How to take the remedies

You can take the remedies in several ways, and the instructions here are designed to be easy to remember. Taking larger doses at one time doesn’t have a stronger effect; but if you are going through a crisis you can take more frequent doses to get you through it.

The ‘glass of water’ method
For short-term moods and problems put two drops of each selected remedy in a glass of water. Sip as often as required until relief is obtained. If using the pre-mixed emergency formula, add four drops to the glass instead of two.
You can use this method for longer-term problems as well. Just sip from the glass throughout the day, at least four times a day – and keep the glass in the ‘fridge or make up a fresh glass each day

Treatment bottles
For more chronic problems we recommend making up a treatment bottle, as it is cheaper and will make your precious stock remedies go further.

Simply

Treatment bottles will last two or three weeks if you keep them cool – in the fridge, for example. If that isn’t possible – maybe you live somewhere warm or will be carrying the bottle around in your pocket – add a teaspoon of brandy to the treatment bottle before topping up with water. This will help keep the water from going off. If you don’t want to use brandy, use cider vinegar or glycerine instead.

Direct on the tongue
You can also take remedies ‘neat’, without diluting them. This is the most expensive way to take remedies and tastes strongly of brandy (unless you are using a stock remedy bottled in glycerine etc.), so is not recommended – but it is just as effective.
To make it easy to remember, you take the same number of drops when taking a neat stock remedy as you do when you are mixing remedies in a treatment bottle or glass of water: two drops, direct on the tongue.
If you are taking the the pre-mixed emergency formula the dosage is four drops, again direct on the tongue.
In either case, repeat as necessary – for long-term treatments, at least four times a day.