Silicea Potency
Topic: Variation in Potencies


A pharmacy is marketing silicea 200 with name "Acid Silicicum" and claims that it has silicea (actual proved homeopathic remedy) in it or but actually the bottle contains acid silicicum dilution. The bottle is sealed.

The question is

Is Silicea and Acid Silicicum are two different things are same?

Acid Silicicum is an acid while Silicea is Silicic Anhydride.

Silicicum Acidicum shows that it has hydrogen ion in it that is why it is called an acid. Just like Sulphuric Acid (H2So4), Nitric Acid (HNo3) and Hydrochloric Acid (HCL). All of them have Hydrogen ion, which represent Acids. In the same way, if on potency bottle "Acid Silicicum" is written then it is understood that it has hydrogen ion in it? But silicea (homeopathic proved remedy) is Silicic Anhydride and not Silicic Acidicum. Anhydride means a substance without water. Here "An" also represents absence of Hydrogen ion.

Here another question arises, suppose, if a pharmacy writes, this is aconite 30 and actually that potency is not aconite 30 then how can a homeopath verify this?


Just like Phytolacca berry and Phytolaccca american are to two different species and if a pharmacy prepares phytolacca Americana and writes phytolacca berry then is this incorrect? Or the effect of phytolacca Americana is the same as phytolacca berry?

Please see the movie of silicea bottle and tell us your views about this topic?

Homeopath Ahsan
DHMS, RHMP
Member of Homeopathic Forums)

Note: This post and movie was taken from a site for NCH.