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HUMAN & EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
卷 29, 期 7, 页码 531-536出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110369857
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homeopathy; hormesis; dose-response; overcompensation; tissue repair; stress response
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- Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Material Command, USAF [FA9550-07-1-0248]
This paper presents the case that certain types of homeopathic medicine may represent a form of hormesis, that is, either pre- or post-conditioning hormesis. An example of a post-conditioning model by van Wijk and colleagues demonstrated successful enhancement of adaptive responses using below-toxic threshold doses (i.e. hormetic doses) of inducing agents when administered subsequent to a highly toxic chemical exposure, thus satisfying a basic experimental biomedical standard. Of note is that this model uses exposures within a measurable predicted hormetic range, unlike most forms of homeopathy. This experimental framework (along with a pre-conditioning model developed by Bellavite) provides a possible vehicle by which certain aspect(s) of homeopathy may be integrated into mainstream biomedical assessment and clinical practice.
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