Patient-practitioner-remedy (PPR) entanglement, part 7: A gyroscopic metaphor for the vital force and its use to illustrate some of the empirical laws of homeopathy

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 212-223

  Milgrom, L R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arndt Schulz law; Entanglement; Gyroscope; Homeopathic provings; Homeopathy; Quantum theory; Vital force; Wilder's law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOMEOPATHY; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EMPIRICISM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; METAPHOR; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QI; QUANTUM THEORY; ROTATION; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 4644248921     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080557     Document Type: Article

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