(1) Homeopathic theory posits that the mechanical energy applied by trituration and succussion distends the molecules of the original substance, thus altering the fundamental nature and releasing its essential energy.(2) The Hippocratic writings describe the technique of succussion - shaking the patient to ascertain whether splashing noises could be elicited within the chest.(3) Then he used some of this mother tincture to make the final remedy by diluting and vigorously shaking ( succussing ) it in water over and over again.(4) This is succussed and the resulting solution is known as the first potency.(5) The liquid sound is then further energised by succussion (shaking vigorously).(6) The curative agent must be u2018potentizedu2019 by a series of dilutions and u2018 succussions u2019, such that not even a molecule of the original substance remains in the u2018remedy.u2019(7) Each treatment bottle contains only a couple of drops of the Mother Tincture topped up with more water and succussed again.(8) According to contemporary investigation, the processes of succussion or trituration disturb the atomic state of a drug substance by jolting electron (negative charge) out of its orbit.(9) The mother tincture is precisely diluted again, and shaken (u2018 succussed u2019).
