Transcript Compounding Complex Homoeopathic Medicines Examples

Compounding Complex
Homoeopathic
Medicines
Examples
Introduction
The method and calculations involved
when compounding complex
homoeopathic remedies is
determined by whether or not
your complex included:
1. Only potentised homoepathic
remedies
2. Only tinctures and physiologically
active substances that are
required at a specific dosage
3. Both 1 and 2
Complexes made from
remedies in potency
This method is really quite simple:
If you are using decimal potencies:
The total of all of the remedies in the
complex must be 1:9
Example:
If you are wanting to make the
following complex:
Apis mell D4
Belladonna D4
Phytolacca D4
Hepar sulph D12
Complexes containing
only potentised remedies
If you want to dispense 30ml in 20% R-OH
to your patient
And on your shelf you have the following:
Apis mell D3
in 73%
Belladonna D3
in 96%
Phytolacca D3
in 96%
Hepar sulph D11
in 73%
As you can see, the potencies that you
have on your shelf are one potency scale
below what you require in your complex.
You can take the remedies up one potency
into your final required dispensing
quantity.
Examples
You want 30ml for your final dispensing
quantity. This means that of this 30ml 1
part will be remedies and 9 parts will be
20% R-OH
30 / 10 parts = 3
So……. 3ml will be remedies and 27ml will
be 20% R-OH
You are using 4 remedies So…… 3 / 4 =
0.75ml each
You can pipette out 0.75ml of each remedy.
Because you are working with 0.75ml
which is a specific volume it does not
matter what percentage alcohol the
remedies are in
OR
Examples
You can calculate how many
drops there are in 0.75ml of
each medicating potency that
you have:
Using the table provided in the
manual:
Remedy on Shelf:% R-OH
0.75ml
Apis mell D3
in 73%
26.25 →27gtt
Belladonna D3 in 96%
28.5 → 29gtt
Phytolacca D3 in 96%
28.5 → 29gtt
Hepar sulph D11in 73%
26.25 →27gtt
Gtt/ml Gtt in
35
35 x 0.75 =
38
38 x 0.75 =
38
38 x 0.75 =
35
35 x 0.75 =
Examples
So you would measure out 27ml of
20% R-OH and to this you would add:
Apis mell D3
in 73%
Belladonna D3 in 96%
Phytolacca D3
in 96%
Hepar sulph D11in 73%
27drops
29 drops
29 drops
27 drops
And then succuss ten times. And you
will have 30ml of:
Apis mell D4
Belladonna D4
Phytolacca D4
Hepar sulph D12 all in 20% R-OH
ready top dispense
Complexes containing
tinctures and potencies
This is when calculation start to
become a bit more hair-raising!
If prescribing tinctures, it is essential
to ensure that each dose that a
patient is taking contains the
correct dosage of each tincture in
the complex so as to ensure the
best therapeutic result.
When purchasing a tincture from your
supplier ensure that you have
checked the therapeutic dosage for
that tincture and supplier as
dosages change depending on the
tincture preparation method. The
method of preparation determined
the tincture concentration strength.
Examples
Using the example given in your
manual:
On your shelf you have the
following tinctures. The
dosages have been given to
you by your supplier.
Name of Tincture:
Dosage
Card. Mar
drops tds
Taraxacum
drops tds
Chelidonium
drops tds
Tincture Strength:
1:2
3
1:3
5
1:10
10
Examples
You would like to prepare a nice liver
drainage remedy by combing these
tinctures with the following
homoeopathic potencies:
Lycopodium
Nux vom.
6x
6x
You now have to calculate a
convenient quantity of the complex
to dispense and you have to ensure
that each dose contains the correct
therapeutic quantity of your
prescribed tinctures.
Examples:
Remedy
Dose
Required
Card. Mar
3 drops
Given by
supplier
Taraxacum
5 drops
Given by
supplier
Chelidonium
10 drops
Given by
supplier
Nux vom 6X
Lycopodium 6X
?? Drops
?? drops
Does not have
to be specific
amount.
Usually around
5 – 10 drops
per dose is
acceptable
Examples
You already know that your
minimum dosage is going to be
18 drops (add all tincture
dosages together)
A convenient number of drops
per dose could then be 30
drops as this would allow
30 – 18 = 12 drops to be used for
the potencies ie. 6 drops of
Nux vom 6X and 6 drops of
Lycopodium 6X
So……..
Examples
Remedy
Dose
Required
Convenient
volume
Card. Mar
3 drops
3 ml
Taraxacum
5 drops
5 ml
Chelidonium
10 drops
10 ml
Nux vom 6X
6 drops
6 ml
Lycopodium 6X
6 drops
6 ml
Total
30 drops
30 ml
Examples
You can convert your convenient
droplet amount into a
convenient volume amount to
ensure that the correct ratio of
substances is maintained.
Once you have converted you
number of drops to a
convenient volume you can
calculate any volume for
dispensing:
Examples
Remedy
Convenient Final Volume
volume
90 ml / 120ml/ 150ml
Card. Mar
3 ml
9ml
12ml
15ml
Taraxacum
5 ml
15ml
20ml
25ml
Chelidonium
10 ml
30ml
40ml
50ml
Nux vom 6X
6 ml
18ml
24ml
30ml
Lycopodium
6X
6 ml
18ml
24ml
30ml
Total
30 ml
9oml
120ml
150ml