Removing the guesswork from potency selection.

A new methodology for the use of C potencies based on a mathematical Law of

Nature.

Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD.

Abstract.
Finding the right remedy is one thing, the most important one. Then comes
the question of which potency, in which system (C, X, LM/Q) to select the
potencies and how to find the proper ones.
Articles, books, treaties have been written on the single, frustrating,
issue of which potency to use and when to use it. In a recent book “What about the
potency?” the author has interviewed many masters of homeopathy about their ways
of using potencies; no consensus emerged, everyone had another very successful but
different system and was committed to it.
David Little teaches to evaluate the sensitivity of the patient on a scale
of 1 to 1000 and “prescribe accordingly”; more precise than what others suggest
but still very subjective as it is based on a “guesstimate” by the practitioner
and is then very much a function of the practitioner’s own health and state of
mind.
Kent’s Harmonics of 6C – 30C – 200C – 1M – 10M is widely used and based on
his and his follower’s experience, but what is its logic, except for habit and
availability?
The French series of 3C – 5C – 7C – 9C – 12C – 15C – 18C – 24C – 30C has
been useful to generations of patients and has proved its usefulness, but again,
what is its logic?
LM/Q potencies are purely linear, and remove a lot of trials and errors by
starting at the lowest and climbing the potencies one after the other; even if you
jump a potency, the progression is still linear, but straight lines are rare if at
all present in Nature and this is often a protracted slow process, which is
perfect when this is what is needed.
I present a new approach to the use of C potencies that is based on a
mathematical concept found everywhere in Nature; this removes completely the
guesswork and has proved so far to be easy to use, deep acting, fast acting, but
needing an intense collaboration between the patient and the practitioner
(although this could only be the method’s teething problems). Moreover, it has the
added advantage of using low and medium hand-made potencies, avoiding another
piece of guesswork: what is it we really give above 30/200C?

Genesis: those nagging doubts and questions…..

You will recognize here a few of the many recommendations we are given as
students and beginning practitioners in the Colleges and by seasoned
practitioners:
- start low, progress slowly to high potency
- give a single dose and wait
- give repeated doses
- give them dry
- give them wet
- give ascending potencies
- give descending potencies
- start with LM1
- start with LM5, LM18, ….
- repeat LM every day
- repeat LM only when needed
- adapt the potency and repetition to the patient (how?)
- whatever………..

All claim to have good results, and there is no reason to doubt them, honestly,
but none has any real logic except that “It works for me”.

The LM/Q series is said to be gentle, adaptable and having less

aggravations; indeed it is, and a very useful technique with sensitive patients;
yet it is nothing but a linear increase in potencies, modified by variable
adaptation within each potency; but in the end, as you can see in the graph, it is
a straight, slow, linear progression.
I have renamed the LM/Q progression ”the Meandering Potency”.

Kent’s Harmonics of 6, 30, 200, 1M, 10M or 6, 12, 30, 200, 1M, 10M are based
on his experience and confirmed as useful by generations of homeopaths, but what
are they based on? As you can see on the graph, the progression is haphazard with
huge gaps in potencies and no clear logic.

Still this system is so much used that I needed to examine it through different
angles.
Here it is when converted in Logarithm 10, used for simpler mathematical analysis:

In Neperian Logarithm, used for scientific calculations:

Even though those graphs are not proportional between potencies, we can see the
irregularities and the disproportionate jumps between them.

The French technique of low potencies is more regular and appears almost
exponential, especially when limited to a maximum of 30C.

But there is still a big jump after 30C and there is no logical rule in the choice
of the potencies.
Why not 11C and 13C instead of 12C, 17C instead of 18C, 23C instead of 24C, go to
31C and eliminate 9C? What remains would be prime numbers, prime potencies and a
case could be made for the use of those remarkable numbers; but what determined
the choice of the actual series? It is a mix of prime, decimal and duodecimal
numbers in incoherent progression….

