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Compounding Complex Homoeopathic Medicines

Compounding Complex Homoeopathic Medicines. Examples. Introduction. The method and calculations involved when compounding complex homoeopathic remedies is determined by whether or not your complex included: Only potentised homoepathic remedies

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Compounding Complex Homoeopathic Medicines

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  1. Compounding Complex Homoeopathic Medicines Examples

  2. Introduction The method and calculations involved when compounding complex homoeopathic remedies is determined by whether or not your complex included: • Only potentised homoepathic remedies • Only tinctures and physiologically active substances that are required at a specific dosage • Both 1 and 2

  3. Complexes made from remedies in potency This method is really quite simple: If you are using decimal potencies: The total of all of the remedies in the complex must be 1:9 Example: If you are wanting to make the following complex: Apis mell D4 Belladonna D4 Phytolacca D4 Hepar sulph D12

  4. Complexes containing only potentised remedies If you want to dispense 30ml in 20% R-OH to your patient And on your shelf you have the following: Apis mell D3 in 73% Belladonna D3 in 96% Phytolacca D3 in 96% Hepar sulph D11 in 73% As you can see, the potencies that you have on your shelf are one potency scale below what you require in your complex. You can take the remedies up one potency into your final required dispensing quantity.

  5. Examples You want 30ml for your final dispensing quantity. This means that of this 30ml 1 part will be remedies and 9 parts will be 20% R-OH 30 / 10 parts = 3 So……. 3ml will be remedies and 27ml will be 20% R-OH You are using 4 remedies So…… 3 / 4 = 0.75ml each You can pipette out 0.75ml of each remedy. Because you are working with 0.75ml which is a specific volume it does not matter what percentage alcohol the remedies are in OR

  6. Examples You can calculate how many drops there are in 0.75ml of each medicating potency that you have: Using the table provided in the manual: Remedy on Shelf:% R-OH Gtt/ml Gtt in 0.75ml Apis mell D3 in 73% 35 35 x 0.75 = 26.25 →27gtt Belladonna D3 in 96% 38 38 x 0.75 = 28.5 → 29gtt Phytolacca D3 in 96% 38 38 x 0.75 = 28.5 → 29gtt Hepar sulph D11in 73% 35 35 x 0.75 = 26.25 →27gtt

  7. Examples So you would measure out 27ml of 20% R-OH and to this you would add: Apis mell D3 in 73% 27drops Belladonna D3 in 96% 29 drops Phytolacca D3 in 96% 29 drops Hepar sulph D11in 73% 27 drops And then succuss ten times. And you will have 30ml of: Apis mell D4 Belladonna D4 Phytolacca D4 Hepar sulph D12 all in 20% R-OH ready top dispense

  8. Complexes containing tinctures and potencies This is when calculation start to become a bit more hair-raising! If prescribing tinctures, it is essential to ensure that each dose that a patient is taking contains the correct dosage of each tincture in the complex so as to ensure the best therapeutic result. When purchasing a tincture from your supplier ensure that you have checked the therapeutic dosage for that tincture and supplier as dosages change depending on the tincture preparation method. The method of preparation determined the tincture concentration strength.

  9. Examples Using the example given in your manual: On your shelf you have the following tinctures. The dosages have been given to you by your supplier. Name of Tincture: Tincture Strength: Dosage Card. Mar 1:2 3 drops tds Taraxacum 1:3 5 drops tds Chelidonium 1:10 10 drops tds

  10. Examples You would like to prepare a nice liver drainage remedy by combing these tinctures with the following homoeopathic potencies: Lycopodium 6x Nux vom. 6x You now have to calculate a convenient quantity of the complex to dispense and you have to ensure that each dose contains the correct therapeutic quantity of your prescribed tinctures.

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  12. Examples You already know that your minimum dosage is going to be 18 drops (add all tincture dosages together) A convenient number of drops per dose could then be 30 drops as this would allow 30 – 18 = 12 drops to be used for the potencies ie. 6 drops of Nux vom 6X and 6 drops of Lycopodium 6X So……..

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  14. Examples You can convert your convenient droplet amount into a convenient volume amount to ensure that the correct ratio of substances is maintained. Once you have converted you number of drops to a convenient volume you can calculate any volume for dispensing:

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