Homeopathic method of preparing medicines invented by Hahnemann. The medicines are alternatively diluted and vigorously shaken. The progression is as follows: From a raw material, a plant for example, a mother-tincture in alcohol is prepared. From this tincture one drop is taken and mixed with 9 drops of alcohol (to achieve a ratio of 1:10) or 99 drops of alcohol (to get a ratio of 1:100); next this dilution is strongly shaken 100 times. This is called a D1 potency (1:10) or a C1 potency (1:100). One drop of the D1 or C1 mixture is added to 9 or 99 drops of alcohol, again vigorously shaken. This is a D2 or C2 potency. The process can be repeated endlessly. The higher a remedy is potentized the more it leaves the material plane and returns to its original state of energy. Through the repeated shaking, known as succussion, the amount of energy is raised. The mechanism behind this is not clear; yet it appears that higher potentized remedies work stronger and last longer than the lower potencies. The classical homoeopath mostly works with the potencies C30, C200, M(C1000), 10M and 50M.