The Quest.
This blurred and imprecise approach to potency and dose has annoyed me for
the last 20 years! After all, I come from a school where posology is a major
issue, not something that every practitioner can build according to his
perception, which can vary at any time. It is beautiful to have this type of
freedom to adapt one’s practice to each patient; but all my readings, and studying
with different schools and teachers showed me in fact an important amount of rigid
prescription methodology within each school of thought and little leeway to
integrate other methods. Moreover, what mostly irritated the Cartesian scientist
in me was the lack of logical, scientific and physiological explanation for any of
the systems.
Another issue was apparent at the same time: the preparation, dynamisation,
of the remedies, which I found out to be in a total state of anarchy. Do we really
know which potencies we prescribe?
Hahnemann described the Centesimal Potency, 1: 99; that is fixed, clear, and
simple. When we go to the Korsakovian system, we have “the residual part in the
vial, assumed to be one drop” + 99 drops. That “residual part” will change with
the time of inversion of the vial, the volume of the vial, the quality of the vial
(simple glass, silicone, anti-wetting coating, etc,…).
I was not able to find any standardisation by looking up the different
manufacturers (maybe there is) and no one bothered to answer my questions. So
Korsakovian potencies are anything but Hahnemanian Centesimal (CH); they are
centesimal within their own system, assuming that all the aforementioned criteria
remain unchanged between potencies.
Moreover, some people have claimed that in the Korsakovian system, there
could be residual earlier potencies remaining in the container, making the final
remedy a chord or plasma potency, although the only way I could imagine how this
would happen is that previous residual potencies are adsorbed on the glass wall
and not affected by further succussions. That would explain the assertion by some
practitioners that K potencies are more effective than strictly CH potencies…more
questions…
When looking at higher potencies, many different methods have been used. I
have extracted this list from Julian Winston’s book, The Faces of Homoeopathy:
- the Boericke potencies: MM potencies and 5 shakes
- the Fincke Fluxion potencies: 1 dram of water circulating through 1 vial = 1
potency
- the Dunham potencies: mechanical banging with high energy
- the Skinner potencies: a Korsakovian system with a theoretical 1 drop in 100
“minims”
- the Santee gravity potentizer: no succussions
- the Kent potentizer: a Korsakovian method with 10 shakes

How does that relate to a Centesimal Hahnemanian Potency? What are we using today?
Who knows? Indeed they work, as every practitioner can testify but in honest
reality we do not have a clue as to what REAL potency we give. We need to revert
to a simple, reproducible and standardized method.

As if that was not enough there is the issue of the number of succussions at each
dilution. This would probably better be discussed in a separate paper, but let me
introduce the subject here: Shui Yin Lo of the California Institute of Technology
(and many others) has demonstrated that water plus a substance, when shaken, forms
clusters; those clusters are different in shape and configuration for each
substance; therefore, Silica, monoatomic, would form smaller clusters than more
complex substances like salts, tinctures, nosodes. Using the same number of
succussions, the concentration of clusters in the Silica solution would be less
than that of a more complex substance, which would be relevant for the next
succussion and increasingly so with each succussion. At the final potency, there
would be less information in the same potency of Silica than in a salt or
tincture; this might explain why Silica is considered as a slow remedy; but if it
were succussed a lot more, it might become a fast acting remedy. Or to write it
differently, the same potency would have a different intensity, depending on the
number of succussions. We need to study the cluster concentrations according to
the number of succussions and find the optimal number that will certainly be
different for each substance.

The Revelation.
So I was looking for a way to administer remedies that would be rooted in a
Law of Nature the same way the Law of Similars or the Law of Gravity are natural,
unchangeable laws of nature.

It had to be found under the microscope like for DNA

or in an artificial microscopic engineering creation like those patterns of

silicone and silver
In the plant world
Bud spruce under electronical microscope
Brassica Romana
Roman Broccoli
Cauliflower
Echinacea
Cactus
Sunflower
Cut red cabbage
Passion Flower
Pinecone

In the animal world

Nautilus

Sea shell

Chameleon tail
Butterfly with the Golden Ratio

In the human body

Inner ear, cochlea

Phalanges

In the meteorological world

Low pressure system

In the astronomical world

a spiral galaxy Meissier 51

another galaxy

In the world of human creations, arts and the human body and as related to the
Golden Ratio number, Phi, 1:1.618, the “Sacred Number”, known and used since
antiquity by many different civilisations.
Boticelli’s Golden Ratio

Leonardo’s Golden Ratio

In architecture
The Parthenon Staircase
California Polytechnic

In music
Tchaikovsky

Beethoven

In Modern Mathematics
Chaos, fractals in Mandelbrot’s Equation
And the unexplained too….

