Antidote

You will get different answers on this.

I read you can antidote with a 6c if
you took higher, and I read you can
antidote with camphor mother tincture
( don't know how to dose that though)

Brisbane homeopath will say you cannot
antidote you need another remedy
that has the symptoms of what you
are trying to antidote.

Personally I get a massage to antidote
a remedy, it works for me.

Why do you need to antidote? Are you sure that it is antidoting that is needed?

The same remedy will almost never be capable of antidoting - not never, but it is very rare.

Antidoting can only be done via the law of similars, that is the symptoms the patient is displaying would lead you to the remedy (the basis of homoeopathy). Using the same medicine is called isopathy and is not all that reliable unless used in particular ways.

Typically taking the same potency of the same remedy will just make the reaction worse. Taking lower or higher potencies will have unpredictable effects - sometimes it appears to modify the reaction (probably because the potency is more appropriate for the patient) and sometimes it creates more aggravation.

Camphor is an antidote to all homeopathic medicines, but you have to lubricate the entire body with camphor oil or ointment. You can also try the homeopathic camphor, such as 6C.

Parakletos.

How long ago did you take Calc-carb? If it is more than a few weeks, then you cannot antidote as the remedy has already ceased working. Anything that remains is now being caused by your own vital energy not a remedy.

If that is the case then the change may be permanent without getting proper homoeopathic treatment for it.

2 days is not long, if the remedy is actually creating some effect it will probably wear off by itself.

Who prescribed Calc-carb? What other effects has it had? Has there been any positive result? How many doses did you take? How did you administer the doses? What exactly is a 'flabby' stomach?

You will run into trouble if you just start taking more and more remedies. Each one can have its own set of side effects. Homoeopathy is powerful and needs to be respected.

Aggravations normally take place for several days after the dose, sometimes as long as a week or two. A 'bad effect' on a remedy can actually be part of the cure, since most often a remedy will make you noticeably worse before you get better. You would not see postive results within the first 3 days for chronic cases. Quite the opposite.

Again I ask, why do you need to antidote so early in to treatment - are you willing to antidote any curative effect it might have too?

You can use any of these medicines as Antidote to Calc Carb depending on symptoms:

Camphor, Ipecac, Nux Vomica, Nitric Acid

So I take it then you don't trust the homoeopath who took your case, and you don't really trust homoeopathy either. If you have no patience or committment to go through the process it might be best if you choose another style of medicine.

You clearly don't understand much about how this works. I would suggest you educate yourself rather than panicking like this and possibly ruining any hope you might have of being cured.

So I have offended you. Well I still believe you really need to learn more about how homoeopathy works, instead of reaching for new remedies whenever you get an aggravation. My suggestion was not meant to be rude but constructive. Educate yourself, so that you understand what is likely to happen, why it is happening, and so you do not get in the way of your own treatment. Homoeopathy is difficult to do, both for practitioner and patient. Aggravations are a part of the cure. Dosage is how we manage it. Patience is the key to getting to that cure. You probably should learn more about dosage if you get alot of serious aggravations (serious would be those that last more than 7 days). Dosage allows us to manage and help oversensitive patients.

You will not likely eliminate all aggravation though. It is part of homoeopathy.

You are hardly going to get banned for saying I am rude - I know I can be at times. I have spent 20 years defending homoeopathy, teaching it, practicing it, living and breathing it. The internet generally makes a mockery of it and I find it hard to hold my tongue.

So I gave my advice - you are being impatient at this stage and should expect your state to be worsening. If you start swallowing new remedies now then you will never know if Calc-carb can cure you. You may even avoid it for the rest of your life, and if it is your simillimum, that would be a terrible tragedy.
[message edited by brisbanehomoeopath on Mon, 14 May 2012 13:13:29 BST]

Kohler: As I suggested several possible medicines & told you to antidote calc carb as per your symptoms. But analysing the symptoms & selecting appropriate medicines is not a simple job. I would suggest you to see a homeopath face to face or stick to Brisbane's advice. He is more much more experienced than most of the homeopaths out there. Gudluck!