Homeopathic seeding

The easiest way to manipulate particle size and particle size distribution is by seeding. Often this power of seeding is underestimated or neglected. Instead, just a few seeds are added to the supersaturated solution in order to somehow start the crystallization process. By this homeopathic seeding, a lot of potential control over the crystallization process is given out of hand. 

Plants constitute more than 60% of homeopathic remedies. Different parts of plants such as roots, barks, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds are used in homeopathic medicine. Roots of annual herbs are taken out when they yield ripe fruits. In case of perennial plants roots should be lifted in the spring in the 2nd or 3rd year. Examples are Ipecacuanna and Bryonia (Cook, 1988). Fully grown and uninfected leaves are collected after sunset before the flowering season. Examples are Rhus toxicodendron and Ocimum sanctum. Flowers are collected when they begin to open. Cina serves as an example. Here the flowering tops of the plant Artemisia sp. are used. Barks are collected from young plants. Cinchona serves as an example. 

Kolisko (1926 cited by Righetti, 1994) observed enhanced growth of germinated seeds with homeopathic dilutions of silver nitrate (Argentum nitricum). The experiment was followed up by Pelikan and Unger (1965 cited by Righetti, 1994)... 

In the 1990s, kava emerged as a popular item within the homeopathic and, more generally, the hohstic health and herbal marketplace. Today, kavalactones, sometimes combined with other substances in tonics or capsules, are on sale as dietary supplements in health food stores, pharmacies, and supermarkets around the world. By 1998, kava sales in the US reportedly had grown to about 20 million. Kava is packaged and marketed principally as a treatment for anxiety and stress, although other benefits of the plant are also touted. Aloha Seed Herb, for example, markets Kava-for-Health on the Internet ... 

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