Abstract:
Introduction: Lack of accuracy and uniformity of impact have been the
limitations of the ancient and current methods of potentization. Non-standardized
electromechanical potentizers are in use across industry. It is very important that
within each manufacturing process, the number of succussions should remain
constant as well as the impact given (force exerted) is quantified. The author
proposes to give importance to the force parameters in potentization and quantify
the impact of potentization.
Materials and Methods: The author develops electromechanical potentizer with
certain specifications such as arm length, weight, and angle at which the arm
drops at the base. The machine was operated with specific instructions given
in the machine operation manual. The force parameters were calculated and
standardized.
Results: Torque is measured to quantify the impact of the force applied in potentization.
The magnitude of torque is to be calculated by the force applied, length of the lever
arm connecting the axis to the point of force application, and angle between the force
vector and the lever arm.
In this case, torque was calculated to be = 40.43 Nm.
Since ten strokes are given, torque applied at every potency is calculated as 40.43.
Conclusion: Necessity for the documentation of force parameters used in the process of
potentization has been identified, and a tool is developed to demonstrate it.
