Homeopathy Techniques 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the LM (or Q) potency scale based on?
- A 1:50,000 dilution ratio (Correct answer)
- A 1:5 dilution ratio
- A 1:500 dilution ratio
- A 1:5,000 dilution ratio
Correct answer: A 1:50,000 dilution ratio
LM (also written Q) potencies use a 1 to 50,000 dilution at each step.
Question 2: Why are patients often advised to avoid touching remedy pellets with their hands?
- To prevent contamination and preserve potency (Correct answer)
- To keep them sterile for injection
- Because the pellets are toxic
- To avoid staining the skin
Correct answer: To prevent contamination and preserve potency
Handling can contaminate the medicated pellets, so a clean spoon or the cap is preferred.
Question 3: What technique is sometimes used to prepare a fresh dose by dissolving a pellet in water and succussing before each dose?
- The plussing (water dose) method (Correct answer)
- The Schuessler method
- The isopathy method
- The Bach method
Correct answer: The plussing (water dose) method
In plussing, the dissolved remedy is succussed before each dose to slightly alter the potency.
Question 4: A higher potency number (e.g., 200C vs 6C) generally corresponds to what?
- More dilution and succussion steps (Correct answer)
- More original substance remaining
- A larger pellet size
- A shorter shelf life
Correct answer: More dilution and succussion steps
Higher numbers mean the remedy underwent more dilution-succussion cycles.
Question 5: Which technique is used to transfer a remedy's properties onto blank pellets?
- Medication (imbibing pellets with the liquid potency) (Correct answer)
- Lyophilization
- Emulsification
- Calcination
Correct answer: Medication (imbibing pellets with the liquid potency)
Blank sugar pellets are medicated by imbibing them with the liquid potency and drying.
Question 6: In the Hahnemannian method of dilution, what is done with the vial at each step?
- A fresh clean vial is used for each dilution (Correct answer)
- The same vial is reused throughout
- The vial is heated between steps
- The vial is frozen between steps
Correct answer: A fresh clean vial is used for each dilution
The classical Hahnemannian method uses a new, clean vial at every dilution step.
Question 7: What is the Korsakovian (K) method of potentization?
- Using a single vial, emptied and refilled for each dilution (Correct answer)
- Diluting only once at high strength
- Using multiple vials simultaneously
- Diluting with oil instead of water
Correct answer: Using a single vial, emptied and refilled for each dilution
The Korsakovian method reuses one vial, assuming residue on the walls carries the remedy forward.
Homeopathy Techniques 3
What is the LM (or Q) potency scale based on?