Crop circles…….
In the stock market

and even in your pocketbooks, purses and handbags

Golden Ratio in the credit card

This Law has received public exposure in this book

And was discovered by this man

Leonardo Fibonacci
1170 -1250

As shown, you will find the Fibonacci series and the Golden Ratio everywhere you
look, from microcosm to macrocosm, so why not use it in Homeopathy?

The Fibonacci Series.

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377,….is constructed by adding
one number to the previous one, which forms the next in the series:
0 + 1 = 1
1 + 1 = 2
2 + 1 = 3
3 + 2 = 5
5 + 3 = 8
8 + 5 =13 and so on, giving the famous Fibonacci Spiral

The Golden Ratio which can be seen in the rectangular picture leading to the
Fibonacci Spiral is the most harmonious proportion between width and length,
always equivalent to the ratio 1:1.618
In the Fibonacci series, every number divided by the preceding one “vibrates” (is
approximately equivalent) around this ratio.

How does that relate to potencies?

0 is the crude material, which we do not use
1 would be the Mother Tincture, which is in fact a 1:10 dilution, therefore a 1C
is in
reality not a one hundredth dilution but a one thousandth, just
to make
things more complicated
2 = 2C
3 = 3C
5 = 5C
8 = 8C
13 = 13C and so on.

Although costly and time consuming, it is easy to prepare those potencies by hand
as described by Hahnemann up to 144C or 233C; those are real Centesimal
Hahnemanian potencies although the number of succussions is a variable (Simillimum
10 succussions, Helios 40 succussions, some others 100 succussions or anything in-
between), meaning that you should use the same provider and decide about a fixed
number of succussions so cases can be compared; later on we can start comparing
the relevance (or lack thereof) of different number of succussions.
For higher potencies, we would resort either to Korsakovian ones or any of the
machine-made ones, but as I tried to demonstrate, we would not know what potency
we give as a matter of fact. I will come back to that in a moment and you will see
it is not relevant at all.

Using that mathematical progression, I postulated that I could achieve an

exponential action of one dose after the other.

I was worried though that I would remain in the realm of low and medium potencies,
unable to achieve the deep action we want from the 10M, 50M, CM, MM or higher LM/Q
potencies. But looking at the Nautilus

and after a short trial with a few patients, I soon realized the fact that the
potencies were boosting each other, not by addition but in a real exponential
progression, by multiplication.

If the first potency used is a 3C

3 = 3C
5C is 3x5 = 15C equivalent
8C is 15x8 = 120C equivalent
13C is 120x13 = 1560C or 1.5M equivalent
21C is 1560x21 = 32760C or 33M equivalent
34C is 32760x 34 = 1113840C or MM equivalent
55C is 1113840x 55 = 61216200C or 61MM equivalent

If the first potency used is a 5C (3C not being available or not recommended
for toxic substances)
5 = 5C
8C is 5x8 = 40C equivalent
13C is 40x13 = 520C equivalent
21C is 520x21 = 10920C or 11M equivalent
34C is 10920x34 = 371280C or 370M equivalent
55C is 371280x55 = 20420400C or 20MM equivalent

Of course to obtain that progression, you must follow the order of one
potency after the other.
Are those jumps logical and not haphazard? Look at the graph when those
numbers are converted in logarithms.

Those are almost straight lines, showing that the progression is regular and
mathematically logical. The small irregularities are explained by the fact that,
as written earlier, the numbers of the Fibonacci series are not exactly within the
Golden Ratio, but slightly different in the lower decimals (5:3=1.666; 8:5=1.60).
But doesn’t the use of potencies that build upon each other to reach
activities akin to extremely high potencies contradict my previous question about
the jumps between 30C to 200C then 1M and 10M as being too big and exaggerated?
Let’s have a look at those potencies in logarithmic form:

and it appears that not only are they sufficiently close to each other, but the
logarithmic progression is itself slowly exponential, which makes it
mathematically sound.
It appears that used in that manner, those are not static potencies, but
like in the Fibonacci spiral
every potency builds its action upon the previous one, filling a full “time-
space” volume progressively before the next one is to be introduced.

