How to take a homeopathic remedy

Tip 1-2 pellets into the cap and drop them under the tongue. Ideally, let them dissolve in a clean mouth, but they will still be effective taken with food, crunched up, or swallowed whole.

Interestingly, in homeopathy the number of pellets used does NOT affect the strength of the dose. It doesn't matter how many you take. What increases the strength of the dose is how often you take them. 

6C or 6X — low potency, gentle, usually repeated more often.

30C — the everyday household strength for most acute complaints.

200C — stronger and deeper acting, taken less often.

Each remedy page on this site offers you suggestions on which potency to use and how often. You can adjust those suggestions to suit your needs in sudden acute complaints, increasing potency or frequency for severe complaints, or reducing them for mild complaints or personal hypersensitivity. In chronic complaints, following the recommended dosages usually leads to the best results.  

In an acute situation, symptoms that appear suddenly and generally last a week or less, repeat as the page suggests — often every 30 minutes to a few hours while symptoms are intense. 

For long-standing complaints, doses are spaced further apart: daily, twice daily, or every few days as those remedies will likely need to be taken for longer periods of time. Symptoms that have existed for longer periods of time usually take longer to heal and resolve than acute symptoms.

Stop or begin to taper as soon as there is clear, steady improvement. In homeopathy you take less as you get better, eventually stopping the remedies altogether.

Healing is not linear. Often there is improvement and then relapse. If a remedy helps and then a symptom returns or healing stalls, take the helpful remedy again. If there's no change after a reasonable trial, reconsider your remedy choice.

Keep remedies in their original tube, away from heat, direct sunlight, and strong smells like camphor or essential oils.