Always take a remedy at least 10 minutes before or after smoking, eating, drinking or brushing your teeth.

Hold the remedy in your mouth- under the tongue for 30 seconds before swallowing for maximum benefit.

If more than one remedy is recommended, allow at least 5 minutes between dosages if possible.

Take care that your lips do not touch the remedy bottle causing contamination of contents. Rinse the dropper in water if you happen to touch the dropper's surface to a contaminated surface. If the liquid spills over, leave it. Don't contaminate the rest of the bottle by trying to save it. The homeopathic will be ruined and useless by doing this.

For homeopathic tablets, take care not to touch the pills with your hands to put them back into the bottle if you have tapped too many out. Use the lid or a piece of paper to scoot tablets back into the original container. You may touch the pills to put them under your tongue. If more than 7 tablets are used put them in 4 oz. of water then take a sip every 15 minutes until gone. For less than 7 pills you may take them all at once under the tongue and let them dissolve.

Do not transfer the contents of the remedy bottle to another container unless you know for sure that it is clean and sterile.

Store away from electromagnetic producing sources such as microwave ovens, computers, electric appliances, x-ray equipment, fax machines or televisions.

Store remedies away from strong odors such as menthol, mint, camphor, essential oils, tiger balm, lip balm, deep heat liniments, cough lozenges, moth balls, chewing gum, aromatic toothpaste, chemical fumes, perfumes or incense. The average medicine cabinet or purse with perfume or hair spray in it is NOT ideal for storage.

If the liquid remedy is older than 6 months of age, shake vigorously 100 times against the palm of your hand prior to taking it. Most times this reactivates it energetically and vibrationally making it potent once again. These products, if they have not been contaminated really do last indefinitely (even though the bottle has been kept past its expiration date.)

If your symptoms are aggravated, this is usually a good sign that your immune system is fighting back and healing is in process. This is called "retracing" and lets you know you have the perfect remedy for your condition. If you are uncomfortable you can temporarily stop the use of the remedy and the symptoms will go away. Even though this is almost always a good "healing" sign, it is best to check with your naturopath, homeopath or doctor.

If you take too strong of a dose, for too long, you could "prove" the product. This means that the homeopathic is actually causing the symptoms you are trying to get rid of. This happens most often with single homeopathics with a potency of M. I use combination products that are lower dose. They usually take longer to heal, but are safer to use, especially for people are not used to using homeopathics. I have only seen one person "prove" the homeopathic in over eleven years of practice.

You may notice if you have an infant, cat, or dog you are giving some homeopathics to that they do not like the taste of the alcohol that is used as a preservative. If this is happening, get a coffee cup and fill it half full with boiling water. Now set the bottle of homeopathics in the hot water and take the dropper off the bottle placing the dropper in a clean place. Let the alcohol evaporate out. As the water in the cup cools, replace it two or three times with more boiling water. It will take the "edge" of the taste off and make it more tolerable. The homeopathic will not be preserved as long this way, but at least you can use it without a big fight and a few scratches.