What are the Medicines?
Homoeopathic medicines are drug products made by homoeopathic pharmacies. Within the homeopathic pharmacopoeia there are over 2,500 different medicines or remedies, each with its own pattern of symptoms. The sources of these medicines are taken from natural substances that may be made of plants or herbs such as chamomile, aconite, dandelion, plantain; from minerals such as calcium and phosphorus, iron phosphate, arsenic oxide, sodium chloride; from animals products such as the venom of a number of poisonous snakes, or the ink of the cuttlefish; or even from chemical drugs such as penicillin or streptomycin. These substances are diluted carefully until little of the original remains. A plant substance, for example, is mixed in alcohol to obtain a tincture. One drop of the tincture is mixed with 99 drops of alcohol (to achieve a ratio of 1:100) and the mixture is strongly shaken. This shaking process is known as succussion. The final bottle is labeled as “1C.” One drop of this 1C is then
