Mode Of Action Of Homeopathic Drugs by Shri Ram JANAGIRAMAN homeopathy drugs, mode of action 10:17 PM Matter may change in form but it is always present; force may change its expression but no unit of force is ever destroyed. We hold that force, on energy, or Dynamis, whatever you wish to call it, is the law of nature; it may express its powers in different but in its essence it is that which was breathed into man at his creation which made him a living soul, name of author (yr of publication). Crude drugs have three degrees of action: 1. Mechanical 2. Chemical and 3. Dynamic The first two grades are of little comparative note in homeopathy. This is demonstrated by the fact that their provings in crude form produce comparatively little of worth, where as in those provings made from the thirtieth and above we obtain more complete provings because of the dynamic action. The full power of the drug in its dynamic action is brought out in the potency; where as the grosser material elements by their crudity develop no fine individualities in their provings. Entirely new activities are developed, liberated and may be transmitted and changed into the poetizing medium. (Cf. organon 269). This is shown by the potentization of inert substances like Carbo veg, Lycopodium and Silicia There is very little direct evidence that the biological response is produced by a chemical reaction between the drug and the cell constituents. This assumption is chiefly justified by the facts that it is supported by much indirect evidence, and that there is no alternative hypothesis has stronger evidence in its support. If assume that there is some simple relation between the amount of drug entering into combination and extent of the biological response, then the following consideration must apply. If the fundamental chemical reaction consists in fixation of drug by some particular constituent of the cell, then this must result in a reduction both of the free drug and of the free receptors in the cell. The relative amounts of drug solution and cells can, however, be varied at will, and hence the concentration of drug can always be kept constant by proving a sufficient excess of drug solution; indeed in many cases of the drug fixed is so minute that it is so difficult to reduce the drug solution to a volume small enough to show changes of concentration (p. 60). “The simpler the conditions chosen and the smaller the difficulty in securing access to the inner surface, the quicker is the absorption ... in the case of well powdered absorbents the equilibrium is mostly reached in seconds or minutes…” The action is much more rapid in the case of well powdered substances (Triturations). Mode Of Action Of Homeopathic Drugs by Shri Ram Matter may change in form but it is always present; force may change its expression but no unit of force is ever destroyed. We hold that for... Read more » Read more »