Update on preliminary elements of a theory of ultra high dilutions

IntroductionThe different mechanisms: A. of the interaction between the molecular mother substance and the solvent water or ethanol B. of the storage of molecule-specific information in the solvent. C. the physiological basis of the sensitivity of the living organism towards an ultra high dilution (UHD). D. the mechanism of the interaction of the test dilution with the organism are largely unknown. Several ideas have been postulated, and experiments to test them carried out in physics and in biology.MethodThe authors revisited a 1994 contribution on ‘preliminary elements of a theory on UHDs’ and updated it with regard to more recent literature and research findings.ResultsAlthough the experimental basis can still be questioned in most cases, remarkable fundamental observations have been made to explain the effects of UHDs. For some topics in question, it appears that information specific properties of the diluted substance to be transferred is stored by means electromagnetic fields. The interaction between the UHD and the organism seems to be electromagnetic in nature. The transmission of information from (bio-)molecules to the UHD is of special interest. Again, electromagnetic actions and vector potential fields appear to be implicated.ConclusionThe mechanisms of information storage and transfer in UHDs are far from fully understood, but progress has been made at experimental and theoretical levels.