Can I make my own homeopathic remedy?

this is an article on this by Elaine Lewis.

Editor’s Note: Readers are advised not to start making remedies from everything listed in Paragraph 1. The procedure given in this article should be used only under special conditions when an indicated remedy is not available, you’re away from home, and also after consulting with your homeopath if possible
What’s the value of knowing this? It’s immense! If you’re sick from vacationing in Mexico, you can make a remedy out of the pathogen-infested local water (no offense to our lovely Mexican readers)!



If the polluted air or pollens in the air are causing your problem, you can put a cup of water outside for a few days and let it collect whatever is in the air (make sure the water doesn’t evaporate out), and then make a remedy out of the water. If you’re sick from something you ate, drop some of it into half a cup of water, swish it around a few times, and make a remedy out of the water. If you threw the food away, then spit into an ounce or two of water, swish it around, then make a remedy out of the food. Get a small bottle of spring water



(in an emergency any safe water will do), the exact amount of water or the size of the bottle is not relevant. I always say a small bottle because small is cheapest. So, an 8 ounce or 12 ounce bottle, let’s say.

Pour half the water out (but save the water, don’t pour it down the drain; after all, you paid for it).

Now you have half a bottle of water. Pour in a small amount of what you’re trying to make a remedy of–let’s say for the sake of argument that you want to make “Homeopathic Pepsi Cola”–maybe because you drank some Pepsi and now you feel sick; therefore, your water bottle should now consist of a solution of 90% water and 10% Pepsi–there’s no need to be fussy about your percentages–just guess at what 10% might be.
Pepsi and now you feel sick; therefore, your water bottle should now consist of a solution of 90% water and 10% Pepsi–there’s no need to be fussy about your percentages–just guess at what 10% might be.

“Succuss” this solution (pound the bottle into your opposite palm) 40 times and after having done that, get a piece of paper and write down “Pepsi 1X”–meaning that you now have Pepsi in the 1X potency, this means you’ve done a one-in-ten dilution with 40 succussions and you’ve done it once. (Now, I know, some of you are going to say, “Elaine, is this a 1X or a 1C?” Answer: I don’t know! What’s important is the number! The first dilution! You can call it whatever you want, 1X, 1C, I don’t care. We’re not counting drops here, it’s just not necessary, this remedy, this way of doing it, will work just fine!)

Here’s a short video that demonstrates “succussion”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTPJbxn1GMk

Now pour out 90% of this solution–again, no need to be fussy– and refill half way with spring or distilled water, succuss 40 times, and write down “2X” or just the number 2 (meaning you’ve now dumped out, refilled, and succussed 40 times, twice).

Now pour out 90% again and refill half way with water and succuss 40 times again and write down the number 3. Keep doing this until you’ve reached either a 6X, 12X or a 30X–depending on what potency you want. A 6X would have to be taken a lot more often as it’s a lower potency; in a chronic case, two to four times a day, in an acute case, maybe every half hour; whereas, a 12X would be taken once or twice a day in a chronic case, once an hour in an acute case and a 30X on an as-needed basis–one dose may be enough depending on what’s wrong with you. Dosing in acutes has to be more frequent. Take less often as you start to feel better. Always succuss your bottle a few times before each dose.
If food has made you sick, and the food is still there, dump some of the offending food into roughly 2 oz. of water in a disposable cup; stir it around, swish it around, then pour the liquid portion of that into your half filled water bottle and proceed with succussing, dumping out and refilling as above.

If you’re trying to make your remedy from something more solid, like for example, if you want to antidote the side effects of a medicine you’re on, like Penicillin, let’s say…empty a penicillin capsule into an ounce of water in a disposable cup (and if it’s a solid pill, mash it up with a hammer or similar mashing tool)– and let it sit in the ounce of water until the water is thoroughly saturated with this powdery substance. Stir the substance a few times, swish it around. Now empty this solution into your half-filled water bottle to get the 90% water, 10% penicillin ratio that we talked about in making a remedy from Pepsi. Now proceed with “potenization”–succussing, dumping out, refilling, again and again, and so on.

A brief note on dosing in acutes: Let’s say you’ve made a 6X. In an acute, you may have to take a swallow as often as every 10 or 15 minutes in a severe situation, take it less and less often as you get better. Always succuss the bottle before dosing. If you should get worse, stop the remedy; an improvement may follow. If it does, repeat only as needed.

