Drug potential is a means of measuring the dynamic energy and mode of action of potentiated homeopathic medicines. It is obtained by the virtue of position, like potential energy of stored water. The direction of drug action is governed by the attraction between the drug and the sick organism. Hahnemann discovered that the healthy organism reacts differently to different drugs due to their specific affinities or attractions. He also found that the quality of drug action is determined by its quantity, leading him to develop the centesimal scale for quantitative measurement of dynamic drug action.

1. THE DRUG POTENTIAL
Stuart Close
Dr Sebastian P A, MD (Hom)
Asst. Professor
Dept. of Organon
FMHMC

2. POTENTIAL ENERGY
•It is obtained by the virtue of position

3. •Flow of energy is from high to low
•Eg. Temperature, Electricity, Flow of water

4. •Drug potential, due to the attraction of the
living organism, determines, in a similar
manner, the direction and kind of action of
the drug prescribed or taken.

5. •It is merely presented here as a suggestion
which may lead to the discovery of a new
means of measuring the dynamic energy
and mode of action of potentiated
homœopathic medicines.

6. Crude medicine – Physiological action
Potency – Dynamic action
Direction of action of massive dose is
opposite to the action of the infinitesimal
dose
As we know that the direction of the organic
forces of health is opposite to that of disease

7. •A peculiar affinity or attraction exists
between a sick organism and the drug which
is capable of producing symptoms in a
healthy organism similar to those of the
sickness
•Hence it follows “a phase of theory of
attractions”

8. •A dose of medicine placed on the tongue, in
contact with the sentient nerves of the
organism, from which it is distributed
throughout the entire nervous system.

9. •When Hahnemann adopted the plan of proving
drugs on the healthy and thus brought drug
action within the category of observable
phenomena, be opened up a new field in
physical science and made possible the
formation of a dynamical theory, by which their
action may not only be physically explained, but
measured, modified and controlled

10. •The organism reacts in a different manner
to each drug, led to the recognition of the
specific character of drug action and to the
doctrine of elective affinities; that each drug
had a specific or peculiar relation to or
affinity for the living organism, differing
from the action of every other drug

11. •Hence the obvious fact that no two persons
affected with the same disease are affected
in exactly the same manner, and that,
therefore, there can be- no such thing as a
specific for a disease
•The doctrine of specifics applies to disease
as well as to drugs, but it is limited to the
individual.

12. •By his tests or "provings" Hahnemann
showed that the healthy organism has an
attraction for drugs and that it will react to
their influence, under proper conditions, in
the production of objective and subjective
phenomena, or symptoms

13. •Hahnemann's first great discovery was that
the quality of the drug action is governed by
the quantity of the drug used

14. •In order to control drug action, therefore, it
was necessary to find and adopt a scale of
mensuration for drugs which should be both
quantitative and qualitative
•The centesimal scale of dilution adopted by
Hahnemann practically fulfils the
requirements for quantitative measurement
of drug action

15. It remains true, however, that Hahnemann's
conception of the dynamic nature of drug
and disease action brought their phenomena
within the scope of the universal laws of
motion and. made possible the development
of an efficient system of therapeutic
medication.

16. POINTS TO SPECIFY
• Drug potential
• Potential energy
• Law of least action
• Law of attraction
• Law of quality and quantity
• Measurement of potential energy
• Organism reacts to drugs in different manner

17. Potential energy It is obtained by the virtue of position
Eg: Energy of water stored in high place
Drug potential is the dynamic action of the drugs
prescribed due to the attraction of the living organism
towards it.

18. •Flow of energy is from high to low
•Eg. Temperature, Electricity, Flow of water
•This can be connected with disease force
and medicine

19. •DP is a new means of measuring the
dynamic energy and mode of action of
potentiated homeopathic medicines.

20. Crude medicine – Physiological action
Potency – Dynamic action
Direction of action of massive dose is
opposite to the action of the infinitesimal
dose
As we know that the direction of the organic
forces of health is opposite to that of disease

21. •A peculiar affinity or attraction exists
between a sick organism and the drug which
is capable of producing symptoms in a
healthy organism similar to those of the
sickness
•Hence it follows “a phase of theory of
attractions”

22. •The organism reacts in a different manner
to each drug
•That is each drug had a specific or peculiar
relation to or affinity for the living organism,
differing from the action of every other drug

23. •By his tests or "provings" Hahnemann
showed that the healthy organism has an
attraction for drugs and that it will react to
their influence

24. •Hahnemann's first great discovery was that
the quality of the drug action is governed by
the quantity of the drug used

25. •The centesimal scale of dilution adopted by
Hahnemann practically fulfils the
requirements for quantitative measurement
of drug action

26. The dynamic nature of drug and disease
action brought their phenomena within the
scope of the universal laws of motion and
made possible the development of an
efficient system of therapeutic medication.

27. THANK YOU