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Homeopatia em Modelos Vegetais

CM Bonato

Abstract
The use of dynamized substances in agriculture, especially on plants,
has been growing fast. Diseases or physiological disorders are not considered
merely the results of the action of physiopathological agents
and abiotic factors, but a consequence of the loss of homeostasis in the
organism. Notions proper to homeopathy are used in several areas of
agriculture. Although effective results have been observed both in the
academic and the field milieus, not too much is known regarding the
physiological mechanisms of action of the dynamized substances on
plants. Usually, the applications to agriculture are grounded on the
principle of isopathy, as they do not involve the observation of symptoms,
a necessary step in homeopathy in strict sense. Nevertheless, the
continually growing knowledge on vegetal physiology allows describing
symptoms and physiological reactions in plants quite similar to
the human ones. Thus, there is a possibility to ground the selection of
remedies on symptoms and to apply homeopathy to plants. This paper
discusses some physiological properties observed in plants which
may help choosing the most suitable remedy according to the principle
of similarity.

Keywords Agriculture; Homeostasis; Homeopathy; Plants; Physiological mechanisms