Blue on Chestnut Shell-Based Activated Carbon: Calculation of Thermodynamic Parameters for Solid–Liquid Interface Adsorption

“…Printing and dyeing wastewater has become a major source of pollution [1][2][3]. If discharged into natural water without effective treatment, the wastewater will inflict harm on aquatic life and human beings alike [4]. At present, the treatment methods of printing and dyeing wastewater include biological treatment [5], chemical oxidation [6], flocculation-precipitation [7], electrolysis [8], photocatalytic degradation [9], etc.…”

No Ordinary Issue

“…2 In an elegant study on a system of natural lakes in Brazil, Ana Carla Aparicio and co-workers used a solvatochromic dye as a tracking method to discover that Phos 30c can propagate itself through large volumes of water. 3 The individual experience of participating in a "provings" trial is the focus of the paper by Zofia Dymitr et al, with the important conclusion that ethical approval processes and robust support mechanisms should be securely in place for all such studies. 4 And novel findings from an invitro experiment by Marta Marzotto and colleagues support the possibility that homeopathic Arnica exerts a biological action on tissue formation and repair via the expression of genes that code for certain regulatory proteins of the extracellular matrix.…”