THE 50-MILLESIMAL POTENCY IN HOMOEOPATHIC PRACTICE AND OBSERVATIONS FROM THREE CASES OF DYSLIPIDEMIA TREATED WITH DIOSCOREA VILLOSA

Abstract

Homoeopathic medicine evolved through progressive experimentation, with dilution and dynamization. Dissatisfied with the unwanted aggravation and delayed curing process by using centesimal potencies, Samuel Hahnemann finally sought the most refined new method of potentization namely 50 millesimal potency that could provide rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of health. This method of potentization is introduced in the 6th edition of Organon of Medicine. Recent interpretations through nano-pharmacology and hormesis established this new method as a precursor to modern personalized medicine [1][2]. In this respect example of three successfully treated dyslipidemia cases with the medicine Dioscorea villosa (Dioscorea) prescribed in 50-millesimal potencies in the series of Q1 (0/1) followed by Q2 (0/2) and so on 15 doses each one after another as per the requirement based on the next biochemic investigation reports. Here, the Homoeopathic medicine Dioscorea villosa has been selected based on its pathophysiological background [3][4] with an indication of feeble digestive power.