A Study of LM Scale Potency in Homoeopathic Practice

Abstract

Dr. Hahnemann wanted to rapid the time of cure with the more gentle way with less aggravation without harming the patient to achieve that he conducted the experiments the result of which is the process of potentisation, he introduced the centesimal scale first, but he was not satisfied with the results with centesimal scale, because of following reason.
Firstly the potencies were not acting sufficiently rapid; Secondly, they often tended to produce violent medicinal aggravations, especially among the more sensitive patients. Third the period of cure took quite longtime. Fourth, the duration and frequency of remedies were difficult to ascertain correctly, so he further experimented on potentisation the result of that is the LM or Q potency, he told that ―this is the most perfect method‖. The term Q means here is quinquagintamillesimal, Hahnemann observed that the aggravations are more with the centesimal scale potency as compared to that of LM scale, and he also observed that the cure has became much more faster with the LM scale compared to centesimal scale, but unfortunately most of the homoeopathic physicians are not aware of this scale of potency, because of long delay in the publication of the sixth edition of Organon, by that time most of the homoeopathic physicians were using centesimal scale potencies and got results from that, here I am trying to make the study on the efficacy of the LM scale potencies in our day to day practice and interpreting the results comparing to that the cases treated with centesimal scale potencies. Hence I conclude by this study that the LM potencies are much more rapid and effective than centesimal scale potencies with less aggravation in treating the cases in day to day practice.