Homeopathic theory assigns a hierarchy to symptoms. Cases are progressing toward health when symptoms move down this hierarchy. For example, a dog initially presented for kidney problems would be considered to be healing if the kidney problems were replaced by eczema. Transient mental and emotional changes frequently occur as remedies eliminate layers of symptoms. Homeopathic Remedies Homeopathic medicines are made by homeopathic pharmacies according to the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States .
Remedy creation begins with the preparation of a tincture of the original substance.
The tincture is then potentized through a process of serial dilutions and succussions. Potentization involves not only dilution of the substance but also succussion, a prescribed form of shaking which adds kinetic energy to the dilutions. Each time a remedy is diluted, the dilution is succussed. Thus, a 10X remedy will have been diluted and succussed 10 times. When the desired potency has been achieved, the remedy can be retained in liquid form or impregnated into sugar pellets of various sizes.