title: [Quantum physics, medicine and insurance].
abstract: Medicine based on natural sciences explains the action of remedies by the chemical bonding of the molecules of the remedy and of the body. This bonding takes place at distances of about 10(-10) m. Several insurance companies pay all medical treatments listed in the Hufeland catalogue of special therapeutical methods. Many of these methods contradict the mechanism mentioned above: Homoeopathy and anthroposophical medicine use substances in which the remedy is not present as matter. Bioenergetic methods like electroacupuncture according to Voll (EAV) and bioresonance use the remedies not inside the body but outside of it. They claim to substitute the chemical bonding of matter waves with the information of electromagnetic waves. The explanation given in the Hufeland catalogue by means of quantum physics is discussed and further investigations are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Optisches Institut, Berlin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambeck
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007348:Insurance, Health; D011789:Quantum Theory