The homeopathic drug strength appears after the name with a numeral followed by an X or C. Since X is the Roman numeral for 10, a 6X attenuation means the drug has been diluted, in a ratio of 1 to 10, and succussed—a total of six times.

What do the numbers in homeopathy mean?

What do the numbers mean? The number indicates how many times the dilution process was repeated, and it gives us a sense of how diluted the labelled substance is. The previous dilution stage is used to produce the following stage.

What does 200C mean in homeopathy?

At the declared homeopathic dose of 200C, the total mass of pills that would have to be consumed to encounter a single molecule of the original substance would be billions of times greater than the mass of the Earth.