By itself, each and every potency is low or medium; the combination with the
previous one produces a depth of action equivalent to the value of the
multiplication.
Compare it to the launch of a space shuttle; the first rocket lifts it somewhat
from the ground, the next one puts it in the atmosphere then the boosters come in
and propel it into the stratosphere and the empty space.

Theoretical and practical questions and management of a treatment.

I must admit that I hesitated for some time before starting offering this
system to my patients.
I assumed that:
- the first potency (3C or 5C) would do very little
- the higher we go, the more time we would need between potencies, more time/space
to fill
- there would be a precise time to give the next potency, not too early that would
interfere but not too late when the action would have started to dissipate (I was
still full of the image of the shuttle falling back if the boosters do not ignite
at the proper time)

I had some anxieties:

- would there be horrible aggravations?
- would there be intense provings?
- would there be permanent grafting?
- what would happen if the remedy is not correct?

The patients.
All patients were informed that this was an experimental methodology, but
that the remedy was decided upon according to the usual methods of repertorisation
and selection through Materia Medica reading.
The prices were quoted and they agreed on the expenses. Email or phone contact was
to be made with me after each dose, describing what was happening and not taking
the next dose without consulting me. They all gave verbal consent to use their
progress for this work, although I will not describe the full cases.
Each dose was provided by the Simillimum pharmacy in Wellington as an individual
powder. Each powder was to be either dissolved in a teaspoon of water and taken on
a clean mouth or dissolved in a 250 mls glass of water and repeated aliquots taken
as indicated.

The test of reality.

First and foremost, I have again to repeat that finding the right remedy is
the most important part of the treatment; without it, no matter how you administer
it, if it is not the correct one, it will not work. We all know that but it is
better to reaffirm it clearly.
Statistics.
As of July 2008, 29 patients were included totalizing 40 prescriptions and
26 different remedies; 3 patients disappeared and could not be contacted, 3
patients just started the treatment and about half of the remaining patients are
still currently under treatment to fine-tune the results.
Remedies.
Amethyst 1, Arnica 1, Arsenicum Album 2, Aurum Arsenicosum 1, Aurum
Muriaticum Natronatum 1, Bromium 1, Calcarea Arsenicosa 1, Calcarea Phosphorica
4, Calcarea Silicata 1, Causticum 1, Coriander 1, Ignatia 1, Lac Humanum 2,
Lachesis 1, Lycopodium 1, Natrum Muriaticum 3, Phosphoric Acid 1, Phosphorus 1,
Platina 1, Pulsatilla 3, Sanguinaria 1, Sepia 3, Silica 3, Stramonium 2, Tarentula
Hispanica 1, Thuja 1.

Safety.
No patient experienced any proving of any remedy, yet the number of patients
is too small to have any statistical significance.
There were few aggravations and not serious ones, of the same kind we can
expect form any other method of prescription, dry dose, liquid dose or LM/Q. Here
are the major ones, with their presenting complaint:
- T.D. multiple allergies and skin problems. Coriander aggravated with mucosal
inflammation, puffiness of the face and some diarrhoea, nothing dramatic; this was
a detoxification reaction, did not lead to a cure, but the patient said the
allergies improved greatly.
- T.H. headaches, vomiting, diarrhoea, chronic and recurrent with tiredness
all the time. Phosphoric Acid, the 8C was followed with a large amount of phlegm,
a weird, unusual headache, then it settled and there was no more aggravation on
the following potencies; this case is still in progress.
- A.P. abandonment issues with loads of fears. After taking Stramonium 5C, RIF
pain started that was eventually diagnosed as an ovarian cyst and endometriosis;
not sure whether the remedy was a triggering factor in this case.

What would happen if the wrong, incorrect, not simillimum remedy is taken?
- T.D. Coriander 3C to 89C was a “focal remedy”, not a simillimum, it did what
it had to do and nothing else.
- O.P. benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), received Thuja 5C to 144C; the
patient did not describe any change although there might be a slight diminution of
the volume of the prostate (PR, subjective); nothing else happened despite the
very high calculated potency.
- K.W. dysmenorrhea, polymenorrhea, migraines and eczema, received Sepia,
Silica, Calcarea Silicata and Calcarea Phosphorica all in 5C to 55C; all but the
last one were partial, layer remedies that opened the way for the next one (my
interpretation), with no side effects.

