The pills given by a homeopath are small sugar (sacrose/lactose) pillules
or tablets that are coated with a homeopathic liquid remedy.
How are homoeopathic remedies made?
Homoeopathic remedies are generally made from natural substances - common plants and seeds, common metals and their salts.
All homoeopathic remedies are dissolved into an alcoholic solution called a "mother tincture". By being diluted, the toxic side effects are destroyed. They are diluted until there is only one drop of the active ingredient
in every 100 parts of the remedy. The remedy is then shaken to distribute the therapeutic effect.
The typical potency strength is 6c and 30c. This means that the original mother tincture has been diluted by a factor of one part
in 100 and this process of dilution is then repeated 6 or 30 separate times.
How should these remedies be taken?
The remedies should be sucked around in the mouth, not swallowed
and gulped down. The remedies can be placed under or on top of the tongue.
But couldn't these remedies be dangerous?
It is vital
to point out that although some remedies originally come from a poisonous plant, the homoeopathic remedy, prepared by extreme dilution methods, has no molecules of the original substance left in the final preparation. The remedy still has a
therapeutic effect and is totally safe to take.
