Chapter 5 - How Homeopathy Medicines are Administered?

This one is relatively easy to understand. The medicines are available in the market in 2 forms - liquid and medicated globules (sugar pills). If you have the medicine in liquid form, you can take/administer it in the following ways - - 2 to 4 drops of liquid medicine dissolved in 2 - 4 teaspoons of water can be taken as one dose. - The liquid medicine can directly be taken on the tongue also, 1 - 2 drops at a time. The medicines have high alcohol content, so this is not the most preferred way, especially for children. - The liquid medicines can also be used to medicate sugar pills. To medicate the globules, following steps are followed - * Fill a small glass/plastic vial (bottle) (1 to 4 drachma size) with sugar pills. Keep the filled level slightly below the neck of bottle. * Depending upon the size of vial, put 5 to 15 drops of medicine in the vial. The ideal amount is that which is able to moisten all globules and there is no free fluid left at the base. Keep this as a standard, whatever be the quantity of globules. * Then put the cap of the vial back and shake it slightly to ensure that all globules get uniformly moistened. * If there is excess fluid left at the bottom, it should be drained by slightly tilting the vial. In old days, it was recommended that the medicated globules should be dried on blotting paper before use. These days this rule is not followed strictly and is not known to make any difference either. If you have the medicine in medicated globules, 1 to 10 pills can be taken at a time, depending upon the size of globule. Theoretically, the size and number of globule does not matter much. 1 globule of any size can be taken. But as the pills are very small in size, 4 to 6 pills are often taken as one dose for the sake of convenience. Sometimes, homeopathy medicines are dispensed in 'sugar of milk' powder, instead of cane sugar pills. This method is also equally effective. It is specially suitable, if you need to dispense just one or two doses of a medicine. Homeopathy medicines can also be administered by olfaction or by gently rubbing them on skin. These methods are not very popular and not known to be equally effective. But they do work! Homeopathy medicines for the LM scale are dispensed in a special way. It is a bit complicated. You will learn about it later.