If you’re making this remedy for a chronic case, figure on three times a day, but be prepared to take more or less often, depending on how quickly or slowly you improve.

HOW TO PLUS YOUR BOTTLE

When your remedy bottle is no longer working as well as it used to, you’ll need to raise the potency. The way to do it is this:

1. Pour out 90% of your bottle.

2. Refill with bottled water half way.

3. Succuss ( pound the bottle 40x against your hand.
4. Again, for the second time, pour out 90% of the bottle.

5. Refill with water half way.

6. Succuss 40 times.

7. Repeat one more time. You will now have raised the potency by 3 steps. It should now start working again
[message edited by simone717 on Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:09:34 BST]

That isn't Homoeopathy though. That is either Isopathy or Allopathy - depending on whether it is really related to the sickness or not.

Isopathy is where you don't use the symptoms to prescribe on (which is vital to practicing Homoeopathy). There is no individualization of the patient. You simply try to 'antidote' an ongoing effect with the exact same thing that caused it. It is hit and miss, and rarely cures chronic disease in any genuine way. It can sometimes modify the intensity of the condition, and sometimes it makes it worse. It is however often quite useful in an emergency for certain kinds of acutes - poisoning generally. Not ideal, but in a pinch can help get the person past the worst of it.

Isopathy can be used as part of ongoing treatment of a chronic disease to remove an obstacle caused by the substance. Removal of this obstacle can allow the proper homoeopathic medicine to work more effectively (seen in such systems as CEASE therapy by Dr. Tinus Smits).

Allopathy is where you attempt to treat not the presenting condition (via its symptoms) but some perceived or theorized underlying cause. Allopathy is how modern medicine tends to practice, and is prone to failure more often than any other kind of therapy.

Homoeopathy teaches us that external triggers are NOT the cause of our illnesses. The cause of all chronic disease, and many acute diseases, is the imbalance in the vital force (life energy). We can only correct this by examining the imbalance individually for each patient and applying a medicine that is capable of causing similar symptoms. Cure is also brought about by focusing on the PECULIAR symptoms, not the common ones. The common symptoms, which most people associate with specific external triggers like pollen, do not help us to cure the susceptibility nor the underlying tendency to develop chronic diseases over a person's lifetime.
[message edited by Evocationer on Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:05:29 BST]

Hi- I will answer your second question first. You are thinking homeopathic
remedies work like a vitamin or mineral supplement. This is not how
they work.

Here is an explanation:
How Homeopathic Medicines Work

Homeopathic medicines act by substituting a (MATCHING)temporary drug condition for the natural illness. Your body's defense mechanism reacts to the medicine by mobilizing its forces to expel it, and, simultaneously, expels the natural illness that was occurring. This is the curative effect of homeopathy: your body mobilizes its own defense mechanisms to eliminate the disease. The medicines are specifically prepared by pharmacists using natural substances, mostly plants and minerals. These substances are prepared by a process of serial dilution and mixing which renders them capable of stimulating the healing process. They have no known side effects.

The homeopathic remedies are a highly diluted imprint of the substance
in the water molecule. In acute conditions, like a cold or flu you can
match the remedy to the acute symptoms. A good example is swelling
up from a bee sting - you can use Apis ( the bee remedy if it matches)
or Allium Cepa ( the red onion) if you have red, itchy watery eyes.

This is why homeopathy is called Like Cures LIke. bc the close match
stimulates your own life force to clear out imbalance ( bc the body
will not tolerate two similar things.

------------- What you have been doing for yourself is matching
acute symptoms of your allergy to Arnica, and hepar sulph to control
the reactions. But it is not going to cure the reactions bc allergies
are the immune system out of balance.

--------------What you need is to have your case taken and have
the detailed description of your mental , emotional, physical state,
what makes things better and worse, etc and a remedy will be matched
to the totality. This is for chronic illness and then the right remedy
will clear the allergies, the sebborhea etc.

As far as putting out some water and using that specifically for
the pollen in your area-you can try that out and see if it works
better than Arnica and Hepar Sulph in controlling your symptoms.
Allergies can take some time to cure, so it is good that you
have found remedies to help you instead of taking the allopathic
drugs.
[message edited by simone717 on Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:33:29 BST]