When a physician has prescribed at his best, now it is patient’s turn to take medicines properly. Homoeopathic medicines are available mainly in two forms – Potentised medicine and mother tinctures. The potentised medicines are available in pill shape or in alcoholic liquid form sometimes (inappropriately) called as dilutions.
Dose of a medicine – 1.The number written following the name of a medicine indicates its potency. For example Bryonia 30 means 30th potency of medicine Bryonia. The effect of medicine is counted due to its potency and not to the amount of medicine say number of pills or tablets or the number of drops of liquid potency. Taking two pills in one dose of a medicine of 30th potency will have same effect as that of taking eight pills because potency 30 will act. To enhance the effect physician advises to repeat medicine at certain interval as thrice or twice or once in a day or week or fortnight etc..
Repetition of Medicines – Generally repetition of a medicine depends on severity of complaint and effect of the potency of the medicine. Routinely -
Taking a Medicine – Being potentised Homoeopathic medicines are sensitive to touch, odors, heat and moisture. For this reason they should not be taken on palm or hand due to sweat and dirt etc.. They should be kept away from odorous things. Even at the time of taking the medicine mouth should be clean and free from any type of smell as of food, tooth paste etc. Therefore it is better to take homoeopathic medicine before meals and after thorough cleansing of mouth. Nothing should be taken except water within half an hour before and after taking any homoeopathic medicine.
Multiple Medicines – When you are prescribed more than one medicine –
To get maximum Effect of medicine let the pills be dissolved in mouth and keep the liquid medicine potency or mother tincture in mouth for few seconds as homoeopathic medicine are absorbed through mucus membrane and act through nerves.
The most important thing to know is that disease is not an event but it is a progressive phenomenon. Therefore, whenever a correct homoeopathic medicine in correct potency is administered in a patient it reverts the phenomenon and patient notices some of the old sufferings (which were suppressed and said to be relieved) coming again. This is a curative process and patient should consult the homoeopath who will take the necessary action.
One important thing to know is that taking medicine is not same as taking treatment because treatment is a planned effort to resolve certain problem or disease.
Dose of a medicine – 1.The number written following the name of a medicine indicates its potency. For example Bryonia 30 means 30th potency of medicine Bryonia. The effect of medicine is counted due to its potency and not to the amount of medicine say number of pills or tablets or the number of drops of liquid potency. Taking two pills in one dose of a medicine of 30th potency will have same effect as that of taking eight pills because potency 30 will act. To enhance the effect physician advises to repeat medicine at certain interval as thrice or twice or once in a day or week or fortnight etc..
2. The standard recommended dose of homoeopathic medicine is one poppy seed size pill as a one dose! Being in habit of taking large pellets, tablets and capsules and big injections people’s including homoeopaths’ psyche do not believe and accept this concept.
In Sewa Mandir we recommend doses as follow –
A) Pills – In case of potentised medicine two pills of size No.30 should be taken as one dose and let it be dissolved on tongue.
B) Bio-chemic tablet - Four tablets should be taken as one dose and let them be dissolved on tongue.
C) Liquid potencies – Take one drop either directly on tongue or in a tea spoon of water.
D) The mother tinctures should be taken with half cup of water 10, 15 or 20 drops as prescribed by the physician.
Repetition of Medicines – Generally repetition of a medicine depends on severity of complaint and effect of the potency of the medicine. Routinely -
- 3,6,12 and 30th potency is to be repeated twice or thrice every day. In some conditions these are repeated more frequently which is always be decided by the treating physician.
- 200th potency is generally repeated weekly or even later but sometimes one dose every day.
- 1M and above potencies are repeated once in a week or fortnightly or monthly or even late.
-Mother tinctures are repeated twice or thrice a day.
- Although generally said safe Homoeopathic medicines are potentially harmful in careless hands.
In some rare case only physician decides to repeat high potencies once or several times a day to palliate a sickness or symptom but it could be by physician.
Taking a Medicine – Being potentised Homoeopathic medicines are sensitive to touch, odors, heat and moisture. For this reason they should not be taken on palm or hand due to sweat and dirt etc.. They should be kept away from odorous things. Even at the time of taking the medicine mouth should be clean and free from any type of smell as of food, tooth paste etc. Therefore it is better to take homoeopathic medicine before meals and after thorough cleansing of mouth. Nothing should be taken except water within half an hour before and after taking any homoeopathic medicine.
Exposure to excessive heat and moisture affect homoeopathic preparations adversely.
Multiple Medicines – When you are prescribed more than one medicine –
- Keep at least 15 minutes gap between taking of two potentised medicines, do not take two medicines simultaneously. The same gap is applicable between bio-chemic and potentised medicines.
- Keep at least 30 minutes distance between taking of a potentised or a bio-chemic medicine and a mother tincture.
- Some of the mother tinctures can be mixed in the same cup of water if directed by the physician otherwise keep a gap of 15 minutes between two mother tinctures.
To get maximum Effect of medicine let the pills be dissolved in mouth and keep the liquid medicine potency or mother tincture in mouth for few seconds as homoeopathic medicine are absorbed through mucus membrane and act through nerves.
The most important thing to know is that disease is not an event but it is a progressive phenomenon. Therefore, whenever a correct homoeopathic medicine in correct potency is administered in a patient it reverts the phenomenon and patient notices some of the old sufferings (which were suppressed and said to be relieved) coming again. This is a curative process and patient should consult the homoeopath who will take the necessary action.
One important thing to know is that taking medicine is not same as taking treatment because treatment is a planned effort to resolve certain problem or disease.
Dr. M. K. Tyagi
D.H.M.S., Dip. N.I.H.Research Officer
Sewa Mandir
Mobile" 09829157926
Email: 1.sewamandir@usa.net, 2.manju_mkt2003@yahoo.co.in
D.H.M.S., Dip. N.I.H.Research Officer
Sewa Mandir
Mobile" 09829157926
Email: 1.sewamandir@usa.net, 2.manju_mkt2003@yahoo.co.in
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