Fundamental Research in Ultra High Dilution and Homoeopathy, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998

Jurgen Schulte and Christian Endler met in 1990 at an international conference on the Structure of Water held in the Lecture Halls of the University of Graz (Austria). Disappointed by the lack of a systematic strategy of research into the physics of homoeopathy Jurgen Schulte started to work on the establishment of scientifically acceptable research standards in physics of homoeopathy and encouraged academic researchers to establish a coordinated and focused research strategy. In 1994, with the help of major representatives of the international research community, they edited one of the fIrst academic interdisciplinary books on Ultra High Dilution and homoeopathy that underwent a rigorous scientific international referee process before publishing. Due to the dedicated help of the prominent referees (BD Josephson, Nobel Laureate, Cavendish Lab. , Cambridge; M Bastide, Fac de Pharmacy, University Montpellier; RG Jahn, Aerospace Science, Princeton University), the book 1994 was quickly considered a mile stone and turning point for the scientific approach of research into Ultra High Dilution and homoeopathy. Since then the academic research community has grown considerably and many international conferences have been held. Today, research into homoeopathy is to be accepted by the European Union as part of the academic sciences, worthy to be funded at European Union level; an effort that took many years of research coordination and research strategy development. Excerpts of the Research Strategy of the European Committee for Homoeopathy (ECH) have been included in this book.

Preface. Fundamental Research in Ultra High Dilution and Homoeopathy; J. Schulte, P.C. Endler. Fundamental Concepts and Practical Application of Homoeopathy; The European Committee for Homoeopathy. A Strategy for Research Into Homoeopathy; F. Wiegant, et al. Bio-Information Between Quantum and Continuum Physics. The Mesoscopic Picture; J. Schulte. Bioenergetics and the Coherence of Organisms; Mae-Wan Ho. Coherent Electrodynamics in Water; E. del Guidice, G. Preparata. Pathology, Complex Systems, and Resonance; P. Bellavite, A. Signorini. Interactivity, Feedback and Chaos Control; K.W. Kratky. Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields; P. Bellavite, A. Signorini. Highly Diluted Agitated Silver Nitrate and Wheat Seedling Development. Effect Kinetics of a Process of Successive Agitation Phases; W. Pongratz, et al. The Metamorphosis of Amphibians and Information of Thyroxin Storage via the Bipolar Fluid Water and on a Technical Data Carrier; Transference via an Electronic Amplifier; P.C. Endler, et al. Fundamental Research into High Dilution Effects. A Classification of Non-Clinical Research Topics; P.C. Endler. Stimulation of Cellular Defence and Recovery by Subharmful Doses of Toxicants: the Homologous Component of the Similia Principle; R. Van Wijk, F.A.C. Wiegant. Information and Communication in Living Organisms; M. Bastide. Are the Clinical Effects of Homoeopathy Placebo Effects? Reviewing the Evidence on Homoeopathy; K. Linde. Glossary. List of Authors. Index.

This is the first interdisciplinary work to address the fundamental scientific problems in ultra-high dilution and homoeopathy. A brief introduction into the scientific history of homoeopathy familiarises the reader with the concept of homoeopathy as well as the scientific problems in characterising the efficacy of homoeopathy and phenomena observed in ultra-high dilutions. A large part of the book covers the fundamental theoretical medicine and physics of homoeopathy. Based on the solid ground of modern physics, the reader will learn about the energetics, entropic and electrodynamics of ultra-high dilutions from the perspective of leading physicists and biologists who bring the findings of basic science into the field of ultra-high dilutions and homoeopathy. The theoretical medicine and p