Preparation of Remedies

In this system, the drug is called the remedy, extracted mainly from the plant, animal, and mineral kingdoms. The medicinal extract is diluted and potentiated to such an extent that even a trace of the original material can no longer be detected in the remedy by around the 12th potency. This is done in steps — for example, in the centesimal scale, one drop of mother tincture is mixed with 99 drops of alcohol and shaken vigorously using a fixed number of strokes; this is termed 1c. From this, one drop is again mixed with 99 drops of alcohol to produce 2c, and so on. The more diluted the remedy, the more powerful it is considered to become. Recent studies suggest that the magnetic aura of a remedy increases with potency — something that has reportedly been observed through Kirlian photography, with different auras visible around pills of different potencies. Because the remedies are diluted so many times, they are not expected to have lasting chemical side effects on the body.