SO, THIS IS A THING. Holist, you around?

[Telarus]

Lol, this topic got me pondering homeopathy again. While this doesn't validate the "woo" culture around things like homeopathy, if you cut out the "dilute it till you can't measure the substance anymore" shtick, some applications might trigger the olfactory cells in our skin (which cause subconscious chemical-cascade changes in the body):

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140708092555.htm
Skin cells possess an olfactory receptor for sandalwood scent, as researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered. Their data indicate that the cell proliferation increases and wound healing improves if those receptors are activated. This mechanism constitutes a possible starting point for new drugs and cosmetics. The team headed by Dr Daniela Busse and Prof Dr Dr Dr med habil Hanns Hatt from the Department for Cellphysiology published their report in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Lol, this topic got me pondering homeopathy again. While this doesn't validate the "woo" culture around things like homeopathy, if you cut out the "dilute it till you can't measure the substance anymore" shtick, some applications might trigger the olfactory cells in our skin (which cause subconscious chemical-cascade changes in the body):

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140708092555.htm
Skin cells possess an olfactory receptor for sandalwood scent, as researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered. Their data indicate that the cell proliferation increases and wound healing improves if those receptors are activated. This mechanism constitutes a possible starting point for new drugs and cosmetics. The team headed by Dr Daniela Busse and Prof Dr Dr Dr med habil Hanns Hatt from the Department for Cellphysiology published their report in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

I posted a thread about that effect the other day, and no, not at homeopathic concentrations.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If you are cutting out the "dilute until there's nothing measurable left", you are no longer talking about homeopathy, you are talking about chemical effects.

[LMNO]

Well, at least those practicing homeopathy are drinking enough water.

Maybe everyone was just dehydrated, you know?

[Doktor Howl]

I am deeply ashamed. 

For some reasons which I can't put my finger on, I find myself in doubt of your sincerity.

I am a bad, bad man.

[Reginald Ret]

Well, at least those practicing homeopathy are drinking enough water.

Maybe everyone was just dehydrated, you know?

It is not homeopathic treatment that is so damaging.
It is the rejection of non-homeopathic treatment.

[LMNO]

Do we have a :requia: emote yet?