How to Take Them -
A dose is considered as the number of times a remedy is taken, not the number of pills - the number of pills, except in low strengths such as 3x or 4x, isn’t critical. Three to five pills or drops is a convenient number. Pour them into the cap and toss them into the mouth. A dose may be dissolved in water if desired. Take 15 or 20 minutes before or after meals - in an emergency situation, don’t wait.

How Often to Take Them
Repeat as directed by your practitioner or in accordance with the label - We advise people to reduce or stop repetition as improvement occurs - repeating as necessary. Rarely are remedies taken for extended periods of time.

Response Time
In an emergency, results are typically immediate - Acute problems (e.g. cold or flu) take a few hours or a day; some aspects of chronic condition may be helped quickly, but the overall resolution may take weeks or months.

Aggravation?
An aggravation can occur, but it is relatively rare and short lived. It seems to occur when the body’s response to a remedy is too vigorous. The body’s natural ability to heal can cause what some call a healing crisis - the body simply works too hard and makes the patient uncomfortable. Remedies cannot give you a disease. If the aggravation is too uncomfortable, it can be antidoted - that is, the body’s reaction to a remedy can be calmed down by a number of ways - drinking coffee, using mint products, or using camphor or other products with strong odors - often a lower dose of the same remedy can be used as an antidote. Typically homeopaths will take the remedy again, but in lower strengths. These same antidotes to an aggravation can also antidote the positive effects of a remedy - That is, the body is healing and may get “distracted” by some of these antidoting entities.

Remedies can be Ruined
To keep remedies effective for years, store at room temperature, in a dry dark place. Avoid touching/contaminating them - don’t put spilled remedies back in the container, and avoid heat higher than 130º.

Strength/Potency
The strength of a remedy is denoted by a number and a letter - the higher the number, the higher the strength. Higher strength isn’t always better - the high strength could overshoot the problem and is also more likely to cause an aggravation. Our advice is to start low and go higher as necessary - this applies to babies, animals, even rugby players.

X versus C
We will ask your preference - usually your book or practitioner will tell you. We don’t think one is better than the other, or better suited for a given condition than the other - it’s just a different way of making the remedies - one part crude to 9 parts dilutant for an X potency and one part crude to 99 parts dilutant for the C potencies. The strength is made higher and higher as the product is further diluted and succussed (vigorously pounded). In the lowest levels there is more of the crude material in the product, but once at 24x and 12c there are no molecules of the crude.

LM Potencies
LM's are highly diluted and especially useful for sensitive people. They are made differently and used differently and are not to be confused with “C” potencies such as 200, 1M, 10M, 50M, etc. Details are found in the 6th Organon and the LM potency booklet.

Safety
Homeopathy is safe during pregnancy, with babies, and animals. Washington Homeopathic has never had a confirmed report of an ill effect of a remedy - that’s in 128 years. We have read many books and none of them suggest that homeopathic medicine isn’t safe. Some encourage applying a little common sense - after all it is medicine, but this is about avoiding aggravations, not about doing actual harm.

Combination Remedies
These remedies are specially prepared from several single remedies known for the problem indicated on the label. We have 70 different ones that have been made and sold by us since 1915.
If they help, but do not completely alleviate the problem, it’s a clear indication that the problem can be helped using homeopathy, and with self study or the help of a professional homeopath, a genuine resolution is possible.