Care Needed in Handling Homoepathic Remedies

Homoepathic medicines require special handling and storage so that they may not lose their power and become inert as a result of contamination. They should always be kept in the container in which they are supplied and never transferred to any other box, or bottle which has contained other substances.

They should be kept away from strong light, from great heat and especially form exposure to strong odours or perfumes, e.g. camphor, menthol, moth balls (you youngsters will not know what these are unless you have ancient grandparents!!), carbolic soap.

It is important never to uncover more than one remedy at a time. Neglect of this precaution would entail the risk of cross-potentization and spoiling of the remedies. Also the container should be opened for the minimum time required and care taken not to allow contamination of the cap before replacement. NEVER LICK THE INSIDE OF THE CAP TO RELEASE ANY REMEDY!!!!

Medicines are usually supplied in the form of pills, tablets or powders. The dose should be tipped on to the clean palm and transferred to the mouth, or, if in powder form, tipped directly on to the tongue. If more pills or tablets than prescribed dose are shaken out of the bottle never be afraid to take them all as this is one dose, BUT they must on NO ACCOUNT be returned to the container, but should be thrown away. To put them back would risk contaiminating the remainder.

No water need be taken to "wash the medicine down". Absorption takes place from the mouth. The dose should be put into a "clean mouth". It should not be taken until the mouth is free from the effects of food, drink, tobacco smoke (giving up smoking altogether would enhance your chances of cure enormously), toothpaste (changing from the peppermint type to, say, fennel would help greatly), mouth washes and confectionery (sweets to us mere mortals?? especially mints of any form). An interval of half an hour should be enough to have a "clean mouth".

Whilst taking homeopathic remedies the use of all other crude medicines should be avoided, including laxatives, nasal drops and liniments. These may interfere with the action of the homeopathic remedy and destroy its effectiveness.

To ensure freedowm from the risk of contamination at source the remedies should always be obtained from a reliable homeopathic chemist or from pharmacists who are prepared to take the precautions necessary to prevent the potencies from coming into contact with crude drugs.