The tools of homoeopathic medicine are its remedies.
These are highly diluted plant, animal and mineral extracts.
How are Remedies made?
the process is called potentisation and is a precise
process that needs to be done in clean laboratory conditions.
to begin with, raw material is dissolved in a water/alcohol
solution.
the
tincture is then further diluted according to one of two
scales: either :10 (resulting in the X or D potencies), or 1:100
(resulting in the C potencies).
1 part tincture is added
to 9 parts water/alcohol and shaken vigorously
1 part of the 1X dilution
is then added to another 9 parts water/alcohol
The process is continued
until the required dilution has been reached
The remedy is stored in a
dark, airtight container and can be used in its liquid
form, or....
Lactose pills are
inoculated with the remedy. This is one of the
most common ways to take homoeopathic remedies.
Why are they so dilute?
as homoeopathic medicine was being developed, the remedies
were diluted to minimise their toxic effects.
paradoxically, it was found that this increased the
therapeutic effect
both dilution and succussion are essential
to the production of a homoeopathic remedy.
dilution is the reason that scientists are sceptical of
homoeopathy however their argument is based in a bio-chemical
understanding of the body and takes no account of any
electro-magnetic interactions.
All
medicinal systems which focus on altering energy balance are dealing
with essentially the same energy force.
These systems differ only in the way
they access the energy.
For instance, homoeopathy uses remedies and
acupuncture uses needles.
