Precautions while taking Homoeopathic Medicine.

If you are going to take homeopathic treatment then please do consider the following points as guidelines to take homeopathic medicines.

• Do not touch the homoeopathic medicines; do not take on to your palm before taking it, as handling of medicines reduces the potency of the medicines. It also spoils the medicines by exposing it to unhygienic conditions. Always take the medicines by using the cap of the medicine bottle or a plain paper. If you are going to use a paper then see to it that it does not contain any print. As ink can also spoil the medicine.
• The half an hour rule: Do not eat or drink anything half an hour before and after taking the medicines. That means if you wish to take medicine at 12 o'clock then do not consume anything from 11.30 to 12; take the medicine on 12 o' clock and then till 12.30 do not consume anything. The only exception to this rule is water. Drinking water is permissible after or before five minutes of taking the medicines.
• Addictions: Do not smoke, chew tobacco, and drink alcohol while you are taking homoeopathic medicines, as it may have nullifying effects on the medicines.
• Coffee? A debatable topic when it comes to homoeopathy. With recent research studies it has been explained that if you follow: not to have anything half an hour before and after the medicine rule then coffee does no harm even if you are taking homoeopathic medicines BUT for some homoeopathic medicines coffee acts as an antidote; as there are medicines prepared by using coffee in the crude as well as in the roasted form. That is why your homoeopath will be a right person to guide you whether coffee will do or not along with the homoeopathic medicines you are taking.
• Onion, garlic, ginger and other strong smelling substances: Once you are following the half an hour rule then you can eat raw onion, garlic, ginger, and other strong smelling substances along with the homoeopathic medicines.
• Other dietary restrictions: It is not mandatory for homoeopathic treatment to follow certain dietary restrictions exceptionally for homoeopathic medicines. BUT for diseases like bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, gout, or the disease which the intensity of which increases after taking a certain food items you need to follow the dietary restrictions for some period till you start responding to the homoeopathic line of treatment. Once you respond curatively to homoeopathic line of treatment there is no need to keep on the dietetic restrictions. That is the actual cure what homoeopathy gives.
• Other medications:
  Allopathic: if you are a blood pressure, diabetes, epilepsy patient and if you are taking certain medicines for longer period of time then it is not advisable to stop the medicines abruptly as you may encounter problems if you do that. Once you start responding positively to homoeopathic treatment, then your homoeopath will advise curtail down of your medicines.