Homeopathy: Clarifying its relationship to hormesis

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This paper presents the case that certain types of homeopathic medicine may represent a form of hormesis, that is, either pre-or post-conditioning hormesis. An example of a post-conditioning model by van Wijk and colleagues demonstrated successful enhancement of adaptive responses using below-toxic threshold doses (i.e. hormetic doses) of inducing agents when administered subsequent to a highly toxic chemical exposure, thus satisfying a basic experimental biomedical standard. Of note is that this model uses exposures within a measurable predicted hormetic range, unlike most forms of homeopathy. This experimental framework (along with a pre-conditioning model developed by Bellavite) provides a possible vehicle by which certain aspect(s) of homeopathy may be integrated into mainstream biomedical assessment and clinical practice. © The Author(s) 2010.

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Calabrese, E. J., & Jonas, W. B. (2010, July). Homeopathy: Clarifying its relationship to hormesis. Human and Experimental Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0960327110369857

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