| Standard name | Zincum metallicum |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Standard abbr. | Zinc. |
| Other abbr. | |
| Scientific name | |
| Other scientific names | |
| Common names | zinc |
| Substance description | Trituration of the metal. Hahnemann: “Rub a piece of pure metallic zinc on a whetstone under distilled water, in a clean porcelain bowl; the gray powder deposited on the bottom is dried on white blotting paper, and one grain of it is used to prepare the dynamized preparations of zinc, in the same manner as with other dry drugs, in the manner described at the conclusion of the first part of Chronic Diseases, but with a greater number of successive strokes than is indicated there.” |
| Distinctness | DISTINCT |
| Classification | Chemical substance – Element |
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