title: Principles of complementary medicine in terms of a suggested scientific basis.
abstract: In order to create a scientific basis of complementary medicine it is certainly necessary to add a more non-local approach to the molecular substance of orthodox "life-sciences". It should be able to explain strange phenomena like healing by homeopathy or acupuncture. A possible frame concerns oscillatory electromagnetic interactions as regulatory and - in case of disease--deregulatory impulses of the organisms. These couplings are found, for instance, in biological rhythms, external rhythmical influences (sun exposure, atmospheric disturbances), and vibrations of the body over a huge range of frequencies. One basic example is biophotons and "delayed luminescence".
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics (IIB e.V.), Governmental Foundation Hombroich Raketenstation, D- 41472 Neuss, Germany. iib@lifescientists.de
authors.forename: Fritz-Albert
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Popp
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000379:methods*; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D019277:Entropy; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D049449:Luminescence; D008938:Mitosis; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods; D017785:Photons; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays