Ririon
6th May 2005, 02:02 PM
About the X1 "homeopathic" nasal spray in this weeks comment...
http://www.randi.org/jr/050605free.html#10
Wouldn't you have to use an active ingredient that actually makes your nose runny? (Chili works for me, but I guess that's mostly tears.) And then dilute it like crazy with some magic shaking?
If you dilute the ingredients from ordinary nasal spray homeopatically, then according to homeopathic theory you would end up with something that makes matters worse, wouldn't you?
I guess I'm just a sucker for things that actually make sense...
Do the homeopaths state what the crossover point is, by the way? I mean: If diluted caffeine makes you sleepy and real caffeine makes you alert, then what homeopathic dilution has zero effect?
Ririon
http://www.randi.org/jr/050605free.html#10
Wouldn't you have to use an active ingredient that actually makes your nose runny? (Chili works for me, but I guess that's mostly tears.) And then dilute it like crazy with some magic shaking?
If you dilute the ingredients from ordinary nasal spray homeopatically, then according to homeopathic theory you would end up with something that makes matters worse, wouldn't you?
I guess I'm just a sucker for things that actually make sense...
Do the homeopaths state what the crossover point is, by the way? I mean: If diluted caffeine makes you sleepy and real caffeine makes you alert, then what homeopathic dilution has zero effect?
Ririon