What would happen if the doses were taken too close to each other? Remember the
hypothesis that each dose needs to develop it whole action before giving the next
one, the shuttle analogy.
- J.S. migraines for 11 years, complicated by the pill and Provera injections.
She received Sepia 5C to 55C and decided to take one powder every day over 6 days;
results: no more migraines at all except for 3 food-induced ones (finished with
Carcinosin). Even when not waiting for the full action of each dose, the final
result is there……..mind you, you could say that one single dose of a high potency
would have done the same….
- G.O. infertility, side effects of the pill and Provera, heavy periods,
ovulation aggravates; received Phosphorus 5C to 89C and decide to take one dose at
regular interval of 4-5 days: periods became normal, an old rash reappeared we are
waiting to see what will happen with next ovulation.

After all, we might not need to be too strict about the question of timing; what
happened then when the doses were taken too far apart? Quite a few patients
emailed me “Ooops, I forgot to take the next dose, should I take it now?” and then
resumed treatment, some of them to forget again, and nothing happened even though
I thought they would “fall back” or revert to previous symptoms; apparently, with
that system, you can “remain in orbit” at the level of the last dose taken for
some time. If symptoms recur at the end of a series, you might need to continue
with a high LM (D.E. Amethyst 5C to 89C, was OK while on the remedy, recurrence
after the 89C is now on a LM7) or more probably you need to prescribe another
remedy (I.E. skin and behavioural problems, Stramonium 5C to 55C, OK while on it,
recurred 2 weeks after the 55C, Tarentula picture appeared clearly).

Speed of action.
- J.S. Sepia 5C to 55C, 6 days to cure
- P.S. ulcerative colitis, Pulsatilla 5C to 55C, days are in brackets: 5C (1)
8C (3) 13C (3) 21C (5) 34C (7) 55C: 19 days to cure
- V.R. broken family, molested, emotional blackmail, forced marriage. Natrum
Muriaticum 5C to 89C, finished the series in 50 days with the removal of a
lifetime of emotions and psychological trauma (more about her later).
- I.E. and W.E. both are children with behavioural problems, hyperactivity,
jealousy and more; the mothers reported their amazement at the speed of change and
the increased depth of change with each dose. I.E. went through the Stramonium 5C
to 55C in 15 days which then exposed the layer of Tarentula Hispanica; W.E. needed
40 days for Calcarea Phosphorica 5C to 55C to cure.
- S.B. headache, hay fever, “sore gut” received Silica 3C to 55C and achieved
cure in 2 weeks.
- J.H. main complaint of a sour smell from the body; other remedies took care
of other complaints but this one remained along with a very tense and stressful
personality; received Natrum Muriaticum 3C to 55C; within 2 months not a single
symptom remained, smell completely gone.

When the remedy is correct the speed of action is remarkable, there is no need to
wait for months especially in deep mental/emotional situations; if by the end of
the series there has been no result, the remedy was obviously wrong…but nothing
happened and not too much time was wasted.
When I write “cure” at this stage of the development of the technique, it means
that there were no more complaints whatsoever, no recurrences, no need for further
treatment for the time being, less than a year at most and a few months in
general.

Depth of action.
At the Physical level the treatments removed the effects of physical events many
years back and are a clear indication for NBWS situations where the past has to be
cleared before treating the present:
- P.S. tinnitus and loss of hearing with a very heavy emotional background of
anger, betrayal, abuse, very sensitive and multiple allopathic treatments; after a
series of different remedies with mixed results, he finally acknowledges an
exposure to noises (firearms) since early childhood, then in the industry and
music without wearing any protection, sound trauma; treatment with Arnica 3C to
89C resulted in the disappearance of noise intolerance (which was very serious)
and the next remedies could work = removal of obstacles to cure.
- J.P. breast cyst of sudden appearance, very painful. Bromium 5C to 55C
removed the pain and the sensitivity, slightly shrunk the cyst before it was
eventually aspirated; could it have worked better given time?
- M.W. generalized breast cancer; as part of a full treatment, received Lac
Humanum 3C to 89C; she described only a few dreams and old memories emerging, but
in my opinion, this has opened the way and allowed the rest of the treatment to
work by removing the deep-rooted origin of her cancer (see Geerd Hamer, New German
Medicine theory); her tumour and the metastases are disappearing; a short course
of chemotherapy has been added at the oncologist’s insistence, is well tolerated
and is synergistic with the natural treatment.
- J.H. see above, complaint of sour smell of the body, completely gone along
with the emotional problems.

