Hi Ricky,

Of course you can use dry doses, but let me give you 2 experiences, well OK, just one, to keep from taking up too much time, where I repeated a dry dose, 30C, in an acute; OK, 2 cases, but that's final! OK, case 1: Headache.
Ignatia 30C. I said to myself, "Hmm, it's been a long time since my last dose of Ignatia, I think it's about time I took another one." I took the dose and it proceeded to completely antidote the previous dose which had been working.

Case 2: My friend's mother was in the hospital, post-surgery nausea, and Phos. 30C was doing well to control it. My friend was naturally worried about what would happen after she left, should the nausea return. Soooo, she thought, I better give my mother another dose of Phos. 30C cuz I have to leave now, and I don't know if I'll be here if and when she needs a dose again. Well guess what happened? You guessed it! The second dose antidoted the first dose, the nausea came back, and then neither one of them knew what to do!

So, I always say, take the first dose dry if you want to, but put the second dose in water, either shake or stir vigorously to alter the potency--and it's right in the Organon--so that the vital force will continue to accept the remedy, and do that before each additional dose.

Snoopy

[ 01. February 2003, 04:12: Message edited by: Snoopy ]