HOMC121 Test Prep Questions Verified Answers
Coffea (sourced from coffee beans) is used in homeopathy as a treatment for insomnia
True
In homeopathic terms, chamomile is described as
Irritates and inflamed
Susceptibility
The factor that an organism is affected by
Sensitivity
How reactive someone is to a particular factor
A material dose is likely to elicit a response in a larger number of the population, while
homeopathic doses of 6c will only affect around 20%, the more diluted the fewer
people affected
True
The strength of a homeopathic treatment should be similar to the strength of the vital force
True
In addition to the selection of the most similar medicine, which of the following factors
are also considered for successful similimum?
Potency, dosage and repetition
What is the intention of simplexes
, Ensures practitioner can accurately ascertain the relationship between the medicine and any
reactions. Ensures the smallest possible dose is given
A low potency will affect which of the following groups
A higher number of people less deeply
Which of the following can be used to make homeopathic medicines
Plants and animals, minerals, healthy tissues, diseased tissues
Match the nosodes
Secale cornutum (fungus that infests rye); ambragrisea (sperm whale secretion);
variolinum (discharge from a small pox pustule); psorinum (discharge of a scabies vesicle)
Folliculinum is made from
Oestrone hormone secreted by the ovaries
What symptoms were brought about by Hahnemann when using diluted or potentised
medicines
Emotional, physical, mental
How does a homeopathic pathogenetic trial differ to a drug trial seen in
conventional medicine
HPTs use healthy human subjects as opposed to subjects who are already ill
What people should not be used as provers
The elderly, pregnant women, children, drug users
Reaction types
Allopathic (most common type, some kind of reaction expressed); antipathic (amelioration,
followed by an aggravation of symptoms); homeopathic (cured provers receiving similimum
medicine)
Coffea (sourced from coffee beans) is used in homeopathy as a treatment for insomnia
True
In homeopathic terms, chamomile is described as
Irritates and inflamed
Susceptibility
The factor that an organism is affected by
Sensitivity
How reactive someone is to a particular factor
A material dose is likely to elicit a response in a larger number of the population, while
homeopathic doses of 6c will only affect around 20%, the more diluted the fewer
people affected
True
The strength of a homeopathic treatment should be similar to the strength of the vital force
True
In addition to the selection of the most similar medicine, which of the following factors
are also considered for successful similimum?
Potency, dosage and repetition
What is the intention of simplexes
, Ensures practitioner can accurately ascertain the relationship between the medicine and any
reactions. Ensures the smallest possible dose is given
A low potency will affect which of the following groups
A higher number of people less deeply
Which of the following can be used to make homeopathic medicines
Plants and animals, minerals, healthy tissues, diseased tissues
Match the nosodes
Secale cornutum (fungus that infests rye); ambragrisea (sperm whale secretion);
variolinum (discharge from a small pox pustule); psorinum (discharge of a scabies vesicle)
Folliculinum is made from
Oestrone hormone secreted by the ovaries
What symptoms were brought about by Hahnemann when using diluted or potentised
medicines
Emotional, physical, mental
How does a homeopathic pathogenetic trial differ to a drug trial seen in
conventional medicine
HPTs use healthy human subjects as opposed to subjects who are already ill
What people should not be used as provers
The elderly, pregnant women, children, drug users
Reaction types
Allopathic (most common type, some kind of reaction expressed); antipathic (amelioration,
followed by an aggravation of symptoms); homeopathic (cured provers receiving similimum
medicine)
