The relative strength of popular substances
We define the "strength" of a medicinal pellet as the number of moles of an active ingredient in a single pellet.
A popular ibuprofen 200 mg pellet with a strength of ⚠ $9.7\times10^{-4}$
mol of C13H18O2 is chosen as a reference.
An example of per-mol dilution strength calculation for Boiron 0.443mg pellet of Lakhesis Muta Venom., Boiron 0.443 mg::
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⚠ $ 0.443 \times 10^{-3} g /(13976 g/mol) \approx 0.443\times10^{-3}/(1.4\times10^{4}) \approx 3 \times 10^{-8}$
mol, with the relative strength to an ibuprofen pellet of⚠ $3\times10^{-8}/9.7\times10^{-4} = 3.2\times10^{-5}$
.
For the reference, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(mass)#nanogram", the mass of one human cell is 1ng or ⚠ $10^{-9}$
g , and thus a 100kg person would have ⚠ $10^{14}$
cells.
Medicine |
Active Substance (AS) |
AS mass per pellet, MP (g) |
AS molecular mass, M (g/mol) |
Estimated Dilution, or De==MP/M (mol) |
Claimed Dilution, or Dc |
The De/Dc ratio |
Ibuprofen Strenghth Index (De/De_ibpf) |
C13H18O2 |
0.200 |
206 |
|
3D |
1 |
1 | |
Acetaminophen, C8H9NO2 |
0.500 |
151 |
|
3D |
1 |
3.4 | |
Immunotheraphy | |||||||
0.100 |
143597 |
|
6D |
1 |
0.7x10-3 | ||
Toxins | |||||||
0.300 |
65 |
|
2D-3D |
1 |
4.6 | ||
0.100 |
289 |
|
3D-4D |
1 |
0.35 | ||
0.593 (IP for 100kg mammal) |
13976 |
|
|
5D |
| ||
LD50 |
|
xxx |
1 |
| |||
LD50 ~= 1000 ng/kg ~ 1 mg /adult |
149323 |
|
8D |
1 |
| ||
3.24 * 10^{-9} (per 500 unit vial of Dysport®) |
150000 |
|
7C |
1 |
| ||
Homeophathy | |||||||
unknown |
136-212 |
10^{-3} mol |
3D |
unknown |
<1 | ||
< |
107.8 |
|
12D |
|
< | ||
0.000443 |
13976 |
|
|
|
| ||
Лахезис мутус (Лахезис), Гомеофарм |
Unknown |
13976 |
Minimal De range |
6C-1000C(!) |
Unknown |
Maximum pellet strength range | |
|
289 |
|
12D-9D |
Unknown |
|
Medicine's labels used for calculations:
- Ibuptfen-200mg
- Tylenol-500mg
- Kali Phos, 3X
- Argentum Metallicum, 6C, $10^{-12}g, 0.443mg (?)
- Lakhesis Mutus venom, 6C, 0.443mg (?)
- Lakhesis Mutus, 6C, Gomeofarm, Russia
- A good question about 0.443mg in many Boiron products - but wrong answer
Selected studies of Lachesis venom