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Article: Scottish study on asthma lends weight to benefits of homeopathic medicine. (Originated from Boston Globe)
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- December 9, 1994
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As medical experiments go, it is a curious and perplexing result. In a new study of asthma patients comparing the effects of pure water with pure water, the pure water labeled ``homeopathic medicine'' consistently came out ahead.
Everyone agrees that as far as any scientific instruments can measure, both the homeopathic medicine and the placebo were nothing but unadulterated water. The only difference is that the homeopathic preparation started as a weak solution of a substance that causes asthma symptoms, such as house dust, and then was diluted 30 times, until not a single molecule of the original substance remained.
Though no one can explain why, the Scottish ...