title: Instrumental measurements of different homeopathic dilutions of potassium iodide in water.
abstract: 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 discharge 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(-3)M, 10(-6)M, 10(-10)M, 10(-16)M, 10(-17)M and 10(-24)M KI solutions. In the 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.
authors.affiliation: BION, Institute for Bioelectromagnetics and New Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jerman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skarja
mesh_terms: D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011193:Potassium Iodide / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D011193:Potassium Iodide