Trituration method:
A sterilized mortar and pestle, and a sterilized scraper (a porcelain spoon or spatula) must be used.
Step 1:
Create the medicating potency by triturating one part of the substance with one part quality milk sugar until the original substance is no longer identifiable.
Step 2:
According to Robert Muntz, Mag. Pharm. of Remedia Homeopathic Pharmacy (www.remedia.at), to produce a centesimal trituration (1C-trituration) a small amount of the medicinal substance is weighed and 99 times that amount of milk sugar is set aside. The sterilized mortar is filled with one third of the lactose, which is then rubbed evenly onto the surface with a pestle. In doing so the pores of the porcelain mortar are filled so that the medicinal substance cannot deposit in the pores.
The medicinal substance is added and the first prover triturates (grinds) vigorously for 6 minutes. The mortar is then scraped for 4 minutes with the sterilized scraper. The substance is again triturated for 6 minutes and scraped for 4 minutes equaling a total of 20 minutes. At this point another one third of the milk sugar is added.The mortar is then passed to the next prover and the procedure is repeated: 6 minutes of trituration, 4 minutes of scraping, 6 minutes of trituration, 4 minutes of scraping and the last third of the milk sugar is added. The mortar is passed to the next prover and the grinding and scraping is again repeated taking one hour altogether. At the end of the last scraping the powder is dumped from the mortar and saved as a 1C potency.
Step 3:
The above procedure is repeated, passing the mortar to the next prover every 20 minute interval and adding one third of the milk sugar. The remaining powder is dumped from the mortar and saved as a 2C potency.
Step 4:
The above procedure is once again done and completed for the 3C potency. At this point the substance is preserved in the milk sugar and stable enough to ship to pharmacy.
Helios pharmacy recommends that if the substance is organic it should be added to ethyl alcohol and distilled water to prevent the growth of molds, mildew or bacteria.
A sterilized mortar and pestle, and a sterilized scraper (a porcelain spoon or spatula) must be used.
Step 1:
Create the medicating potency by triturating one part of the substance with one part quality milk sugar until the original substance is no longer identifiable.
Step 2:
According to Robert Muntz, Mag. Pharm. of Remedia Homeopathic Pharmacy (www.remedia.at), to produce a centesimal trituration (1C-trituration) a small amount of the medicinal substance is weighed and 99 times that amount of milk sugar is set aside. The sterilized mortar is filled with one third of the lactose, which is then rubbed evenly onto the surface with a pestle. In doing so the pores of the porcelain mortar are filled so that the medicinal substance cannot deposit in the pores.
The medicinal substance is added and the first prover triturates (grinds) vigorously for 6 minutes. The mortar is then scraped for 4 minutes with the sterilized scraper. The substance is again triturated for 6 minutes and scraped for 4 minutes equaling a total of 20 minutes. At this point another one third of the milk sugar is added.The mortar is then passed to the next prover and the procedure is repeated: 6 minutes of trituration, 4 minutes of scraping, 6 minutes of trituration, 4 minutes of scraping and the last third of the milk sugar is added. The mortar is passed to the next prover and the grinding and scraping is again repeated taking one hour altogether. At the end of the last scraping the powder is dumped from the mortar and saved as a 1C potency.
Step 3:
The above procedure is repeated, passing the mortar to the next prover every 20 minute interval and adding one third of the milk sugar. The remaining powder is dumped from the mortar and saved as a 2C potency.
Step 4:
The above procedure is once again done and completed for the 3C potency. At this point the substance is preserved in the milk sugar and stable enough to ship to pharmacy.
Helios pharmacy recommends that if the substance is organic it should be added to ethyl alcohol and distilled water to prevent the growth of molds, mildew or bacteria.
