Genus Epidemicus: Are Quantum-Based Metaphors Necessary for the Homeopathic Understanding of Epidemic Disease?
Abstract
Introduction: This research grew out of discussions during the Rome HRI Conference. Patient–Practitioner–Remedy (PPR) entanglement postulates non-local interaction between patient (Px), practitioner (Pr), and potentised medicine (Rx), resulting in the patient’s ‘journey to cure’. The in-depth homeopathic interview is thought to be a major contributing factor instigating PPR entanglement. Simultaneously, a quantised gyroscopic metaphor for the Vital Force (Vf) has also been developed. Research Question: The question raised in Rome was whether entanglement metaphors were necessary for explaining homeopathy’s mode of action during the treatment of epidemic diseases. Here, the individualising in-depth homeopathic interview is neither possible nor indeed necessary. Does this mean the whole notion of PPR entanglement is at best irrelevant? Method: Re-evaluation of the Vf metaphor’s mathematical form found it limited to the in-depth patient/practitioner consultation in chronic disease. A more generalised form of this metaphor was produced. In addition, an earlier metaphor based on quantum field theory, and PPR entanglement itself, was also re-evaluated. Results, Discussion, and Conclusion: The more generalised Vf metaphor was applicable to epidemic diseases. Here, a single, over-arching ‘entangled’ Vf ‘wave function’ for all susceptible beings was identified, which disappeared after practitioner intervention. An analogy was drawn with semiconductor physics. Genus epidemicus is…
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