hi.
i have been in homeopathic treatment for about a year now.
i seem to have gotten to a "dead end" with my homeopathy dr. and have no more confidence in her.
i want to continue the treatment but i m not sure what is the next potency i should take.
i started with 3c, after 3 weeks up to 6 then 9, 12, 30 and now 100.
the last 3 i have taken for 2 months each.
is there a standart on raising potencies or is it only according to the dr.'s opinion?
the remedy i m taking is medorinum and it seems to have a very good affect on me.
i m looking forward to your reply
thanx

tzige,

more to the point, have you discussed your concerns with your homeopath? my first reaction to your post, was that you indicate the remedy she has prescribed has worked well for you ... so i'm unclear what the problem is. i think only, that perhaps you are getting impatient for more rapid change, but i'd suggest to you patience, which is quite a virtue in homeopathy, as it is in any treatment intervention. about the only thing you are guaranteed to accomplish, in switching therapists, or changing therapeutic modalities for that matter, is to chalk up an impressive list of partial and interrupted treatments. in short, to repeat, if it is working well, or even 'kinda ok,' i'd say two things: stick with it, and talk to your therapist about your concerns.

as far as next after 100C, it is, of course, 101C!

seriously, though, it really is an individual matter, not only which potency you jumpt to, but how long you stay on it. it's a matter of case management, professional judgement, which should always be informed by close communication with the patient anyway.

i may not have all the steps right, but there is, in any case, a more or less standard progression through the C-scale remedies: 6, 12, 30, 200, 1000 (aka 1M), 10M, 50M, 1CM .... but that leaves out of account, individualization of course ... and the fact that there really is no reason one couldn't go 6, 7, 8, 9 ... 100, 101 ....

bach

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We have these “jumps” in remedy potencies and sometimes I have asked myself what could be the reason behind this. If we accept that you world is 3D we should perhaps not be looking for remedies in the first order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,…100, 101… etc. but more like cubic numbers: 1x1x1, 2x2x2, 3x3x3 etc. and it is interesting that using there cubic numbers we have the series of 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729, 1000 and it would be interesting to know if there is some experience with these potencies such as 27, 64 or 216

in fact, succussing the liquid remedy before each dose, has the effect of slightly increasing the potency; i believe it is roughly a rule of thumb, that after 30 doses of a remedy, succussed in this fashion before each repetition, one has effectively moved up the potency scale by a single digit: from 30C to 31C, for example. as far as i understand, repetition of the unmodified remedy (in the exact same potency) had ill effects on the patient, and H found the method of succussing in between doses effective in modifying the remedy sufficiently to continue to move the case along. i think modifying the dose is really the critical thing, not which incremental scale you use.

somewhere along the line, though, the 6C, 12C, 30, 200C, 1M, etc routine was standardized ... possibly it was kent who standardized this sequence, but i'm really not sure. if there is anyone here who has studied the subject, i would be interested in knowing more details regarding how this sequence was arrived at, and why.

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Yes.It is Kent who formalised this series.

30,200,1M,10M,50M,CM,DM and MM.He calls them 'Octaves' of potencies.
He feels a medicine,which worked in a certain potency,can be tried again in the same potency,when symptoms return.This can be done three times in a row.

If the same symptoms return without any change,and the same medicine is indicated for a fourth time also,he says you have go to the next potency,as per the series he mentioned.

It stands to logic.Afterall, there has to be a limit to the choices available.So, these 8 potencies are standardised world wide. I don't think you will get a 201 0r a 210 potency anywhere.

Again posology is a subject that will be discussed forever,as it is as individualistic as the choice of medicine has to be.

Murthy

If you are taking Med then [ as with ALL nososdes] you should not as a general rule go below 30c [ yes I know this errs on the safe side ] .
If you have gone up to a 100 then I would advise jumping the 200 and go to 1m or 10m.
As with all remedies there is a limit , at which point the applicability of the remedy is 'used up' . One must then stop altogether for a period - or go to a related remedy - if that is indicated.