Instrumental measurements of different homeopathic dilutions of potassium iodide in water

Author: Jerman I//Berden M//Skarja M
Affiliation: BION, Institute for Bioelectromagnetics and New Biology, Celovka 264, 1 000 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia
Conference/Journal: Acupunct Electrotherapeutics Res, Intl J
Date published: 1999
Other: Volume ID: 24 , Issue ID: 1-4 , Pages: 29-44 , Word Count: 225


Although more than 200 years have elapsed since the beginning of homeopathy and in spite of numerous confirmatory scientific experiments, the so-called memory of water is still a highly disputable and controversial theme in scientific circles. To make a contribution to solving this riddle, our research group tried to examine memory properties of water by the method of differential corona Kirlian electrophotography of water-drop pairs. The method is based on a modified form of Kirlian photography with a subsequent thorough computer picture analysis. The potassium iodide (KI) mother solution (0.1M) was diluted in the standard way (without potentisation) or with potentisation (succussion by hand - by striking the vial 60 times against a large book as used traditionally) to 10-3M, 10-6M, 10-10M, 10-16M, 10-17M, and 10-24M KI Solutions. In electrophotography method a drop of KI solution was compared with a drop of control water. To get a dependable system of results we compared homeopathic dilutions with ordinary distilled water, sham-potentised distilled water and non-potentised (standard) solutions. The results were analyzed by the Chi-square Goodness-of-fit test and the Sign test. They showed repeatable and statistically significant effects of concentration of KI dilutions as well as potentisation on the corona discharge process (from p < 0.05 to p < 0.001). This indicates that there is some physical basis of molecular (ionic) information imprinted into water.