Testing the nanoparticle-allostatic cross-adaptation-sensitization model for homeopathic remedy effects

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• 作者：Iris R. Bell¹ ; ² ; ³ ; ^{ibell@email.arizona.edu} ; Mary Koithan¹ ; ² ; ³ ; Audrey J. Brooks²
• 关键词：Nanoparticle ; Homeopathy ; Allostasis ; Time-dependent sensitization ; Metaplasticity ; Cross-sensitization ; Research design ; Complex adaptive systems ; Physiological stress response
• 刊名：Homeopathy
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：January, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：102
• 期：1
• 页码：66-81
• 全文大小：1139 K

文摘

Key concepts of the Nanoparticle-Allostatic Cross-Adaptation-Sensitization (NPCAS) Model for the action of homeopathic remedies in living systems include source nanoparticles as low level environmental stressors, heterotypic hormesis, cross-adaptation, allostasis (stress response network), time-dependent sensitization with endogenous amplification and bidirectional change, and self-organizing complex adaptive systems.

The model accommodates the requirement for measurable physical agents in the remedy (source nanoparticles and/or source adsorbed to silica nanoparticles). Hormetic adaptive responses in the organism, triggered by nanoparticles; bipolar, metaplastic change, dependent on the history of the organism. Clinical matching of the patient's symptom picture, including modalities, to the symptom pattern that the source material can cause (cross-adaptation and cross-sensitization). Evidence for nanoparticle-related quantum macro-entanglement in homeopathic pathogenetic trials.

This paper examines research implications of the model, discussing the following hypotheses: Variability in nanoparticle size, morphology, and aggregation affects remedy properties and reproducibility of findings. Homeopathic remedies modulate adaptive allostatic responses, with multiple dynamic short- and long-term effects. Simillimum remedy nanoparticles, as novel mild stressors corresponding to the organism's dysfunction initiate time-dependent cross-sensitization, reversing the direction of dysfunctional reactivity to environmental stressors.

The NPCAS model suggests a way forward for systematic research on homeopathy. The central proposition is that homeopathic treatment is a form of nanomedicine acting by modulation of endogenous adaptation and metaplastic amplification processes in the organism to enhance long-term systemic resilience and health.