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Duration and quantity of dosage
I would like an advice on the duration and quantity of dosage when administering mother tinctures.I understand that in the beginning one can take upto 20 drops three times a day. As the symptoms disappear and/or when improvement occurs, the number of drops can be reduced and the number of doses may also be reduced or may remain the same.
What I would like, the experts to advise is, whether we can continue taking a mother tincture for long durations - say few months - with reduced quantity of dose and also reduced number of doses per day.
For example, can I reduce my dose to five drops two times a day and continue this for six months?
drakezyber on 2014-04-30
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
You are going to get answers that say No and more about No.
Do another post for Kadwa in the headline- and don't post anything on it-
leave the white box open. Kadwa is not on everyday- but he does
use Mother tinctures quite a bit- and he can give his opinion.
Do another post for Kadwa in the headline- and don't post anything on it-
leave the white box open. Kadwa is not on everyday- but he does
use Mother tinctures quite a bit- and he can give his opinion.
♡ simone717 9 years ago
Well, my question would actually be - why would you want to? What is the need to do that?
I think that there is always a risk when you take anything for long periods of time. Many herbs are really drugs, especially once they have been concentrated into the form of a mother tincture.
Homoeopathy teaches us that dosage must be individualised, so the only answer to your question would really be '..depends on what kind of reaction you are getting.'
I think that there is always a risk when you take anything for long periods of time. Many herbs are really drugs, especially once they have been concentrated into the form of a mother tincture.
Homoeopathy teaches us that dosage must be individualised, so the only answer to your question would really be '..depends on what kind of reaction you are getting.'
♡ Evocationer 9 years ago
When I find that the body is responding favourably, I have this urge to continue with the remedy - especially if it is curative. However, considering that mother tincture is the most concentrated form of that medicine, I think - only think, not sure - that I should reduce the dosage gradually, discontinue for a few weeks and then restart.
I understand that we rarely push a remedy when there is no improvement.
I understand that we rarely push a remedy when there is no improvement.
drakezyber 9 years ago
In homoeopathy dosage is directly related to response, and we measure response through a principle we call Direction of Cure. So by watching exactly what happens, where it happens, when it happens, we decide on how to continue. Direction of Cure applied regardless of what kind of medicine you are using.
♡ Evocationer 9 years ago
Thank you for directing the discussion to some conclusion.
So, if we link the dosage with response, then how do we change the dosage when:
a. The response is positive, as desired i.e. the medicine is producing the desired results.
b. The response is sluggish and slow. There is some response but not as much as we would have liked.
c. The body is not responding at all. There are no negative effects visible, but there are no positive signs either
How do we proceed in each of these three cases?
So, if we link the dosage with response, then how do we change the dosage when:
a. The response is positive, as desired i.e. the medicine is producing the desired results.
b. The response is sluggish and slow. There is some response but not as much as we would have liked.
c. The body is not responding at all. There are no negative effects visible, but there are no positive signs either
How do we proceed in each of these three cases?
drakezyber 9 years ago
A. This would depend on what exactly the positive effects are, where the positive effects take place in the person. Once you establish that the right direction of cure has been set up, you would usually stop the medicine and see how far the change goes on its own.
B. Again, it depends on what kind of change you are seeing. If the general state is improving but the local symptoms are slow to respond, this is the correct direction. If it is the other way around it is incorrect. A correct medicine might be repeated for a little longer, while an incorrect medicine needs to be changed.
C. This is likely to be an issue with either the potency, the medicine itself (completely wrong and patient is not even sensitive to it), or an obstacle to cure in the patient's life or habit which needs to be discovered and removed.
Many patients do not respond appropriately to the raw substance, and must have it in potency to get any effect from it. Having said that, often I see purely negative effects in a patient who needs the substance in potency, but are given it in gross form instead. It seems to depend to some degree on the nature of the substance, but also on the person's innate sensitivity.
Direction of cure is always the determining factor for deciding how to proceed with any medicine.
B. Again, it depends on what kind of change you are seeing. If the general state is improving but the local symptoms are slow to respond, this is the correct direction. If it is the other way around it is incorrect. A correct medicine might be repeated for a little longer, while an incorrect medicine needs to be changed.
C. This is likely to be an issue with either the potency, the medicine itself (completely wrong and patient is not even sensitive to it), or an obstacle to cure in the patient's life or habit which needs to be discovered and removed.
Many patients do not respond appropriately to the raw substance, and must have it in potency to get any effect from it. Having said that, often I see purely negative effects in a patient who needs the substance in potency, but are given it in gross form instead. It seems to depend to some degree on the nature of the substance, but also on the person's innate sensitivity.
Direction of cure is always the determining factor for deciding how to proceed with any medicine.
♡ Evocationer 9 years ago
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