Homeopathic remedies can be easily distinguished from the pure solvent

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Homeopathic remedies can be distinguished from pure solvents through advanced analytical techniques such as UV–VIS and Raman spectroscopy, as established by researchers R. Roy, W.A. Tiller, I. Bell, and M.R. Hoover in their study published in Mater Res Innov. 9 (2005) 577. The study highlights that while most natural waters are ultra dilute aquasols, their solid phases have been largely overlooked. The findings suggest that these materials exhibit unique structural properties that differentiate them from pure water, although FTIR spectroscopy does not reveal these differences.

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Homeopathic remedies "can be easily distinguished from the pure solvent"

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Most natural waters are probably “ultra dilute”: aquasols. While the composition of such waters is routinely characterized thoroughly with respect to composition, very little attention has been paid to the solid phases which are certainly suspended in most, if not all, such. Our recent work having established the importance of the structure of water on its properties, [[1]; R. Roy, W.A. Tiller, I. Bell, M.R. Hoover; Mater Res Innov. 9 (2005) 577.] we have examined the structures of many waters with easily demonstrated (e.g. silver aquasols) or long-claimed (e.g. homeopathic remedies) biological effects. The results show that such materials can be easily distinguished from the pure solvent , and from each other, by the use of UV–VIS and Raman spectroscopy, while FTIR is insensitive to these differences. This opens up a whole new field of endeavor for inorganic materials scientists interested in biological effects.

Hmmm, what's everyone's take on this?
 
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Probably crackpottery, but without seeing what they actually did, it is tough to know for sure.
 

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