What do the different potencies of homeopathic medicine signify?
Homeopathic medicines contain extremely diluted natural substances that are meant to stimulate the body’s defense mechanism. The potency of a homeopathic remedy indicates the degree of this dilution. On a broad level, homeopathic medicines are categorized as X (decimal – lowest potency), C (centesimal – higher potency) and M (millennial – highest potency) Each of these categories again contains ingredients of varying strength – a 30X medicine is stronger than a medicine with 6X potency.