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§ 270 Sixth Edition

In order to best obtain this development of power, a small part of the substance to be dynamized, say one grain, is triturated for three hours with three times one hundred grains sugar of milk according to the method described below1 up to the one-millionth part in powder form. For reasons given below (b) one grain of this powder is dissolved in 500 drops of a mixture of one part of alcohol and four parts of distilled water, of which one drop is put in a vial. To this are added 100 drops of pure alcohol2 and given one hundred strong succussions with the hand against a hard but elastic body.3 This is the medicine in the first degree of dynamization with which small sugar globules4 may then be moistened5 and quickly spread on blotting paper to dry and kept in a well-corked vial with the sign of (I) degree of potency. Only one6 globule of this is taken for further dynamization, put in a second new vial (with a drop a water in order to dissolve it) and then with 100 powerful succussions.

With this alcoholic medicinal fluid globules are again moistened, spread upon blotting paper and dried quickly, put into a well-stoppered vial and protected from heat and sun light and given the sign (II) of the second potency. And in this way the process is continued until the twenty-ninth is reached. Then with 100 drops of alcohol by means of 100 succussions, an alcoholic medicinal fluid is formed with which the thirtieth dynamization degree is given to properly moistened and dried sugar globules.

By means of this manipulation of crude drugs are produced preparations which only in this way reach the full capacity to forcibly influence the suffering parts of the sick organism. In this way, by means of similar artificial morbid affection, the influence of the natural disease on the life principle present within is neutralized. By means of this mechanical procedure, provided it is carried out regularly according to the above teaching, a change is effected in the given drug, which in its crude state shows itself only as material, at times as unmedicinal material but by means of such higher and higher dynamization, it is changed and subtlized at last into spirit-like7 medicinal power, which, indeed, in itself does not fall within our senses but for which the medicinally prepared globule, dry, but more so when dissolved in water, becomes the carrier, and in this condition, manifests the healing power of this invisible force in the sick body.

1 One-third of one hundred grains sugar of milk is put in a glazed porcelain mortar, the bottom dulled previously by rubbing it with fine, moist sand. Upon this powder is put one grain of the powdered drug to be triturated (one drop of quicksilver, petroleum, etc.). The sugar of milk used for dynamization must be of that special pure quality that is crystallized on strings and comes to us in the shape of long bars. For a moment the medicines and powder are mixed with a porcelain spatula and triturated rather strongly, six to seven minutes, with the pestle rubbed dull, then the mass is scraped from the bottom of the mortar and from the pestle for three to four minutes, in order to make it homogeneous. This is followed by triturating it in the same way 6 - 7 minutes without adding anything more and again scraping 3 - 4 minutes from what adhered to the mortar and pestle. The second third of the sugar of milk is now added, mixed with the spatula and again triturated 6 - 7 minutes, followed by the scraping for 3 - 4 minutes and trituration without further addition for 6 - 7 minutes. The last third of sugar of milk is then added, mixed with the spatula and triturated as before 6 -7 minutes with most careful scraping together. The powder thus prepared is put in a vial, well corked, protected from direct sunlight to which the name of the substance and the designation of the first product marked /100 is given. In order to raise this product to /10000, one grain of the powdered /100 is mixed with the third part of 100 grains of powdered sugar of milk and then proceed as before, but every third must be carefully triturated twice thoroughly each time for 6 -7 minutes and scraped together 3 -4 minutes before the second and last third of sugar of milk is added. After each third, the same procedure is taken. When all is finished, the powder is put in a well corked vial and labelled /10000, i.e., (I), each grain containing 1/1,000,000 the original substance. Accordingly, such a trituration of the three degrees requires six times six to seven minutes for triturating and six times 3 -4 minutes for scraping, thus one hour for every degree. After one hour such trituration of the first degree, each grain will contain 1/000; of the second 1/10,000; and in the third 1/1,000,000 of the drug used.* Mortar and spatula must be cleaned well before they are used for another medicine. Washed first with warm water and dried, both mortar and pestle, as well as spatula are then put in a kettle of boiling water for half an hour. precaution might be used to such an extent as to put these utensils on a coal fire exposed to a glowing heat.

* These are the three degrees of the dry powder trituration, which if carried out correctly, will effect a good beginning for the dynamization of the medicinal substance.

2 The vial used for potentizing is filled two-thirds full.

3 Perhaps on a leather bound book.

4 They are prepared under supervision by the confectioner from starch and sugar and the small globules freed from fine dusty parts by passing them through a sieve. Then they are put through a strainer that will permit only 100 to pass through weighing one grain, the most serviceable size for the needs of a homoeopathic physician.

5 A small cylindrical vessel shaped like a thimble, made of glass, porcelain or silver, with a small opening at the bottom in which the globules are put to be medicated. They are moistened with some of the dynamized medicinal alcohol, stirred and poured out on blotting paper, in order to dry them quickly.

6 According to first directions, one drop of the liquid of a lower potency was to be taken to 100 drops of alcohol for higher potentiation. This proportion of the medicine of attenuation to the medicine that is to be dynamized (100:1) was found altogether too limited to develop thoroughly and to a high degree the power of the medicine by means of a number of such succussions without specially using great force of which wearisome experiments have convinced me.

