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    Posted: 28 March 09 at 01:57
Hey all,
My son is 6months old and on my hubby's side they have  a history of delayed teething and walking , am quite concerned . Homeopath recommeneded calcium carbonicum 6c, whereas 6c is not available in my area, 6x is available , will it make a difference? help
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This should be posted (moved ) into General Discussion .
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6x will be equally effective if 6c is not available.No need to worry.
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Ugghh, thanks alot Sajjad , I was so worried , regards

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Potency selection certainly is not something homoeopaths generally agree on, although I would say that there is actually a big difference between 6c and 6x, the same as the diffrence between 12c and 30c is quite different .
 
Difference in potency affects duration of action, depth of cure, necessity for repetition, type of aggravation.
 
Divya Sankaran did provings of 2 well known remedies in different potencies to see how the provers expressed the symptoms, and there were actual differences in the types of symptoms and especially in the way those symptoms were experienced by the provers. (She did Calc and Nat-mur, so that the symptoms themselves not be the surprise, and the differences in the potency levels would be clearer)
 
However, this is not a reason to be alarmed in any way. The remedy will still do something, your homoeopath simply needs to assess the result in light of a lower potency being used.
I would say many of us have selected potency for practical reasons rather than theoratical (in other words, you get whatever potency I have in stock Smile)
 
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6c is centisimal potency (1 in 99) and 6x is millisimal (??) potency (1 in 9). The X potencies are made by trituration  and C potencies by succession.

Moderator: 6x is a potency in the decimal scale..
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Acc. to the homeopathic pharmacopoeia, succussion is an essential part of the preparation of new potencies in both, X- (D-) and C-potencies.
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6C:
Centesimal potencies are prepared with a dilution ratio of 1:100  and 10 succussions at each potentization step (according to Hahnemann, some manufacturer use 100 succussions as they do not recognize that Hahnemann's 6th edition of the Organon refers only LM potencies with regard to potentization). That means a 6C potency has a dilution of 1:1000000000000 (1E+12) and was succussed 6x10=60 times.
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Decimal potencies are are prepared with a dilution ratio of 1:10 and 10 succussions at each potentization step, they were introduced by Hering. That means a 6X potency has a dilution of 1:1000000 (1E+6) and was succussed 6x10=60 times.
Both are considered low potencies, but 6C can be considered to be a higher potency as it contains a much lower part of the original substance than 6X.
But as said before the most important point is to adjust the frequency of dosage (and potency) to the needs and reaction of the patient.
Tissue salts are usually administered in 6X and affect mainly the biochemic, physiological level of the patient. The higher the potency the deeper they act and the deeper their influence on mental and constitutional aspects.
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Originally posted by Katja

Decimal potencies are are prepared with a dilution ratio of 1:10 and 10 succussions at each potentization step, they were introduced by Hering.


Dear Katja,
acc. to the pocket atlas by Josef M. Schmid (ISBN 3-8304-7089-4), D-potencies have been generally introduced by Vehsemeyer in 1836.

On the other hand, Constantin Hering's concern for homeopathy arose already in 1821. This makes it possible, that Hering may have started with D-potencies.

It is a fact, that this potency skale has been invented to 'satisfy' the 'critical physicians' and to remain longer in the 'material world' when continuing to dilute the medicines further.

Do you have a date when Hering started with D-potencies, Katja?

Be well,
Siegfried
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Humble: Thanks for information.
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