What is the LM potency?
The third potency scale is the LM scale, LM being the Roman numeral for 50,000. This scale dilutes substances at a ratio of 1:50,000. To begin, we take a 3C (the point at which all substances are alcohol soluble, as achieved through trituration) and dilute it into 50,000 parts of alcohol, succussing it 100 times (as opposed to the 2, 10, 20 or 40 times applied to the centesimal and decimal scales). This first step of diluting at 1:50,000 and succussing 100 times is called the LM1. The scale continues with the LM2, LM3, and so on. At each step, the substance is reduced at a dilution rate of 50,000. Obviously, the LM scale becomes more highly dilute and invigorated than the centesimal or decimal scales, which means that the LM scale is higher in potency than the centesimal or decimal. The LM scale is more potent than the centesimal and decimal scales, and yet it is also more gentle. Because it is so dilute, and also because it is given in liquid form (diluting it even further), the LMs a
