A SIMPLE GUIDE TO SELF-PRESCRIBING

 
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A BASIC OUTLINE FOR prescribing
IN acute AND first aid situations:

 

  • start by MATCHING your symptoms to a remedy

  • give ONE DOSE of this well-chosen remedy

  • WAIT and see what happens

  • if nothing happens REPEAT - depending on the intensity of the presenting issue you may do so hourly but anywhere up to every 15 minutes in extreme situations

  • if something changes - WAIT

  • if symptoms begin to improve - WAIT

  • if symptoms return - REPEAT with a second dose

  • if new symptoms arise then WAIT to see if they pass. If not, take the case again and check which remedy should be given now

  • if after a maximum of SIX doses of the chosen remedy symptoms are not improved - RETAKE THE CASE and find another remedy that matches the symptoms paying particularly attention to any existing symptoms that have become more prominent or new symptoms that have arisen.

HIGH ENERGY, FAST MOVING, INTENSE SYMPTOMS:

You might need to give a higher potency for intense symptoms.

You might need to give the remedy every 15 minutes for up to three doses.

If no change after a maximum of six doses retake the symptoms and select a different remedy.

If you or your patient do not respond please get in touch with your homeopath and always seek medical advice when needed. Homeopathy is not an instead of EMERGENCY SERVICES if you need to go to hospital then go straight away.

 

A NOTE oN POTENCIES

  • potency is generally selected in order to match the intensity of the symptoms. You can start with 30C and move up to a 200C and then a 1M, however do not give a 200C then a 30C or a 1M and then 200C of the same remedy.

  • frequency depends again on the intensity of the symptoms. In homeopathy less is more, if there is a change or improvement there is not need to repeat unless symptoms regress or progress plateaus. If new symptoms arise then a different remedy may be required.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

LOCATION:

Where are you experiencing their symptoms? is it the right or left side, does it moves between each side?

PAIN AND SENSATIONS:

These can be very useful symptoms when it comes to prescribing for example is it aching, throbbing, stabbing, stinging, twisting, burning, tearing, wandering from one part to another and so on.

DISCHARGES:

How and where are you discharging? including diarrhoea, mucous, wax, urine, blood, pus and so on. What is the colour, texture, quality, quantity?

GENERAL:

Features that affect the whole body including thirst, chilliness, heat, thirst, changes to appetite, diarrhoea and so on.

MENTAL & EMOTIONAL:

These are really important when considering which remedy to prescribe, for instance mood swings, fury, grief, weepiness, whinging, a need to be by yourself.

PARTICULARS:

Is there a particular part of the body affected, for example a white coated tongue, a throbbing left ear?

STRANGE, RARE AND PECULIAR SYMPTOMS:

These can be very helpful and significant in selecting a suitable remedy. These symptoms tend to stand out due to their oddities and can include anything from desiring coca cola during a fever, thirst for copious amounts of water even though you are salivating profusely, a red triangular tip on your tongue and so on.

MODALITIES:

What makes you worse and what makes you feel better. For example a headache that is better in the fresh air, feeling worse in damp weather or a noticeable worsening of symptoms at midnight. Times that a fever or a cough begins or worsens each day or a small detail such as feeling better when urinating are important details that can help guide you to the optimal remedy.