FIFTY MILLESIMAL SCALE POTENCIES
The 50 millesimal scale was introduced by Dr, Hahnemann in the 6 th edition of organon of medicine in aphorism 270. This name was given by Dr. Pierre Schmidt of Geneva. Potencies prepared under this method are named by Dr. Schmidt as fifty millesimal potencies as the material part of the medicine is said to be decreased by 50000 times for each degree of dynamization. Hahnemann himself termed this new method as , renewed dynamization In India and Bangladesh , the potency prepared by this scale is designated as 0/1, 0/2, 0/3 , o/4 and M/1, M/2, M/3, M/4 ETC. In the west it is designated as 1/0, 2/0, 3/0 etc. It is also known as Q potency . Some authors have suggested LM/1, LM/2, LM/3, ETC Where L stands for 50 and M for millesimal. The numerator 0 representing symbolically the poppy sized globule employed in each dynamization PREPARATION – All materials whether dry or oily are triturated with sugar of milk up to the 3 rd centesimal scale ie , one grain of medici...