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Here is a news piece from The Guardian that can
add some spice to our understanding of plant
remedies. Since the time of Hahnemann, homeopaths have observed
that various plant remedies seem to have a personality of their
own (the 'mild' Pulsatilla or the 'hysterical' Lilium or the 'nervous'
Ignatia). Now scientists have shown that plants are not as passive
in real life as they were supposed to be. They have more sense
and more ability to react to various circumstances in real life
than was supposed earlier. May be the difference in the psychological
profile of various homeopathic
medicines results from the 'Individuality' of the 'totality'
of the plant - not just its chemical componenets!
Tuesday April 13, 2004
The Guardian
The debate over whether plants have feelings is about
to be reopened with the publication of research by scientists in
Italy and Germany.
Their findings suggest that plants under threat communicate the
danger to plants nearby; they also call in help from other creatures.
Biologists at the University of Turin and the Max
Planck Institute in Jena were yesterday reported to have found evidence
that plants sensed - and reacted to - the presence of hungry, leaf-chomping
grubs. Their response was to emit an odour similar to that of lavender.
This alerted other plants to the presence of a predator.
But it also served to call in what modern military planners would
term air support. Wasps, the natural enemies of grubs, were drawn
by the odour to the plant where they either devoured the grub or
injected it with eggs that later killed it.
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News piece submitted by Alan Schumukler/ Elaine Lewis
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