But if only one such globule be taken, of which 100 weigh one grain, and dynamize it with 100 drops of alcohol, the proportion of 1 to 50,000 and even greater will be had, for 500 such globules can hardly absorb one drop, for their saturation. With this disproportionate higher ratio between medicine and diluting medium many successive strokes of the vial filled two-thirds with alcohol can produce a much greater development of power. But with so small a diluting medium as 100 to 1 of the medicine, if many succussions by means of a powerful machine are forced into it, medicines are then developed which, especially in the higher degrees of dynamization, act almost immediately, but with furious, even dangerous violence, especially in weakly patients, without having a lasting, mild reaction of the vital principle. But the method described by me, on the contrary, produces medicines of highest development of power and mildest action, which, however, if well chosen, touches all suffering parts curatively.* In acute fevers, the small doses of the lowest dynamization degrees of these thus perfected medicinal preparations, even of medicines of long continued action (for instance, belladonna) may be repeated in short intervals. In the treatment of chronic diseases, it is best to begin with the lowest degrees of dynamization and when necessary advance to higher, even more powerful but mildly acting degrees.

* In very rare cases, notwithstanding almost full recovery of health and with good vital strength, an old annoying local trouble continuing undisturbed it is wholly permitted and even indispensably necessary, to administer in increasing doses the homoeopathic remedy that has proved itself efficacious but potenized to a very high degree by means of many succussions by hand. Such a local disease will often then disappear in a wonderful way.

7 This assertion will not appear improbable, if one considers that by means of this method of dynamization (the preparations thus produced, I have found after many laborious experiments and counter-experiments, to be the most powerful and at the same time mildest in action, i.e., as the most perfected) the material part of the medicine is lessened with each degree of dynamization 50,000 times yet incredibly increased in power, so that the further dynamization of 125 and 18 ciphers reaches only the third degree of dynamization. The thirtieth thus progressively prepared would give a fraction almost impossible to be expressed in numbers. It becomes uncommonly evident that the material part by means of such dynamization (development of its true, inner medicinal essence) will ultimately dissolve into its individual spirit-like, (conceptual) essence. In its crude state therefore, it may be considered to consist really only of this underdeveloped conceptual essence.

[ 19. May 2003, 18:31: Message edited by: Paul Skeptic ]

Hi,

AFTER the detailed procedure for trituration and succussion Hahnemann writes,

a final step:


" * Mortar, pestle and spatula must be cleaned well before they are used to prepare another medicine. Thoroughly washed first with warm water and dried, both mortar and pestle, as well as spatula are then put in a kettle of boiling water for half an hour. Precaution might be used to such an extent as to put these utensils on a coal fire exposed to a glowing heat."

Does that mean you should do it just before you start the next medicine's preparation? Or, any time after the last medicine was prepared?

I think the latter, and this could be significant. Why else did he put the step at the end?

First, I thought this tedious step of scrubbing and boiling and putting on coals was overkill, but I know from reading all his work that Hahnemann is not "Dr Overkill".

Then I thought, how novel, sterilizing his tools long before even the CONCEPT of sterilization was introduced by Pateur et al., in about 1860.

So I read the whole Organon again, and his other book (Chronic Diseases/MM) and he simply NEVER states why he did it! Because the actual CONCEPT was unknown?, so how does he put it into words?

He would just repeat ,over and over again, (five times in the ORGANON) words to the effect "If a doctor really wants to help his patients, he should prepare the medicines himself".

I am labouring this point, but please be patient.

But, sterilizaion was not the objective, because after the sterilization process he just put the mortar and pestle away somewhere on a shelf to be used the next time he wanted to prepare a medicine. You don't have to start with it sterilised.

So, the intention was DECONTAMINATION, not STERILIZATION. But surely if something is sterile, it could not be contaminated? He didn't care if it was not completely sterile when he started to prepare another medicine...but it must be painstakingly decontaminated at some point after the last medicine.
CONCLUSIONS: Hahnemann always did this tedious procedure because, IF HE DID NOT, the previous medicine he had prepared would contaminate the new medicine he was preparing...and the result would be medicines that just did not produce in patients the symptoms expected (but possibly a mixture of symptoms)...he would have to throw the whole batch out and start again. He never mentions contamination or sterilisation, or words to that effect, anywhere in his publications.

So, he did it because he had to, to get the right result. (This in itself, is evidence for his Homeopathic medicines working on patients...if he didn't get the right result, he correctly blamed the medicine's preparation). Now, I get to the point. That, if a lengthy DECONTAMINATION is much more difficult than sterilisation, then the real mystery of Homeopathy MAY NOT BE IN SUCCUSSION, but in Trituration. Spending an hour decontaminating a mortar and pestle between uses, is not standard practice in Chemistry. The first mystery of homeopathy is the nature of the material BEFORE it is diluted and succussed. This mysterious powder, or whatever is emanating from it, somehow drives its way right into the very fabric of the mortar/pestle/spatula, and has to be driven out by cleaning, boiling& intense heat. Hahnemann was well aware about the effects of sunlight or heat not only on the medicine AFTER succussion, but BEFORE also..he writes that these intermediate 1C 2C & 3C attenuations of powder must be kept in tightly close vials out of sunlight. I would like to ask OT, or anyone, to please comment on this point about decontamination. I still think serial dilution/succussion of solutions is important, but without the seed, prepared precisely as in Aph 270, the expected potentisation will not occur. It was OT's comments about electromagnetism in polar solutions that prompted me to look at this again - that the polar solvent might not be 'doing all the work' in making these medicines, with the dissolved medicine being a passive participant. Please look at the other topic "ORGANON ; Aphorism 269", because Hahnemann makes the point that the dilutant is "only an auxiliary factor". I thought he was wrong about this (just about the ONLY thing in the Organon he got wrong!) But, it appears, I am wrong. Tim

[ 19. May 2003, 18:40: Message edited by: Timokay ]

Tim,

I cannot fault your logic. But I have a couple of points - back later.

Paul.