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Abstract
In this paper, it is argued that a homœopathic potency is an arrangement, in a certain
order, of electric dipolar molecules of the solvent, induced by the drug during the
process of dynamization. (Note that the solvents used in the preparation of homœopathic
potencies, viz. water, alcohol and sugar of milk, all have molecules which exhibit
electrical dipole moments.) The nature and extent of this arrangement of dipoles depends
on the starting drug (Mother Tincture) and the degree of dilution. As a consequence
of this hypothesis the dielectric constant and surface tension of the homœopathic
potency are expected to be different from those of the solvent. The surface tension
of potencies of Natrum muriaticum (NaCl) up to the 30th prepared in 91 per cent. alcohol
were measured and were found to vary from one potency to another, thus lending support
to the hypothesis.
