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>> I am an herbalist. I know the difference between herbal therapies and homeopathic remedies and the theories behind both. You obviously don’t. <<

OK let me sum this up:

Homeopathic Herbal remedies with actual amounts of herb in them measured in mg or g (Milligrams or grams) = GOOD.

Homeopathic preparations using serial dilution past 2X dillutions measured in the “C scale” = Nothing but Water and ineffectual.

>> Swimming pool

One illustration of dilutions used in common homeopathic remedies involves comparing a homeopathic dilution to dissolving the therapeutic substance in a swimming pool. One example, inspired by a problem found in a set of popular algebra textbooks, states that there are on the order of 1032 molecules of water in an Olympic-size swimming pool and if such a pool were filled with a 15C homeopathic remedy, to have a 63% chance of consuming at least one molecule of the original substance, one would need to swallow 1% of the volume of such a pool, or roughly 25 metric tons of water.

For further perspective, 1 ml of a solution which has gone through a 30C dilution is mathematically equivalent to 1 ml diluted into a cube of water measuring 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 metres per side, which is about 106 light years. Thus, homeopathic remedies of standard potencies contain, almost certainly, only water (or alcohol, as well as sugar and other nontherapeutic ingredients). Homeopaths maintain that this water retains some “essential property” of the original material, because the preparation has been shaken after each dilution. Hahnemann believed that the dynamisation or shaking of the solution caused a “spirit-like” healing force to be released from within the substance. Even though the homeopathic remedies are often extremely diluted, homeopaths maintain that a healing force is retained by these homeopathic preparations. <<

Don’t confuse the placebo effect with actual results.

CO2 in the atmosphere is so dilute that it has little to no effect on any perceived green house effect. Concentrations, not dilutions, have to be 10X as much before the effects even start to take effect.

!!!Sarc Alert!!!!

Or would you say that the CO2 in the air imprints upon the water vapor in clouds to increase the effect of CO2 in the air??? Imagine all of those clouds in the sky with “water memory” from CO2. At that rate all of the atmospheric water vapor on earth has been “imprinted/contaminated” by CO2!!! Holy Carp!!! Al Gore has some carbon credits I need to start buying!!!!