Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Hypothesis: Accept or Fail to Reject?

Hypothesis: Accept or Fail to Reject?

The outcome of any hypothesis testing leads to rejecting or not rejecting the null hypothesis. This decision is taken based on the analysis of the data, an appropriate test statistic, an appropriate confidence level, the critical values, and P-values. However, when the evidence suggests that the null hypothesis cannot be rejected, is it right to say, 'Accept' the null hypothesis?
There are two ways to indicate that the null hypothesis is not rejected. 'Accept' the null hypothesis and 'fail to...

Homeostatic Imbalance

Homeostatic Imbalance

Homeostasis is the maintenance of a stable internal environment within the body, which is crucial for the proper functioning of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. The body has various control mechanisms that work together to regulate various physiological parameters such as temperature, blood pressure, pH balance, and fluid balance, to name a few. These control mechanisms are based on feedback loops that can be either positive or negative.
However, sometimes these feedback loops fail,...

Homeostatic Imbalances in Body Temperature

Homeostatic Imbalances in Body Temperature

Hyperthermia occurs when the body's temperature becomes unusually high, often due to heat exposure, intense physical activity, or certain illnesses. This condition can create a dangerous cycle where elevated body temperature increases the metabolic rate, generating more heat and potentially leading to organ failure and brain damage. A severe form of hyperthermia, called heat stroke, can raise body temperature to life-threatening levels. Fever, on the other hand, is a controlled form of...

Bioequivalence of Drugs: Drugs with Multiple Indications

Bioequivalence of Drugs: Drugs with Multiple Indications

The concept of therapeutic equivalence (TE) in drugs with multiple indications is complex. A generic drug may be therapeutically equivalent to a brand-name product for one specific indication, but this doesn't necessarily mean it's equivalent for all other indications. Evidence of TE in one patient group and bioequivalence shown in healthy volunteers can support—but not confirm—TE for other indications. However, definitive proof requires individual clinical studies for each indication due to...

What is Homeostasis?

What is Homeostasis?

Maintaining homeostasis requires that the body continuously maintain its internal conditions. Each physiological condition has a particular set point, from body temperature to blood pressure to levels of certain nutrients. A set point is the physiological value around which the normal range fluctuates. A normal range is a restricted set of values that is optimally healthful and stable. For example, the set point for normal human body temperature is approximately 37°C (98.6°F). Physiological...

Pharmaceutical Poisoning: Potential Scenarios

Pharmaceutical Poisoning: Potential Scenarios

Pharmaceutical poisoning can occur through various channels, impacting an estimated 2 million hospitalized patients in the U.S. annually with serious adverse drug responses. These scenarios encompass both therapeutic uses, such as drug toxicity, where even standard dosages can lead to severe central nervous system depression, and non-therapeutic exposures, including accidental ingestion by children, and environmental and occupational exposures.Unintentional poisonings often involve exploratory...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Getting in a Spin over the Therapeutic Process: QBism and a Gyroscopic Model of the Vital Force.

Complementary medicine research·2022

Same author

Some Remarks on QBism and Its Relevance to Metaphors for the Therapeutic Process Based on Conventional Quantum Theory.

Complementary medicine research·2022

Same author

Against Scientism: Corrupted Science and the Fight for Medicine's Soul.

Complementary medicine research·2020

Same author

Entelechy Regained? Further Musings on a Quantised Gyroscopic Metaphor for the Vital Force in Health and Dis-Ease.

Complementary medicine research·2019

Same author

Genus Epidemicus: Are Notions of Entanglement Relevant to the Homeopathic Understanding of Epidemic Disease?

Forschende Komplementarmedizin (2006)·2016

Same author

On the observed specific and non-specific effects of complex therapeutic interventions: truly separate or complementary?

Advances in experimental medicine and biology·2014

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jul 19, 2026

Local Hyperthermia for Warts Treatment

Local Hyperthermia for Warts Treatment

Published on: November 8, 2024

Is homeopathy possible?

Lionel R Milgrom¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK. l.milgrom@ic.ac.uk

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

|September 29, 2006

Summary

This study explores potential scientific explanations for homeopathy, challenging the view that it only works via placebo. It proposes water memory and quantum entanglement as complementary hypotheses for its efficacy.

Area of Science:

Homeopathy research
Integrative medicine
Scientific explanations for alternative therapies

Background:

Homeopathic remedies are highly diluted, leading to skepticism due to their apparent lack of material substance.
Conventional science, focused on atoms and molecules, struggles to explain homeopathy's effects, often attributing them to the placebo effect.

Purpose of the Study:

To challenge the notion that homeopathy is ineffective and solely a placebo.
To propose conventional, science-based explanations for the efficacy of homeopathic interventions.
To re-evaluate the methodologies used to test homeopathy's effectiveness.

Main Methods:

Review of homeopathy's principles and the limitations of double-blind randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for complex interventions.

More Related Videos

Technical Approach for Structural Analysis of an Unknown Compound in Huoxiang Zhengqi Oral Liquid based on Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

Technical Approach for Structural Analysis of an Unknown Compound in Huoxiang Zhengqi Oral Liquid based on Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

Published on: April 3, 2026

How to Study Placebo Responses in Motion Sickness with a Rotation Chair Paradigm in Healthy Participants

How to Study Placebo Responses in Motion Sickness with a Rotation Chair Paradigm in Healthy Participants

Published on: December 14, 2014

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jul 19, 2026

Local Hyperthermia for Warts Treatment

Local Hyperthermia for Warts Treatment

Published on: November 8, 2024

Technical Approach for Structural Analysis of an Unknown Compound in Huoxiang Zhengqi Oral Liquid based on Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

Technical Approach for Structural Analysis of an Unknown Compound in Huoxiang Zhengqi Oral Liquid based on Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

Published on: April 3, 2026

How to Study Placebo Responses in Motion Sickness with a Rotation Chair Paradigm in Healthy Participants

How to Study Placebo Responses in Motion Sickness with a Rotation Chair Paradigm in Healthy Participants

Published on: December 14, 2014

Examination of the 'memory of water' hypothesis, including potential mechanisms involving water's hydrogen bond network.

Proposal of a quantum theoretical model (patient-practitioner-remedy entanglement) to explain therapeutic interactions.

Main Results:

The 'memory of water' hypothesis suggests a dynamic ordering of water molecules, creating long-range coherence.
Quantum entanglement between patient, practitioner, and remedy (PPR) offers a framework for understanding the therapeutic process.
Double-blind RCTs may yield equivocal results because they disrupt the proposed PPR entangled state.

Conclusions:

The 'memory of water' and PPR entanglement are likely complementary, not competing, explanations for homeopathy's efficacy.
A complete understanding of the homeopathic process may require integrating both hypotheses.
Clinical outcome observations might be more suitable than RCTs for further testing homeopathy's efficacy pending experimental validation.