Hi Simone,

Granted, it's unfortunate that the word "dose" was chosen, because people are clearly attaching their own meaning to it ("Hahnemann means use one pellet instead of 2," and so on) and that's why I quoted from or cited 4 different paragraphs, because when you start seeing enough of these in The Organon, you start to get his point.

The 6th ed. of the Organon was written to introduce the LM's. The LM's were the result of Hahnemann's efforts to find a way to speed up the cure and do away with aggravations. He found that on the LM potencies, within just a few days of starting the remedy, the patient would report feeling calm and peaceful and able to cope. No aggravations were reported until the end of treatment when old symptoms would reappear. Hahnemann said, This is the true homeopathic aggravation, the one that comes when the patient is healed. He says, What you think is the aggravation, the "so-called homeopathic aggravation" he calls it, is really a medicinal disease that you caused by over-prescribing. You prescribed too high and caused a medicinal disease. He says, This medicinal disease you caused may be even harder for the patient to overcome than the natural disease he had.

What I have been taught, and what I've seen borne out in practice, is that the lower potencies in water can be given just like the LM's and you get the same results: that the first response to the remedy is a sense of calm and ability to cope, with no aggravation. Do you remember Rahul? The social anxiety guy with the rumbling in the abdomen? I prescribed for him Lyc. 6C in water 3 times a day. A week and a half later he writes, "Is it possible that a remedy can work this fast?" He had been a life-long Lyc. They say that low potencies can't work on the mental level. Some say you have to give a 10M.

Do you remember Contenta's husband, "The Absent-Minded Professor"? He was completely nuts! He thought his wife was trying to kill him! I prescribed Plumbum 12C in water once a day with succussions. Everyone said it wouldn't work in such a low potency. In less than a week, Contenta said, "For the past week, I've been living with a different man. He's a lot calmer."
Less than a week! In that time frame on a high potency, he'd be still recovering from an aggravation. There's no comparison.

I hope that somewhere in here there was an answer to your question, or statement.

Snoopy