Some of you may wish to avoid alcohol use altogether in your homeopathic remedies or tinctures, either for sensitivity issues or otherwise. Here are a few tips on how to do this:
For Remedies, to avoid alcohol:
- Mix your remedies with distilled water only (leave out the alcohol). This will shorten their shelf life to around 10 days, especially in the warmer months. If you see anything “floating” in your bottle or if it smells “off”, sour, moldy, etc., it’s time to make a new remedy from a fresh pellet.
- Make sure to keep your remedies in a cool place (but not in the refrigerator). This will help preserve their potency and freshness.
- Take olfactory (“sniff”) doses. This way you will avoid consuming the alcohol altogether. Personally, even though we take olfactory doses, we prefer to leave the alcohol in so we can “smell” something when we take a remedy. However, olfactory doses may not be an option for some people as you may need stronger dose (drop dose).
For tinctures, to remove the alcohol:
- Boil drinking water. Pour about 1-2 oz of it into a cup and drop the designated amount of tincture into the cup. Let it sit a few minutes. Either sip this or dump it into juice and drink. The boiling water should evaporate off the alcohol from the tincture.
How do I remove alcohol from a homeopathic remedy? Thanks,Brian Cooper
Hi Brian,
I do not know how to remove it other than to put a drop or two into boiling hot water to boil it off, then once cooled, sip the water.
Otherwise, if you have pellets of that remedy in that potency, you can mix it yourself in water only.
Hope this helps,
Christina
i have have cirrosis of liver will alcohol in homopathy have bad effect
For those with cirrhosis of the liver, or other diseases of the liver, we can simply eliminate the alcohol. In fact, we routinely do that for people who are already sensitive to alcohol and for young children. Or, you could leave in the alcohol and simply take an olfactory dose (sniffing the remedy).
Best, Christina
i am suffering from laziness and tiredness in my whole body especialy in the morning. also there is a little bit stifness in my hand and tremor also. i am also patient of BP. kindly advised some medicine in liquid form.
thanks
Hello Ikram,
We’d be happy to take your case and help you get well again. We work over the phone so you won’t have to travel. You can sign up for treatment here.
Best of health to you, Christina
Dear Christina,
A very good friend of mine is suffering with Glioblastoma stage 4, I want to use Dr. Banerji’s protocol of Ruta 6C and Calcarea Phos 3X. I have baught Ruta 6C in 90% of alcohol and one Ruta 6C tincture in 23% (they call it oral liquid) of alcohol, I dont know the difference between the two. As per Dr. Banerji’s protocol I need 5 tablets of Ruta 6C every 3 hours and two tablets of Calcarea Phos 3X. Can you please let me know which 90% or 23% of the medicine is a better option and how much of it I need to add into water to make a strength of 5 tablets.
Thanks for your reply
Hello Mohit,
I don’t know how to gauge the similarity of drops of the liquid potency to it’s equivalent in pellets. I think the best person to ask a question about the Banerji Protocols is the Banerji’s themselves. You can email the Banerji Clinic through their website: http://www.pbhrfindia.org/contact-us.html
Blessings to you and your friend and their family,
Christina Mueller
Hello.chiristana how to overcome problem of excess urinisation due to prostare and gastic problem .For the i am taking 5 drops of conium maculatatum 1 m 5 drops once in week , followed by caustim 30 in pills 4 times a day for the last one month. I got about 60 percent relief from this .Should i continue it for longer time as advised by homeopath having 30 years experience and our family friend too
Thanks a lot ashok
Hello Ashok,
This is a good question. The problem I see again and again in clinic is repeating the same potency too often. When you take pellets, you do not have the ability to “plus” the remedy and eventually, you will have “proving” symptoms from that remedy or worsening your condition, called an “aggravation of symptoms”. Even when you repeat a potency in water for more than 10 days, you can give yourself proving or aggravations, too. Are you plussing the water potency (that means succussing the dose?)? You may wish to watch our video “how to take your liquid homeopathic remedies” here.
There is one more concern and that is the repetition of the 1M potency for so long. The clients we tend to work with are not able to handle the repetition of such a high potency. Most homeopaths will tell you NOT to repeat the M potencies very often because of their experience.
I do not disagree that the 2 remedies were a good prescription. But it seems to me that this would be a good time to take a break from the remedy and what and wait to see what happens.
Best, Christina Mueller, C.Hom, MM.Hom
Thanks for suggesting that we keep our homeopathic remedies in a cold place to preserve their potency. I’ve recently become interesting in homeopathy for myself and my family. I’ll definitely follow your advice and find a cold place (other than the refrigerator) to store my remedies!
Keeping them cool or room temperature is ideal. They can even survive SAFELY until at least 100F.
Best, Christina Mueller
I have high sgpt and fatty liver, i have ordered carcia papaya mother tenture which contains 53% alcohol, it has to be taken 3 times a day, 15drops mixed with half cup of water, does it causes any harm in my liver
Usually there is not enough alcohol in a mother tincture to cause harm. But, you can add the tincture to a cup of just boiled water to “boil off” the alcohol.
Fatty liver is something homeopathy can treat, if you are interested! You can speak to one of our homeopaths for a free 15 minute chat to see if homeopathy is right for you.