Homeopathic remedies are prepared through a process called potentization. Potentization involves a series of systematic dilutions and successions (a forceful shaking action). Potentization is important, because it removes all risk of chemical toxicity while activating a remedy substance and enabling it to affect the body therapeutically.
The first step in producing a homeopathic remedy is acquiring a pure preparation of the original substance in its natural form (a solution of a mineral salt, a “mother tincture” of a plant, etc.). The original substance is then put through a measured series of dilutions, alternating with succussions, until the desired potency is made. Homeopathic potencies are designated by the combination of a number and a letter (for example, 6X or 30C). The number refers to the number of dilutions the tincture has undergone within a series to prepare that remedy. The letter refers to the proportions used in each dilution of the series (the Roman numeral X means 10, and the Roman numeral C means 100), as well as the number of succussions the vial of solution undergoes in each successive stage. To prepare a 6X potency of Ledum palustre, one part of the Ledum mother tincture is combined in a vial with nine parts of the carrier liquid, and succussed ten times again, making a 2X solution. The process is repeated four more times, for a total of six dilutions and succussions—and the final result is a 6X potency of Ledum. (To make a 30C, one part of the tincture would be combined with ninety-nine parts of the carrier liquid and succussed 100 times in each of thirty steps.) Pellets, tablets, or powders are then medicated with the potentized liquid, or drops of the remedy are taken in liquid form.
The more dilutions and succussions a substance undergoes, the higher the potency will be.
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The Science behind Homeopathy:
Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of Homeopathy, set out its principles about 200 years ago. But these principles have eluded any logic, and the scientific community have discarded them as senseless. It survived these many long years only because of the anecdotal success stories. Unfortunately theses claims could not be consistently reproduced and hence many have labeled homeopathy as witchcraft.
Principles 'against' the Science:
1. The Law of Similars: The symptoms produced by giving large doses of a drug can be cured by giving the same drug in small doses. (Like cured by the like). Modern Medicine, though not convinced, has kept its cool on this principle because it appeared that it could be remotely possible.
2. The Dilution Principle: This is the one that has caused the most controversy and storm. It states that the potency of a homeopathic drug increases as it gets more diluted. All homeopathic remedies are diluted and succused a number of times to increase their potency. According to the concept of Avogadro' number, most homeopathic remedies are nothing but water. The active ingredient being diluted so much that none of its molecules could be present in most homeopathic preparations.
Simple to Complex:
Analyse the following examples-
1. Let’s imagine ‘food’ as a drug. If we give excess food to a healthy person, he or she develops a disease called ‘obesity’. Now if we give the same food in very small doses, it will cure the obesity. So the same drug i.e. ‘food’ if given in larger doses (than required) causes disease but when given in smaller doses can cure the same.
2. Now let’s take the example of hypernatremia (increased concentration of sodium in the blood). If we give large 'doses' of salt to a healthy person, he will develop hypernatremia. We can treat this condition by 'giving' the salt in very small doses until the sodium concentration comes down to the normal level. So, again here, a drug (salt) in excess doses is causing a disease that is cured by giving the same in very small doses.
In summery, the 2 fundamental principles of Homeopathy, which looked highly impossible, could be very much true!!!
1) Like cured by the like: Hypernatremia is cured by giving low salt
2) Small doses are more effective or powerful than large doses of a drug: The lower the dose of salt we give, the more effective it becomes in curing the hypernatremia.
3. A different scenario: Now let’s take the case of arsenic poisoning. Can we treat this condition by giving small doses of arsenic? Probably not. Because the body’s requirement for arsenic is almost zero, any amount of arsenic could only add to the toxicity.
If we have to give something to treat this condition, apart from the various chelating agents of the ‘rival’ Medicine, one logical option would be to give ‘plain water’ with zero arsenic. Do no harm policy! (In due course the body might get rid of the excess arsenic in its own way!)
Or else we have to imagine a hypothetical state of ‘negative arsenic solution’ in which the concentration of arsenic would be less than the zero!!! This negative solution of arsenic will obviously be more effective than the ‘plain water therapy’ in treating the arsenic poisoning. Also the more is its negativity; the more will be its efficacy.
So if at all there is a state of negative concentration or negative solution, then Homeopathy can be true.
What appears against science need not actually be. There could be fundamental flaws in what we presume as science.
Illiterate and the scientist:
If a scientist tells an illiterate country man that there is iron in the water he drinks every day, the illiterate will laugh at the scientist’s ‘madness’. To him iron is a hard metal that exists as rods, bolts and nuts etc only. If the scientist is true, the illiterate thinks he must be able to see at least small rods, nuts or bolts in the water.
If the country man is open minded, he can be enlightened and made to understand how the hard metal is ultimately made up of atoms and molecules and how these particles could be present in the water.
But if he is adamant about his stance, there is nothing one can do and no amount of scientific proof or evidence will convince him to his satisfaction that iron could be present in water. Despite his ignorance, we can’t under estimate his level of scientific knowledge because he knows much more than a toddler or a jungle man can grasp.
Many homeopathic physicians and patients have appreciated the effects of homeopathic remedies over the last 2 centuries, and they believe that the active substance does exist in some form in the ultra diluted homeopathic solutions.
But the scientist who is blinded by his own knowledge doesn’t believe this and hence not keen to explore homeopathy at all. To him a substance can only be said to exist in a solution if he can find its atoms or molecules (Like the illiterate country man who thinks iron means only rods, nuts and bolts).
One needs an open mind when exploring new concepts. If we think our knowledge is ultimate, then we become blinded by the same.
Atom as energy system:
Many think that an atom is nothing but a set of electrons revolving around the nucleus made up of protons and neutrons. It is like saying that the solar system is nothing but the Sun and the 8 planets revolving around it.
Can we ignore the various satellites, asteroids and the dust and most importantly the Energy that fills the solar system? Can the scientists say that a similar architecture doesn’t exist in an Atom? Solar system, atoms or molecules must be viewed as Energy systems and not as mere conglomerations of physical matter.
Size of an Atom:
Is it definite? Is there a definite border between the Atom and its surroundings? Is there a definite border for the solar system? It is difficult to imagine that it has a definite border. It probably merges with its surroundings imperceptibly. The same is likely to be true with the atom.
The size of an Atom is likely to be influenced by its surroundings. It probably will contract and expand depending on whether or not there are similar particles around it.
Imagine that there is just one Atom in the entire space. What happens to it? The Atom will expand indefinitely. (It may still behave as the original Atom because the Energy pattern of the system as a whole is likely to remain unchanged) The Atom unwinds itself and finally merges with the ultimate Energy from which it is made of. If there is more of this Energy (derived from adding more and more of the same Atoms), the Energy ‘organises back’ or ‘rewinds’ to form the original Atoms.
Every substance will be in ‘dynamic equilibrium’ with the ultimate Energy state. When a substance is in rarity, it disintegrates towards this Energy state and when it is in plenty, the equilibrium point shifts the other way.
Part2- Negative solutions concept
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Really potency selection is very important thing in homeopathy treatment. The selected medicine may not work properly or even do harm if a wrong potency is selected.So we always must should be careful for selection of potency.
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