At the emotional level the results are even more apparent:

- V.R. broken family, molested, emotional blackmail, forced marriage and more;
prescribed Natrum Muriaticum 5C to 89C: at 5C, reappearance of old memories; at
13C, urge to cry, old memories but a feeling of healing; at 21C reappearance of a
very old backache; then a sort of regression therapy started: at 34C went back to
teenager’s emotions and memories; at 55C back to 10 -13 years old; at 89C back to
2 – 8 years old; all this with “hurt and soul soreness” (her words) but a sense of
“purging the emotions”; her actual memory has now increased, her body feels
lighter and she has been able to loose weight. Isn’t that the Law of Hering in all
its splendour?
- P.S. tinnitus and loss of hearing; the Arnica we spoke about earlier opened
the way to Causticum 3C to 89C that brought a flood of emotions and presented me
with a “raw” patient who received Aurum Arsenicosum; 1 teaspoon of the 5C in 250
mls of water had him regress to the age of 18, with flashbacks, anger, morbid
impulses, etc,….who said low potencies cannot act deep or on the mind? Just strip
all the other layers first…
- K.P. breathing problems, claustrophobia, sense of inadequacy, low elf
esteem; received Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum 5C to 55C; after the 8C dose he
reported having become “neutral”, the depression lifted but he is not yet happy…
case in progress.

Increased efficiency as “case openers” or “obstacle to cure removers”.

- P.S. again: the Arnica paved the way to the Causticum that stripped every
obstacle to the deepest remedy Aurum Arsenicosum, as demonstrated by his reaction
to 1 teaspoon of diluted 5C
- M.W. the generalised breast cancer patient: Lac Humanum opened the way for
the rest of the treatment to work flawlessly as it removed the root of the
disease.
- A.L. breast cancer treated with lumpectomy and radiotherapy; is asking for
prevention of recurrences, is emotionally down and pessimistic and has a few
physical symptoms; history of early promiscuity, rebellion, feels unheard and
unseen, alone, abandoned; familial history of depression and mental illness. Lac
Humanum 5C to 55C and everything is gone, she has become the clown at work; all
the emotions of the past have been dealt with allowing her to heal fully.

Use with the so-called constitutional remedies.

There is no theoretical reason not to use this series when dealing with
constitution, whatever that term means to each practitioner. The following
patients received the remedy that was most appropriate for their actual situation
and was at the same time deemed to be their constitutional, with the exception of
the first one, where the remedy was prescribed without taking the clinical status
into account.
- I.V. suffers from a very complex endocrine problem; most of the treatment
was “running after the symptoms” over the last few years, without getting to the
bottom of the issue; we decided together to look at stabilising and rebalancing
her constitution so that the picture becomes clearer and hopefully a cure can be
achieved with further treatment. Platina 5C to 89C was prescribed and taken
diluted in water (250 mls) because of her medical condition; liquid doses in
teaspoons were repeated as needed and during that time there was less muscular
pain, the breathing is better, the mind is quieter, there is a diminution of
buzzing in the ears, of burning sensation (GERD) and of fears and anxiety as well
as helping to keep recurrent infections under control or make them easier to
treat. Although this amelioration is maintained, the physical, endocrine,
pathology has not been touched and is clearly a one sided disease, but it has made
the whole picture clearer and less confused and has allowed the selection of a
little known remedy that seems now very well indicated…results are pending.
- J.S. migraines and the pill, Sepia 5C to 55C, cured
- P.S. ulcerative colitis, Pulsatilla 5C to 55C, cured
- S.B. headaches, hay fever, Silica 3C to 55C, cured
I need to write again that “cured” must be completed by “until now” as the time
frame is at best one year, and often less.
Administration of the remedies.
My way with powders is according to the Organon 4.5: not a strictly dry dose
as in the Organon 4, not in a glass of water and repeated doses as in the Organon
5, but dissolved in a teaspoon of water as a single dose. For sensitive patients
in general when I do not use LMs, and specifically with this series, I followed
the Organon 5, dissolve in a glass of water and repeated doses as needed with
succussions.
- I.V. Platina; the first teaspoon of 5C was unremarkable but the second one
had an immediate effect lasting for a few days; when it had to be repeated
regularly at 24 hours interval, moved to 8C that had an immediate effect and was
repeated until needed more frequently; 13C and 21C followed the same pattern; 34C
was used every third day until it stopped working; 55C just maintained the
situation and we are now at 89C taken when needed to keep the clinical picture
stable or help bring it back to stability.
- P.S. Aurum Arsenicosum was prescribed when the patient felt he had been
stripped of all layers of defence (see earlier presentation); the 5C powder was
given in 250 mls of water, one teaspoon; it brought intense flashbacks, anger,
violence and regression to 18 years old, with an aggravation of the tinnitus and
hearing problem; against my advice, the patient repeated the dose a few days later
as he was worried about his hearing: the memories and surges of emotions were even
more intense, but, fortunately, the hearing came back (although not totally) and
the tinnitus diminished; the patient wrote “I have a renewed respect for your
powder, I could not imagine that they could bring back such intense feelings that
I managed to bury over the years”.

