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How to take remedies
When prescribing for yourself, it is best to try a 6c potency (readily obtained from health food shops and many chemists, also by post from Helios Homoeopathy Ltd (call 01892 537254 or visit www.helios.co.uk) and Ainsworths (call 0207 935 5330 or visit www.ainsworths.com). If you experience a definite improvement, only repeat the remedy if the improvement starts to wear off.

If there is little or no improvement after one dose, try further doses but no more than six over a couple of days. Avoid coffee and mint toothpaste, menthol etc., while taking the remedies. Don't touch them with your fingers (tip from the lid straight under your tongue and let them dissolve slowly). Avoid eating or drinking within half an hour on either side of taking a remedy.

Where to find a homeopath
You can get a list of homeopathic practitioners from the Society of Homeopaths by calling 0870 7703214 or visiting www.homeopathy-soh.org

The British Homoeopathic Association can be contacted on 0207 566 7800 for a register of homoeopathically trained medical doctors.

The Institute for Complementary Medicine (who have a register of homoeopaths as well as other practitioners) can be contacted at:
P0 Box 194,
London SE16 7QZ
Tel: 0207 237 5165
www.icmedicine.co.uk

Further reading

'Homeopathy for Mother and Baby' Miranda Castro, Macmillan
'Homeopathic Medicines for Pregnancy and Childbirth' Richard Moskowitz MD, North Atlantic Books
'Homoeopathy for Babies and Children, a parents' guide' Beth MacEoin, Hodder and Stoughton Headway

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