At 12:15 AM +0300 5/5/04, yerewan wrote:
Oh my!
Written by an ignoramus!
While I'm sure that Lachesis 3c trit might have
the capability of poisoning (the HPUS limits the
OTC to 8X i.e., 4c and above) a 0/1 of Lachesis
is surely way beyond the capabilities of
poisoning.
JW
More ? about LM
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Hans Radax
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Re: More ? about LM
Dear Ellen:
They are not confused. Originally, "mother tincture" was expressed --in the homeopaths' handwritings and labelings-- as a zero sign crossed by a forward slash. They did this possibly to make sure that the symbol was read as "potency zero" and not as the letter "O" in order to avoid mistakes. Take for example this:
What does "Coch O" mean? Does it mean "cochlearia officinalis" (=Coch-o) or cochlearia armoracia (Coch) mother tincture (Coch Q)? In a similar way, on the DOS computer screen, zeros are marked to distinguish them from the letter "O."
This "crossed out" zero looks pretty much the same as the Greek letter theta, which was later on used (in printed texts) to denote mother tinctures. Unfortunately, this letter does not exist on common typewriters (except the Greek ones, of course) or a normal computer keyboard. In order to avoid the tedious use of the ALT key and the numeric pad to enter the Greek sign, many authors or ediorials have proceeded to use the letter "Q" for mother tincture, because it looks remotely like Greek theta. Then, "Q" was scarcely, if ever, used for LM potencies.
As an aside, I understand that just recently there is some distinction between normal LM potencies and Q potencies (at least in the German literature): Both potency series are elaborated using the same procedures, but the common LM series starts with tinctures (and finally C3 liquid dilution) and the Q-series with the C3 trituration (dry), as Hahnemann had prescribed it, that is, Q potencies are those "LM" potencies Hahnemann has described in his work.
These are my musings and not necessarily true
Best regards,
Hans
They are not confused. Originally, "mother tincture" was expressed --in the homeopaths' handwritings and labelings-- as a zero sign crossed by a forward slash. They did this possibly to make sure that the symbol was read as "potency zero" and not as the letter "O" in order to avoid mistakes. Take for example this:
What does "Coch O" mean? Does it mean "cochlearia officinalis" (=Coch-o) or cochlearia armoracia (Coch) mother tincture (Coch Q)? In a similar way, on the DOS computer screen, zeros are marked to distinguish them from the letter "O."
This "crossed out" zero looks pretty much the same as the Greek letter theta, which was later on used (in printed texts) to denote mother tinctures. Unfortunately, this letter does not exist on common typewriters (except the Greek ones, of course) or a normal computer keyboard. In order to avoid the tedious use of the ALT key and the numeric pad to enter the Greek sign, many authors or ediorials have proceeded to use the letter "Q" for mother tincture, because it looks remotely like Greek theta. Then, "Q" was scarcely, if ever, used for LM potencies.
As an aside, I understand that just recently there is some distinction between normal LM potencies and Q potencies (at least in the German literature): Both potency series are elaborated using the same procedures, but the common LM series starts with tinctures (and finally C3 liquid dilution) and the Q-series with the C3 trituration (dry), as Hahnemann had prescribed it, that is, Q potencies are those "LM" potencies Hahnemann has described in his work.
These are my musings and not necessarily true
Best regards,
Hans