Homeopathic Glossary Dynamization: reducing the volume and increasing the effectiveness of a medicinal substance by repeated dilution with succussion. Law of Similars: the principle that "like cures like", upon which Homeopathic treatment is based. Materia Medica: a compendium of substance (remedy) proving records. Minimum Dose: the smallest amount of a similimum that will result in the most efficient healing with least aggravation. Proving: the procedure for ascertaining the effects of substances by administering them to healthy human subjects, then observing and recording the consequent mental, emotional, and physical changes. Remedy: a Homeopathic medicine. Repertory: an index of symptoms found in Materia Medicas. Similimum: that substance which, during proving, generates a set of symptoms similar to a sick individual's totality of symptoms. Succussion: violent shaking with impact applied during dynamization of remedies. Totality of Symptoms: the complete set of mental, emotional, and physical manifestations of an individual's illness.