Reference
Glossary
The abbreviations and terms used in autopathic writing and case reports, with where each is explained.
Abbreviations
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AB | Autopathy bottle |
| AD | Autopathic dilution: the preparation |
| AP | Autopathic preparation (also autopathy, the method) |
| AUTO | Autopathic preparation, used in prescriptions (“AUTO 6 l BOIL”) |
| B | Breath, unboiled. In Czech texts D (dech) |
| BB | Boiled breath. In Czech texts DV |
| BOIL | Boiled, after a volume (“9 l BOIL”) |
| BS | Boiled saliva |
| BSB | Boiled saliva and breath together in one chamber |
| C | Centesimal potency; in the bottle 1 l gives 40 C |
| CM | 100,000 C (100 M) |
| M | 1,000 C; 25 l gives 1 M |
| P, P1, P2, P3, P5 | Preparation from prana, by form of application (Prana) |
| Prana VI, P VI | Preparation from the sixth chakra (Prana VI) |
| S | Saliva, unboiled |
Terms
| Term | Meaning | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Antidote | Anything that cancels or halt the effect of a dose | Obstacles |
| Autoisopathy | Older homeopathic use of a patient’s own potentised material | Origins |
| Chakra | Yogic energy centre; the method uses seven, from the root (first) to above the crown (seventh) | Principles |
| Cross-contamination | Another person’s information mixed into a bottle | Principles |
| Detoxication | The founder’s term for the phase of boiled preparations | Boiled saliva |
| Dynamis | Hahnemann’s word for the vital force | Principles |
| Fine matter | The method’s term for non-material, “subtle” levels of being | Principles |
| Flow-through dilution | Continuous dilution by water running in and out of the chamber (also “fluxion” or “vortex flux dilution”) | Equipment |
| Healing crisis | A short worsening after a dose, read as healing | Reading the response |
| Hering’s law | Healing should run from inside out, top to bottom, mind to body, in reverse order of onset | Reading the response |
| Homeopathic aggravation | A brief worsening of the present complaint after a dose | Reading the response |
| Korsakov method | Single-vessel dilution by emptying and refilling; used early, then rejected | Other methods |
| Kundika | Buddhist flow-through water vessel the founder sees as a precursor | Origins |
| Memory of glass | The belief that the bottle retains information after use | Principles |
| Miasm | Homeopathic idea of an inherited or acquired underlying weakness | Detoxication |
| Nosode | Homeopathic preparation made from diseased material | Principles |
| Observation period | The minimum time set in advance before changing a dose | Dosing |
| Potency | Degree of dilution: litres poured, or C and M | Potency |
| Potentisation | Dilution in homeopathic fashion, which makes it act more deeply | Principles |
| Prana | Sanskrit for life force; also the name of the preparations gathered above the head | Prana |
| Reverse symptoms | Old complaints briefly returning, read as a sign of healing | Reading the response |
| Sixth chakra | Between the eyebrows; where drops are applied | Principles |
| Seventh chakra | Above the head, 15 to 25 cm; where prana is gathered | Prana |
| V position | The bottle tilted about 45° so both tubes rise from the bulb | Equipment |
| Vitality | The person’s estimated strength; sets the starting volume | Potency |
| Vortex chamber | The round bulb at the bottom of the bottle | Equipment |
| Wait and observe | One dose, repeated only when its effect fades | Dosing |