He has found consistently that a single remedy is rarely as effective as a mixture of remedies for the treatment of injuries. Arnica 30, for instance, may be effective in treating the shock that a person experiences from an injury, and it can help to heal injury to soft tissue, but if nerve tissue is also injured, Hypericum 30 will be helpful, and if bone tissue is also injured, Symphytum 30 or Ruta 30 will be indicated too. Dr. Subotnick commonly prescribes single remedies in his own formulas as well as formulas made by homeopathic manufacturers. For instance, Euphrasia 30 may ease allergy symptoms, but it will not cure the underlying allergic state. Thus, combination remedies and single remedies for acute conditions have a similar range of benefit.
Some classical homeopaths are the most vocal against the use of combination medicines.
In part as a reaction to physicians of his day who commonly prescribed several powerful drugs concurrently, Hahnemann insisted on using extremely small doses of only a single remedy at a time. While combination remedies may have a place in one's medicine chest, the power of the individually chosen single homeopathic medicine should never be underestimated. The correctly chosen homeopathic medicine can effectively heal a person's chronic or even hereditary condition. The correct medicine can also raise the individual's overall level of health so that he or she is more resistant to physical and psychological ailments, acute and chronic. There is a place in healing for both single ingredient medicines and combination formula products.