Subject: Homeopathy with cress seedlings as experimental approach

From: Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:50:37 -0600

1.

All Things Considered? Basic Research on Homeopathy May Shed a
Different Light on the Recycling of Wastewater.
by Andreas Schönborn, EcoEng-online editor, Switzerland
http://www.iees.ch/EcoEng003/EcoEng003_F.html

Physicist Dr. Stephan Baumgartner from the University of Berne

Apparently associated with:

Institute for Complementary Medicine (KIKOM)
http://www.cx.unibe.ch/kikom/en/index.htm

"Baumgartner is now working on establishing a stable, well defined 
experimental
system which fulfils these criteria. One approach is using cress seedlings
(Lepidum sativum) which are grown on chromatographic paper in plastic
bags in the dark. They can be easily grown in great numbers in order to
achieve statistically significant results. The state of growth can be 
monitored
rapidly by photocopying the bags and using image processing techniques for
the analysis of various parameters (e.g. growth of root and shoot, 
curvatures).
The seedlings are not destroyed by this monitoring and can be further 
analyzed,
e.g. on chemical contents....

The cress system allows easy handling and a fast yield of a great number
of parameters which can be subjected to statistical analysis.....

An advantage of using a non-animal test system also is, that positive 
results
are backing up the hypothesis that the effectivity of homeopathic dilutions
is not limited to humans or other animals. In fact experimental evidence 
from
other sources as well as Baumgartner's own work suggest a sensitivity of
plants and even microbes to homeopathic dilutions (Baumgartner et al. 
2000)...

First results have shown that cress seedlings react to homeopathic 
potencies
of a plant growth promotor (auxin) and a plant growth inhibitor ( 
abscisic acid)
as expected: potentised auxin slows down, whereas potentised abscisic acid
enhances the growth of the seedlings. (Baumgartner, 1998, personal
communication). Interestingly, plants that have been exposed to poisonous
substances generally seem to show stronger reactions (up to 24% growth
increase) than healthy plants (± 5% growth modulation) (Baumgartner et
al. 2000).

Baumgartner, S.M., Shah, D., Heusser, P., Thurneysen, A., 2000,
Homeopathic dilutions: Is there a potential for application in organic
plant production?, in "IFOAM 2000  The World Grows Organic"
97-100.

1.2

All Things Considered? Basic Research on Homeopathy May Shed a
Different Light on the Recycling of Wastewater.
by Andreas Schönborn, EcoEng-online editor, Switzerland
http://www.iees.ch/EcoEng003/EcoEng003_F.html

Ecological Engineering is advocating an enhanced reuse and recycling of
substances that have been in close contact with, or basically are human
excreta. If we accept the idea that there may be a way of information
transfer yet undiscovered, we must avoid too close circles. There may
be unforeseen effects caused by an "accumulation" of information 
transferring
agents.

[Note: This article is part of a large collection on urine source
separation and re-use in agriculture as a fertilizer]

2.

Fundamental Research in Ultra High Dilution and Homoeopathy
Kluwer Academic Publishers

edited by
Jürgen Schulte
Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Peter Christian Endler
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homoeopathy, Graz, Austria

http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-7923-5051-0
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-7923-5051-0?a=1

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From: Steve Diver <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:07:00 -0600

Allan, think coffee filter as a moist towel-like medium to
germinate seeds.

Chromatography paper, such as Whatman's, is
used in laboratory research.... even the Pfeiffer
method of paper chromatography uses it.

i.e., the circular filter paper fits inside a petri dish, a common way
to also do germination bioassay tests for finished composts.

See:  petri to germinate seeds with moist towel
http://www.okc.cc.ok.us/biologylabs/Documents/Plants/Petri_dish.htm

See:
Capillary Dynamolysis by Adam McLean
First published in the Hermetic Journal 1980.
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/kolisko.html

See:
The Renaissance of Farming: A Vision for Organic Farming in the
21st Century,  Proceedings
Soil Association Conference, 7-9 January 2000
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester (UK)

APPENDIX III: Dr Ursula Balzer-Graf's Slides
15-pages of accompanying slides, PDF download
Side-by-side comparisons of sensitive crystallisation, capillary 
dynamolysis,
and circular-paper chromatography for different samples of food and  the
influence of farming practices.

The Renaissance of Farming Proceedings Located at:
Soil Association | Library | Research Papers
THE RENAISSANCE OF FARMING
Conference Proceedings 7-9/1/2000
http://www.soilassociation.org

What results lie in waiting with cress seedlings and BD dilutions?

Interesting approach......  on-farm research, seeds and seedlings,
BD concoctions, capture results with digital camera, load onto web
page, add text to describe materials and methods, a few notes on
results... presto!   

Kolisko style research, fast forwarded.

Best,
Steve Diver

Allan Balliett wrote:

>> Hey,  Steve - What be "chromatographic paper" ? -Allan
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