In what forms are homeopathic remedies available?
Most people buy their remedies in the form of pilules which have been impregnated with a solution of the named remedy; to take the remedy one simply dissolves one or two pilules on the tongue. For babies and small children, there are also granules, which dissolve more quickly on the tongue and are less easy to spit out! Remedies are also sold in solution form in small glass phials with screw tops. A few remedies are available as ointments, for topical application only, and some are available as mother tinctures, for mixing with water to make lotions for bathing gargling, etc. Generally speaking 10 drops of mother tincture to 0.25 litre (1/2 pmt) of boiled cooled water are sufficient.
