Dear Hoppitt,

Actually, high potencies are good matches for acutes, with the idea that you're fighting force with force. Acutes are often sudden and violent and it helps to match their power when choosing a potency.

However, even having said that, the right remedy in a 30 or 200C is almost always sufficient. The 30 may need repeating, as I think Ricky said; but, I would save my 1M in case my 30 or 200C stopped working. I wouldn't play my high card right off the bat, so to speak.

And then as far as chronic disease is concerned, low potencies repeated often tend to be a more appropriate choice, as their action is more in tune with the creeping progression of a chronic case.

With abscesses, I've seen Mercury, Hepar, Silica and Nitric Acid work. I don't know why you'd have to give more than one remedy at a time. If you pick a remedy, and you start to notice a change within a few hours, why would you change remedies?

Snoopy