does anyone know of a place the sells cabinets or other things made to store remedies in. Old apothecary drawers or something? What do "you guys" store them in?

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I use plastic containers, belive freemans has something like it. ask.
Or check a shop. they use to have cheap usefull containers.I use lunch box types..and bigger ones, or a tool chest to keep the tinyer ones in.

You can get from Dolisos and Boiron cabinets made especially for homeopathic remedies. They maybe pricey though.
Ikea has a lot of variety in cabinets. They have CD cabinets with flip-open drawers that might work.
Wall filing cabinets are good that have pull out shelves with lift up doors.
I have furniture modules with siding doors as they don't intrude on space when the doors open. The doors can be taken off in the morning and put back in at the end of day.
Bookcases with doors work well too.
Home supply hardware places have lots of variety to choose from.
I prefer small pieces that fit together as you can change them around as your needs change, or you can buy new pieces later to add to what you have now.

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Hi Barb,
I have a nice old apothecary cabinet with lots of drawers that have movable wooden dividers. But they were a little deep to keep the remedy tubes on their sides. And it always seemed the remedy names were facing the wrong way. I got a list of all the remedies available from a supplier brochure and numbered the remedies on the list. Since it is an order list there is a nice space next to the remedy name where I write the different potencies I have of each remedy that is in the drawers. I use a fine permanent marker pen and put the corresponding number on the end of each tube and have them standing upright. I keep my pages with the listed/numbered remedies handy, check the remedy name, see what potencies I have and just look for the number in the drawers. Almost any kind of box will work if you use some type of heavy cardboard or something to make dividers.......to keep them from toppling over. I number the tops of the bigger bottles the same way if they have caps. If they have dropper tops, I write the name on a small piece of adhesive paper and put it on the top edge of the bottle "hip" so it can be read without pulling out each bottle.

Hi Barb,

If you are "setting up" a selection of remedies and you call up Dolisos to order in Canada, they have some deal where they send you a number of remedies in their own little drawer cabinet--you pay for the remedies as you sell them, and you are charged a set (lower) price for each tubule. I'm sure they must offer something similar in the US, if that is where you are.

Personally, I like these "step-shaped" drawer inserts that you can buy from any IKEA in their kitchen department. They are originally designed to store spice jars in your kitchen drawers, but they are the perfect height and grade for homeopathy tubules from any pharmacy--just put 'em on there and you can easily and clearly see the remedy name and potency. They fit into most drawers, so you can easily convert existing furniture as long as the dimensions match.

Divina

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The finest storage I ever came across for remedies was a set of Victorian mahogany apothacary drawers. They were several hundred pounds though so I settled instead for a couple of old leather cases with old wooden cutlery trays inside. [On the minus side for apothecary drawers, they have to be checked prior to purchase for any residual odours from their former contents.]
Mine is a very impractical storage when it comes to transportation however.
A friend of mine in the UK produces cases specially designed for remedy storage. They are aluminium with fibreboard trays inside, and they are good for storing and carrying all your remedies wherever you go. Also they are cheaper than the pharmacy-produced equivalents. If you are interested, I will ask her for her website URL.

Anna,

Yes I would appreciate the website address and thanks to everyone for the great ideas so far.

If you are setting up a practise and want a good selection of remedies in various potencies, Natural Health Supplies provides 100 remedy kits that stackable and are easily transported. They have kits for the top 300 remedies and you can order additional remedies custom in the kits. They are all HPUS compliant. Their WEB page is http://www.a2zhomeopathy.com/ or you can e-mail Jim Klemmer at nhs@trail.com. I've been very happy with their service and quality.
Shirley

Hi again. I just now clicked on Ainsworths banner saw that they have wooden boxes (with handles) for remedies.
Shirley