Water potencies are recommended for sensitive patients who would otherwise be
using LM potencies, but are ready to try to go faster and have enough energy and
courage to sustain possible aggravations. Better be on the safe side, as I wonder
if P.S. could have gone onto a destructive rampage in his office if I had given
him a single full dose….gladly, I will never know.

Provisional conclusions.
It works well.
It works fast.
It works deep.
It is not as “aggressive” as I thought it could be despite the speed and depth:
proper timing is still needed in my opinion for optimal action but does not seem
to be too big a problem; the Simillimum stays in “orbit” and there is no falling
back; if it is a Simile or “goodenoughicum”, it will fall back but then we let it
do its full job and move on to the Simillimum.
It can be used as per Organon 4, dry dose (untested)
It can be used as per Organon 4.5, in one teaspoon of water (well tested)
It can be used as per Organon 5, in one glass of water, giving more adaptability
and plasticity to dosing, if need be, being still faster than LM potencies
It can be used for presenting complaints, for constitution, for the removal of
past diseases, obstacles to cures, NBWS situations.

Advantages.
- no racking the mind about which potency to start with
- all potencies are purely Hahnemanian, we know exactly what we give
- fast, deep and safe

Disadvantages.
- cost for the time being, not all remedies being available and have to be
made on demand
- very close monitoring in theory, although it does not seem to be more
demanding or necessary than what we would do ordinarily when using LM potencies
- still better be careful with sensitive patients or weak ones, rather stick
to LMs when in doubt but time and experience might show that this is not true

Just imagine what we could do in emergency situations by using this series within
a few hours with trauma, head injuries or epidemics like Ebola…the sky is the
limit, dream on.

Nomenclature.
I would like to suggest the following shorthand when using this method: if we take
for example the remedy Silica, we would write Silica 5-89FiCHs meaning the remedy
Silica from 5C up to 89C (without the need to write the intermediate potencies) in
a Fibonacci Centesimal Hahnemanian series.
For more precision we could add D for a dry dose, W for a dose in a teaspoon of
water, L for liquid dose in a glass of water, xS for the number of succussion used
for the preparation of the remedy so that we can compare the action of same
potencies of the same remedy prepared with a different amount of succussions.
If you do not like patronyms in your prescriptions and do no want to use the name
of Fibonacci, Centesimal Hahnemanian in Progressive Series could be used instead
so you would write Silica 5-89CHiPS.
And YES, I am aware of the impending joke that I am treating my patients with
FiCHs and CHiPS…

A final word.
Just try it out. Maybe this will be the next step forward since the LM/Q
potencies. Maybe this will be a wet petard, a nice idea but not working out for
most of the practitioners. Or maybe you can improve it. Only experience will tell.
Let me know.

Dr. J. Rozencwajg, NMD.

New Plymouth.
New Zealand.

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