[H] Pharmacy question

[Julian Winston]

At 7:08 PM +0200 6/7/04, HomeoDidact wrote:

Are we still on this misunderstanding?

FIRST:
According to to both the US and British Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia
when preparing a TINCTURE it is made in a 1/10 drug strength.
THEREFORE a MT, made according to those standards IS A 1X.

I do not understand what is so hard to comprehend about that!

So, in that light, your question versus MT and 1X is moot.

SECOND: Can globules be medicated?

I am not sure how well the hard cane-sugar globules will absorb the
tincture. I know that B&T used to medicate 1 grain TABLETS by placing
a drop on each. These were called "Tincture tablets" to not confuse
them with 1X Trituration tablets-- where the material was prepared by
trituration with milk-sugar.
I have in my collection both a 1X trit and a 1X Tincture tablet of
Belladonna. The tincture tablet is a lighter color.

Shelf life? I have no idea. Given the volitility of some tinctures,
probably not very long.

Effectiveness? I medicated some 1 grain tablets with Berberis MT for
my brother when he was having a kidney-stone episode, and he found
they were, in his words, "better than the pain killers."

As for echinacea? It depends what dosage is required. If one or two
drops in a glass of water is a good dose of an herbal prep, then MT
on tablets should work well. If the dose is something like 15 or 20
drops, tablets are not the way to go.

JW

[HomeoDidact]

Thank you for all your replies.

I *wrongly* thought that if M.T. = 1x, then 1x should be 2x... Thank you
for correcting me again.
Now I understand it.

It seems that some (many?) pharmacies do not that m.t.= 1x. In fact, I
ordered some years ago
a M.T. of Echinacea - in M.T. and 1x - from 1 pharmacy and g ot TWO
different bottles:
one had a strong "dark" liquid and the second (of 1x) was very pale and
"watery"...

BTW, I saw today that the great German manufacturer DHU sells many rwemedies
in globules starting
from 1x.

Rafy

[Julian Winston]

At 7:16 PM +0200 6/9/04, HomeoDidact wrote:
There are two factors:

1. If the Pharmacy is manufacturing to the Pharmacopoeia Standard
this should not happen. Maybe the Pharmacy is not aware of the
standard and has diluted the 1X to be a 2X and then sold it as a 1X.

2. Homeopathic Pharmacies who are unscrupulous can sell all sorts of
stuff. Look at the thread where someone asked about the rumor that
some homeopathic stuff is cut with steroids.
This has been a historic problem, although mostly in the higher
potencies. After all, you have no way of checking it since all the
remedies look alike.
I've lost the article in the depths of my computer, but there was a
piece in an old (like pre 1900) Homeopathic Recorder. The author was
discussing this problem and said that he went to 20 pharmacies and
asked for a totally fictitious remedy-- and some actually sold it to
him!
Same article told of the woman who sent her maid out to get Nux 6
from the pharmacy and also 3 skeins of purple wool for knitting, and
the maid came back with two bottles labelled "Nux v 6" and "Purple
wool 3."
JW