Your Guide to Acute Prescribing
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General acute dosing
Suggested home use
- 30C is one of the most commonly used potencies for acute prescribing
- One dose is commonly considered 2–3 pellets, or 1 sip of a water dose
- A smaller dose at the correct time is often preferred over excessive repetition
Give one dose & observe
- Wait and observe the response
- If improvement continues, don't repeat
- Repeat only when improvement plateaus or symptoms return
- Spacing between doses should naturally lengthen as recovery progresses
Rapid / sudden acute states
- Repetition may initially be more frequent
- Some practitioners repeat every 10–15 minutes during intense onset
- Once improvement begins, increase spacing between doses
Slower developing illness
- Dosing may be spaced every few hours if needed
- If improvement holds, wait longer before repeating
- No change after several doses? Reassess — another remedy may match better
Water dosing
- Dissolve 2–3 pellets in about 4 oz of water
- Use a clean glass jar or dropper bottle; let pellets fully dissolve
- Stir or tap gently before each dose
- One dose may be a teaspoon, a tablespoon, or a few drops
- Prepare a fresh mixture when needed
Temperature readings
- Ear: 38.0°C (100.4°F) or higher
- Oral: 37.8°C (100.0°F) or higher
- Rectal (most accurate): 38.0°C (100.4°F) or higher
- Axillary (armpit): 37.2°C (99.0°F) or higher
- Ear readings run ~0.3–0.6°C (0.5–1.0°F) higher than oral, reflecting core temperature more closely
About this guide
Homeopathy is a system of medicine developed over 200 years ago by German physician Samuel Hahnemann, built on the principle of "like cures like" — a substance that can produce certain symptoms in a healthy person may, in a specially prepared form, support healing in someone experiencing similar symptoms.
It works with the body's own healing response, using the minimum dose needed, and takes an individualized approach: the same diagnosis can call for different remedies depending on how symptoms actually present in each person — how they began, what sensations are involved, what improves or worsens them, and the emotional and physical responses during illness.
Characteristic or unusual symptoms — the keynotes — often guide remedy selection more than the diagnosis itself. The closer the remedy picture matches a person's actual experience, the more accurate the prescription may be.