All About Centesimal & Lm Potencies

There are various ways to take homeopathic remedies. What I would like to do in this article is tell H&Y readers about the two methods — centesimal scale and LM potencies — that yours truly employs and prescribes most often.

- Dr Deborah Olenev

The centesimal scale remedies are the ones you see identified with the letter C after the number. The dilution ratio is one part medicinal substance to 99 parts water, with a certain number of succussions [shaking] between each dilution [although different texts give different numbers for the amount of succussions]. The standard interval range for the centesimal scale remedies is: 6C, followed by 9C, 12C, 15C, 30C, 200C, 1M, 10M, 50M, CM, and DM. I have heard one teacher say that this is a logarithmic scale, meaning that as you go higher up the scale you need a greater amount of potentisation in order to equal the difference that you get from the interval in the lower potencies. Some people contest the intelligence of using this scale and have suggested using the Fibonacci interval [golden ratio], which is also interesting and worth exploring.

Enough of the science, so what is the practical application of how to work with centesimal scale remedies? The potencies I work with the most are the 30C, 200C and 1M potencies. I very rarely will go higher than these potencies. When working with remedies of this strength I will give the dose only one time and not repeat until there is definite evidence that the person has been better and is now relapsing. I create a baseline chart of their response at seven weeks, from when they took the remedy, which serves as a guide to repetition. I only repeat if symptoms that have been better move backward for a while.

SUBTLE EFFECTS