CCH Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. A former client is posting negative reviews online claiming the homeopath harmed them. What is the practitioner's safest legal response? → Respond professionally and calmly without disclosing confidential client information
2. In Kent's Repertory, under which section would a practitioner look for symptoms related to the patient's overall energy level and thermal sensitivity? → Generalities
3. A patient says she has 'never been well since' a severe bout of mononucleosis at age 16. In homeopathic case analysis, this is classified as: → A never-well-since (NWS) causation that often indicates a nosode or related remedy
4. A patient with acute cystitis has a constant urge to urinate, burning before and after urination, and only a few drops pass. The primary remedy is: → Cantharis vesicatoria
5. How are remedies prepared in homeopathy? → Serial dilution and succussion
6. Which study technique is MOST effective for deeply understanding the 'essence' or central theme of a polychrest remedy? → Studying the source substance's natural properties alongside the remedy's proving symptoms
7. Which of the following case features most strongly suggests a Tubercular miasmatic background? → Restlessness, desire to travel, romantic illness, family history of TB
8. Which of the following best describes the 'latent psora' concept? → A dormant miasmatic state that has not yet produced clinical symptoms
9. How do remedies affect the vital force in homeopathy? → Stimulate vital force
10. What is the principle of remedy selection in homeopathy? → Totality of symptoms and individual traits
11. Which of the following best describes the geriatric patient who needs Phosphoric acid? → Apathetic, indifferent, hair turns gray from grief, mental exhaustion precedes physical
12. What does 'ecological validity' mean in homeopathic research? → The degree to which study findings can be generalized to real-world clinical practice
13. Which scenario best justifies a potency change rather than a remedy change? → The patient has improved but then relapsed at the same level repeatedly
14. The decimal (X or D) scale uses which dilution ratio at each step? → 1:9
15. In ascending LM dosing, the practitioner moves to the next LM potency when: → The current potency ceases to produce improvement or begins to cause aggravation
16. Which potency scale is most commonly associated with Hahnemann's later practice and is described in detail in the 6th edition of the Organon? → LM/Q (50-millesimal) scale
17. A patient with insomnia lies awake between 1–3 AM, has a driven personality, is very chilly, and craves fats and spicy food. The best indicated remedy is: → Nux vomica
18. In the decimal (X or D) potency scale, what is the dilution ratio per step? → 1:10
19. In Hahnemannian case analysis, which category of symptoms carries the HIGHEST prescribing weight? → Strange, rare, and peculiar (SRP) symptoms
20. Which of the following best describes a key competency required for chronic disease & miasm theory in CCH practice? → Strong analytical skills combined with effective communication and ethical judgment
21. What is the purpose of a client termination policy in a homeopathic practice? → To outline the process for ethically ending the practitioner-client relationship
22. According to the 6th edition of the Organon, the LM potency should typically be administered: → Dissolved in water with succussion before each dose
23. Which acute remedy is most indicated for a blunt eye injury with a black eye, orbital bruising, and soreness of the eyeball? → Symphytum officinale
24. In the Korsakovian single-vial method, successive potencies are made by: → Emptying the vial, refilling with diluent, and succussing
25. Which of the following remedies is most classically associated with the Sycotic miasm? → Thuja occidentalis
26. In the Organon, Hahnemann used the term 'vital force' to describe what? → The immaterial, spirit-like principle that maintains health and responds to disease
27. A child born to parents with a strong sycotic background but who has never had gonorrhea is said to have: → Hereditary sycosis
28. What does the term 'miasm' refer to in homeopathy? → Chronic disease predispositions
29. What role does the patient's symptom profile play in homeopathy? → Guides remedy selection
30. In a homeopathic proving, what distinguishes a 'characteristic' symptom from a 'common' symptom? → Characteristic symptoms are unusual, rare, or peculiar and more diagnostically valuable