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Chronic Dosing: Tips for Taking Your Chronic Homeopathic Remedy
Portions of this document are reprinted by permission from
Hahnemann Revisited by Dr. Luc De Schepper
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The chronic dosing of a
homeopathic remedy should be only done under the supervision of your
professional
Homeopath.
Always consult and follow your specific instructions regarding your chronic
remedy dosing schedule in your case.
You will need your
Homeopath's
expert help to evaluate if your remedy is
working correctly in your case, what potency to use, what size dose
to give, the number
of succussion, the size and number of any dilution cup(s), and when
the remedy should be repeated, etc.
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Always Start with the Test Dose!
The first test does is NOT succussed.
The Simillimum for a person is always a combination of the right
remedy, potency, succussions and dose! |
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Succuss the bottle each time before
taking a dose: that is, hit the bottle against the palm of your hand or a
leather-bound book.
Give it a good hard whack from a distance of two
feet. This will increase the potency of the dose slightly each time so
that it gradually works faster, deeper and with a more gentle effect. The
number of times you succuss the bottle (typically from 2 to 8 times) will be
written on the label. You may find that you need to adjust the number of
succussions (see Adjusting the Dose).
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Take one teaspoon from the bottle and put
it in a cup with 4 oz. of water (Dosage Cup). (Ideally the water
should be distilled or filtered but tap water is acceptable if that is all
you have.) Stir vigorously with a spoon. Use a plastic cup and spoon which
you only use for this remedy, not for food or for other remedies. Label the
cup for this remedy.
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Take one teaspoon from the Dosage Cup as
your daily dose. NEVER DRINK DIRECTLY FROM THE
BOTTLE. This will disturb the gentle and increasingly deep-acting
progression of potencies. It could cause an aggravation (temporary
intensification) of your symptoms.
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Discard the rest of the water in the cup.
NEVER DRINK THE WHOLE CUP. (Hint: it's
great for your plants!) Do not save it overnight. You need to make a new cup
the next day after succussing the remedy bottle again. Otherwise you will
not be following the methodical and systematic progression of potencies
which is part of this healing system, and you may interfere with the
progress of your cure.
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Succussing a remedy makes it slightly
stronger between doses and allows the Vital Force (VF) to more readily
accept it. |
Special Precautions
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After taking your first dose, wait and
don't take the remedy the next day. Observe.
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Try to keep it out of direct sunlight and
away from heat (e.g. in the glove compartment of your car on a hot day).
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Avoid having it x-rayed when traveling.
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Do
not eat (or drink) anything for at least 15 minutes before or after taking your remedy.
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Caffeinated coffee may alter the effects of the remedy.
Drinking more than
one cup a day may antidote the remedy. If one cup is drunk, take the remedy
at least 1 hour later. (Tea is acceptable, as are other caffeine-containing
foods like cola and chocolate).
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If
you have symptoms related to your menstrual cycle, don't start a new remedy
(LM 1) while having PMS or during your menstrual cycle, as your symptoms may
aggravate.
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Tip Regard Menses (Your
Monthly Menstrual Cycle): It's best to wait at least
3 days after the menses begin before taking a chronic remedy for the
first time or it could produce an excessive aggravation. A new remedy
shouldn't be taken less than one week before the menses, especially if there
are menstrual symptoms in the issues that you have a complaint about for which
you are seeking homeopathy. Wait until your cycle is complete to begin
a new remedy.
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Symptoms Which You Think Are
Caused by the Remedy
If you
experience a NEW symptom (whether mental, emotional or physical) and you think
the remedy may be causing it, please ask yourself these questions:
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Is
there anything in my life which could have caused this reaction?
Did I just
eat an unfamiliar food or hear some bad news? Was I involved in a
fender-bender? If so, it was not the remedy.
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Have
I ever experienced these symptoms before, at any time in my life?
If so,
it's a good sign, a sign that the remedy is bringing forward old symptoms to
be fully healed. Usually people only experience "a shadow of their former
symptoms;' not a real illness and nothing to worry about. Keep going with
the remedy unless the symptoms become uncomfortable, in which case stop for
two days and adjust the dose (see below).
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If
you have never experienced the symptom, and you can't explain it any other
way, it may be caused by the remedy. Stop the remedy, contact your Homeopath promptly, and
be sure to give a detailed description of the
symptoms. Wait for further instructions from your Homeopath.
Adjusting the Remedy Dose
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If
your existing symptoms get worse (this is called an 'aggravation'), stop
taking the remedy for AT LEAST TWO DAYS OR LONGER until they stop.
Then start taking the same remedy again but SUCCUSS IT TWO LESS TIMES.
For example, if you were succussing it 8 times, start again at 6 times.
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If
you once again get an aggravation, stop again as above, and start again at 2
less succussions, until you are down to 2 succussions. You can't do 0
succussions (not effective), so to adjust the remedy downward, follow these
instructions for "making a second cup":
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Put
1/2 tsp. from the bottle into your 4 oz. cup, pour 1/2 tsp. from this cup
into another 4 oz cup of pure water. Stir as usual and drink 1/2 tsp. from
this second cup. Discard the remainder of both cups.
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If
this is still too strong, you may need to use 1/4 or even 1/8 tsp. at each
step.
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About Reusing a Remedy Supply Bottle (RSB), Cup
and/or Spoon
The RSB bottle should
NOT be reused
once it contains the remedy energy, even for the same remedy of a
higher potency.
Always make up a fresh RSB for each remedy.
It is also best to use a fresh plastic dilution cup and spoon per
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Answers to Commonly Asked
Questions
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Does it matter if I succuss the remedy, then get interrupted and don't take
it right away?
No, the power of the succussions is
still in there.
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Does it succuss the remedy if I take it traveling with me and it gets
jounced around?
No, the succussion has to be a hard and
direct thwack.
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Should I stop taking my prescription medication?
No. You should continue to take it until
you have an opportunity to consult with the physician who prescribed it, who
is the only person who can be responsible for your discontinuing it. Some
medications are dangerous if discontinued suddenly.
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What time of day should I take it?
Generally in the evening, except for
these remedies which should be taken in the morning so that they don't keep
you awake at night: Ignatia,
Phosphorus,
Arsenicum,
Sepia
and Nat. Mur.
The most important thing is to take it consistently at about the same
time of day.
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Can I reuse the same cup?
Yes, as long as you are taking the same
remedy. It doesn't matter what potency (LM1, LM2, etc.) But when you start a
new remedy, you need a new cup. Washing it is not enough to take out the
traces of the former remedy, which may interfere with your new one.
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What if I spill it?
Call for a replacement. You'll have to make
it" catch up" to the old bottle by removing as many teaspoons and succussing
it as many times as the first bottle.
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Tips on Plussing a Remedy:
If you get near the end of
the Remedy Supply Bottle (RSB), keep at least one (1) teaspoon in there and add 4 more ounces of
pure spring water to the same RSB to keep it going.
By succussing it each
dose, you have been raising the potency each time and therefore you don't want
to start over at a lower remedy by making a new Remedy Supply Bottle (RSB). Continue repeat dosing as
advised by your
Homeopath. |
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Dosing with LM Potencies or Plussed Remedies
After making any new LM potency in the Remedy
Supply Bottle, and after succussing it, you should let it rest for
6 HOURS
before dosing. |
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