[LukeL]

Except the small the dilution the stronger the effect according to homeopaths. Also something like a 30C dilution contains less than 10^30 of the original. A 50C dilution would be 10,000X more diluted than putting one cc of poison in the entire ocean.

[LukeL]

Actually I am wrong, I was thinking of the power of 10 not 100. A 30C solution would be a 1 followed by 60 zeros Basically 1/trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillonth of the original substance.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Except the small the dilution the stronger the effect according to homeopaths."

Correct; that's one aspect of it that I never understood. The pain relief cream I use contains minute amounts of aconitum (Monks's Hood), arnica, and belladonna, all of which are extremely poisonous if taken internally in their natural form.

There's an episode of the 1990s British TV series "Cadfael" in which Monk's Hood plays a prominent role (it's the title of the episode). Cadfael is a medieval monk/herbalist who solves crimes. He used a concoction of Monk's Hood to make a balm which soothed back and joint pain. In this episode, someone stole some his his supply and used it to kill someone by putting it in their food.