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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Arnica: Homeopathic
- Date: 15 Dec 1992 21:44:11 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <1992Dec8.161944.7386@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
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- In article <1992Dec8.161944.7386@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>, kraus@.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dave Kraus) writes:
- >Arnica Montana is indeed homeopathic and is used externally diluted
- >to an 8% mixture.
-
- Hell, that's not dilute by homeopathic standards. For homeopathy, a reasonable
- dilution is on the order of .00000000000000008%
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