No 200c in france! they say it is illegal!

Yes K is the same as C - the correct way to write K after a potency number is actually CK. It is just a different way of making the potencies. Straight C potencies are made with each step in a new vial. CK is made with the one vial, with a little of the liquid left to make the next step.

If you get 200K it will work in more or less the same way.

The other option for you would be to send outside of France for the potencies or remedies you cannot get.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:34:10 GMT]

Yes go ahead, it is the (almost) same.

For some reason I cannot access that link.

Follow this link to see the correct explanation for either CH or CK following the potency number.

http://www.ritecare.com/homeopathic/guide_potency.asp

Wikipedia does not always contain accurate information, and in this case they are wrong.

You shouldn't be using pellets for repeat dosing, you should be using the Split Dosing method as indicated in our Organon of Medicine. Apart from being more effective, it is also cheaper to do this (2 pellets make your dosing remedy which can be used over and over).

INSTRUCTONS FOR SPLIT DOSING

Firstly, you need to create a separate dosing bottle. Get a bottle with a dropper, 15-30mls in size, and fill it with a mixture of water and alcohol (5 parts to 1 part). Dissolve 2-4 granules or 2-4 drops of the medicine you bought from the pharmacy into this mixture. Your doses will be made from this bottle.

Hit the bottle firmly against the palm of your hand, or another elastic surface like a book. It should be a firm hit not a tap. 2 hits is enough to begin with, and should not be increased unless it is clear that it is needed. The water in this bottle will 'remember' the number of times you have hit it, so that subsequent doses will be stronger (necessary to overcoming the resistance of your disease).

Place 1 drop into an amount of water - I may start with anything from 1/4-1 full cup (62ml-250ml) depending on the sensitivity of the patient. Stir thoroughly and take 1 teaspoon into the mouth. Throw the rest of the cup away.

This is one dose. Repeat doses would be started from the 2 hits on the bottle.

Each step of this process can be adjusted to reduced aggravation or to increase the effect of the medicine. In order to be able to do this, it is important to measure each step (count the hits, the drops, measure the water etc).

Yes there is little noticeable difference in the two methods of preparation, at least as in far as we have been able to tell.

Using the dry doses repeatedly is much less effective. Dr. Hahnemann the founder of homoeopathy advised against their use for redosing because you will find that you cannot cure a patient who needs multiple doses that way.

You can go to Dr. Luc Du Schepper's site to read an article on why it is important to use Split Dosing and not dry granules.

http://www.drluc.com/lecture-two.html

Complicated or not, it is there for a reason - to make sure you are cured. How much effort are you willing to put into that?

You want to change the potency. That is vital to continued use of a medicine. The problem with the dry doses is that you cannot alter the potency for each dose. You need to make it stronger each time you take it, which is only possible when the remedy is in liquid form (succussion or hitting of the bottle). Every single dose must be slightly stronger than the one before it to be effective.

There is a limit to how much hitting a bottle will increase the potency, as you need to add more water to the bottle to be able to increase the potency. Potency increase does not just come from Succussion, but from a combination of that and Dilution. Together these two actions create a potency step.

Well if they are saying it is different, ask them how. Get them to tell you how it is different. Personally I don't believe them, but if they make it there, then they can tell you how their version of 'K' potency is different to the standard 'C' scale.

If they tell you that the same vial is used to make each potency step, then that is the CK potency scale, and the difference is minimal. There is no other K potency known in the world, so unless they have invented something completely new and not told anyone.....

The only difference in that method is that no alcohol is used for each step, and the amount of medicine carried over between each step is not measured. However, in all other ways it is the same as the normal C scale (number of steps, succussed/shaken between each step, diluted). We do not know how much difference not measuring the exact amount of medicine used for the next step makes to this process. For them to tell you it is not at all like CH potencies is unfounded.

It's the same as far as we can tell. Whatever difference the preparation method makes we cannot see.