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Table 1 . A simplified summary of three different attitudes to apply in making choices for the six variables that make up an individualised potency and dose regimen .

Elsewhere , ⁹ I have given a fuller explanation for the allocation of these potency and dose variables under these three attitude categories of Conservative , Moderate and Liberal , so this table has not been arbitrarily compiled . Other authors ¹⁰ have reviewed Hahnemann ’ s publications regarding his ongoing developments of potency and dose , which began as very conservative , the antithesis to his early conventional medical training . With much experience , Hahnemann ultimately perfected prescribing both rapidly and gently by the end of his long career .

Examples of a Prescription

Here are three simple examples of a hypothetical first prescription , with a previously selected simillimum as the medicine .

Conservative Take Q1 of the medicine , by olfaction , one dose once , and review the patient again for their feedback in around about two hours on the same first day of dosing .

Moderate Take 30C of the medicine , as 5 drops under the tongue in a clear mouth , once a day , succussing the bottle of liquid 5 times before the next dose on the next day , for 5 consecutive days , and review the patient again for their feedback in around 6 or 7 days .

Liberal Take 200X of the medicine , as 3 pillules in a clear mouth , three times a day , ( no succussion is required for a solid medicine ), for 30 consecutive days , and review the patient again for their feedback in around 31 days , or later .

Within the limits of what you may stock in your own private dispensary for extemporaneous dispensing , you can of course be artistically creative - and be liberal with a conservative potency ; conservative within a liberal scale ; moderate in your dispensing of either a liberal or conservative prescription ; liberal with the number of doses you prescribe of an otherwise conservative prescription ; succuss conservatively between liberal doses ; and lastly of course , maybe the patient is never seen again for a review , to give you their honest feedback . As a tip for keeping your sanity , presume that no news is always good news .

Please note that the above artistic suggestions are only intended for a first prescription . Only once the feedback provided by the patient ( and their family ) is received and thoroughly understood , examined and confirmed by the practitioner is it possible for a clear trend to be perceived – whether or not the Direction of Cure has ideally been invoked . Only once a clear precedent has been identified can appropriate modifications to the application of your revised attitude be made for a potentially better second prescription ^{11 , 12} to follow . Repeating this reflective process is the only way to truly know whether a rapid , gentle and permanent cure is under way for your patient .

Extension Options

Having developed and utilised my own potency and dose guidance , as above , for well over 30 years in clinical application , I now offer to the advanced prescriber my latest extensions for your careful consideration .

I begin with one spagyrically ¹³ prepared medicine , run up in the Centesimal scale of potencies to 233C . I then select the following Fibonacci series of potencies , and put a few drops ( or pillules ) of the 3C , 5C , 8C , 13C , 21C , 34C , 55C , 89C , 144C and 233C potencies of this one medicine into one 25ml bottle of liquid ( brandy and water ). This homochord can now be referred to as an F Series Plasma Potency . ¹⁴ Rozencwajg ¹⁵ recommends leaving out the Mother Tincture , 1C and 2C , although potentially still part of the F Series , to try and avoid unnecessary potential gross toxicological complications , even though 13C is the first in this F Series that is an ultradilution . I instruct the patient to take 5 drops of this liquid medicine in a clear mouth , at least once daily , every day , succussing the bottle 5 times before each daily dose , until they are next in contact with me , which could be anywhere between 1 and 60 days later .

The potential issue of gross toxicological complications in prescribing this F Series Plasma Potency could possibly be resolved by utilising medicines potentised in the Q scale , as an alternative to the C scale , by choosing Q3 , Q5 , Q13 , Q21 , Q34 , Q55 , Q89 , Q144 and Q233 to be included instead ( if available ), as these Q potencies in this F Series are all ultra-dilutions . Preparing Q potencies ¹⁶ of plant medicines does not involve disposing of the herbal marc , as is required in preparing C potencies of plant medicines . In my opinion , this difference in setting a new pharmacopoeia standard in the sixth edition of the Organon of Medicine is why Samuel Hahnemann ( 1755-1843 ) asked Marie Mélanie d ' Hervilly Gohier Hahnemann ( 1800-1878 ), his second wife , not to publish his sixth edition , completed in February 1842 , until after his death : “ she was to wait until the rancour of his contemporaries had subsided .” ⁸ An interesting twist here is that although this change from C to Q potencies is the major difference between the fifth and sixth editions of the Organon of Medicine , Hahnemann still left his previous recommendation from earlier editions , for provings to be

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