Dr. Hahnemann started utilizing known medical substances that work in his time, for example, Peruvian bark or Cinchona. These were used homeopathically for relapsing fever. He administered a medicine with a known cure picture to an individual who was sick with similar symptoms. However, at first, he was utilizing pure substances, for instance, full quality herbs. He observed that, while the patients got well, they additionally developed side effects. To minimize those side effects, he did further experimentation, and came up with the process of potentization. Homeopathic prescriptions are prepared through a progression of dilutions, at every progression the solution under goes a vigorous agitation called succession. The succession is repeated
