Mittel

English translation: remedy

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German term or phrase:	Mittel
English translation:	remedy
Entered by:	Silke Walter

17:46 Dec 4, 2014

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Medical - Medical (general) / homeopathic medicine

German term or phrase: Mittel

"Bei der Auswertung unserer Verreibung verstanden wir nicht, wie zu dieser Sicht die Perspektive
von Prüfer 1 passt, das *Mittel* beschreibe einen Zustand in dem man gescheitert ist, obwohl
man alles richtig getan hat."

"Trotzdem tritt ein Ergebnis ein, mit dem man am Leben scheitert. Denn für dieses *Mittel* ist das Falsche das Richtige!"

"Es ist also ein *Mittel*, das bereit macht, schuldig zu sein (im Sinne, die Folgen zu tragen,
auch wenn sie moralisch schlecht dastehen). (Das ist nun tatsächlich eine Aussage, die 180
Grad gedreht ist zu meinem Gefühl in der C3, man könne in dem Zustand diese Mittels gut
Opfer sein. Aber jetzt fühle ich mich deutlich besser.)."

I'm guessing something like "remedy/medicine" or similar, but this whole field is new to me.
C1, C2, C3 seems to denote batches of the goo they've whacked up for the study particpants. Anyone know if this is a standard designation for 'batch' or similar?
TIA for your help

Jonathan MacKerron

remedy

Explanation:
Each remedy -like rhus toxicodendron or belladonna- are homeopthic remedies.

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Note added at 58 mins (2014-12-04 18:45:13 GMT)
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http://www.herbs2000.com/homeopathy/rhus_tox.htm
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/belladonna.html

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Silke Walter
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Local time: 22:37

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Many thanks.
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remedy

Silke Walter

potency/potencies

Yorkshireman

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Gudrun Maydorn (X)

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31 mins confidence:

potency/potencies

Explanation:
More or less an educated guess.

The strength of homoeopathic "remedies" is measured in potency - the degree of dilution of the active ingredient. It could well be that C1 to C3 are different potencies of the same "concoction"

http://homeopathyplus.com.au/tutorial-4-three-scales-of-pote...

Yorkshireman
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Local time: 22:37
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remedy

Silke Walter
Germany
Local time: 22:37
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Many thanks.

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Reference

Reference information:
Several potency scales are in use in homeopathy. Hahnemann created the centesimal or "C scale", diluting a substance by a factor of 100 at each stage. The centesimal scale was favored by Hahnemann for most of his life. A 2C dilution requires a substance to be diluted to one part in one hundred, and then some of that diluted solution diluted by a further factor of one hundred. This works out to one part of the original substance in 10,000 parts of the solution.[2] A 6C dilution repeats this process six times, ending up with the original material diluted by a factor of 100−6=10−12.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic_dilutions

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The German potencies C1, C2, C6 etc are 1C, 2C, 6C etc in English.

Homeopathic medicines, made from animal, vegetable, mineral, and intangible substances, start from a solution of standardized chemical strength. To make a C potency one part of such a solution is added to 99 parts of the diluent (water and alcohol) and the dilution is thoroughly succussed (vigorously agitated by shaking). It is called the 1C potency because it is a 1:100 dilution of the original solution (C for centesimal). Then 1 part of the 1C potency is added to 99 parts of diluent. Again the solution is succussed. This new dilution is the 2C potency because it has been prepared by a 1:100 dilution performed 2 times. The strength of the 2C potency is 1/10,000 of the original solution (1/100 of 1/100). Sequential potencies are made similarly, 3C from 2C, 4C from 3C, etc. A 200C potency means this process of dilution and succussion has occurred 200 times, a 1M potency means that this process has occurred one thousand times.
http://www.foroptimalhealth.com/index.php?option=com_content...

Gudrun Maydorn (X)
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Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 395

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