I took my remedy recently in a glass of water...filled the glass with hot water and soap and left in the sink to deal with later(my dishwater is not working). Miracle of miracles...my male renter washed the glass...he had never done my dishes before...and then washed some other things with the sponge that he washed that glass. It was an LM2, unsuccussed. Now...I'm wondering if this is a given that he would have come in contact with the remedy...sticking his hand down the glass and remaining water that was in it? What dost everyone thinketh?

Hi,

I think he's safe, too. Especially since it's only external. I mean, what would the pharmacists do? - they'd be constantly proving everything cause they may be touching it at some point, breathing it in, etc. etc.

Snoopy, after we had the disposable cup vs. glass question and the environmentalist just couldn't put up with the disposable cups. Therefore I enquired with two manufacturers of remedies. One is the DHU, the biggest GErman manufacturer of homeopathics, and they wrote back that they re-use their glass bottles all the time, and that after washing them they rinse it out with alcohol. Somebody from Boiron Canada/France also wrote that glass is ok. What I found puzzling about their reply, though, is that they recommended to use granules dry in the first place. But maybe I didn't quite get that due to language barrier. What I did understand is that washing of cups is enough to eliminate the rx. I meant to pass this on to you earlier but forgot.

So thanks for bringing the issue up again, Carol.

Anyway, I would by no means discourage the washing of dishes, ever...

I'm curious to hear what others have to say.

Karin

OK, I'm going to put this question to Jim Klemmer of Natural Health Supply, because this is the first I'm hearing that glass only has to be washed or rinsed with alcohol. I'll get back to you all soon.

Snoopy

If all he did was wash the glass, I wouldn't worry about it. Fortunately it was an LM/2, it would wear off soon anyway, more than likely.

Try to take your remedies in disposable cups. I think glass actually has to be boiled for 20 minutes to be free of the remedy.

Snoopy

Here is Jim Klemmer's reply--
www.a2zhomeopathy.com
--
i wouldn't bet on it; perhaps the washing is done in very
hot water and they feel it's all right; alcohol is a sanitizing
agent, not a remedy elimination agent; there is no definitive answer;
i prefer to err on the conservative side and take no chances--never
reuse bottles at all--jim

[ 16 July 2002, 02:14: Message edited by: Snoopy ]

Thanks, Snoopy.
I haven't been here for a while, just read your reply now.
Seems like we're back to square one. Nobody knows for sure....
But trust me, I do wash my glasses very, very well. If I do re-use bottles, I sterilize them.

Kind regards,
karin

Just another thought....
As far as I know, Hahnemann used feather quills to store his pills.
Don't suppose he re-used them for different remedies.
But I'm just wondering how he cleaned them in the first place....

Karin

Dear Karen,

Jim Klemmer is saying if a remedy has been in something made of glass--either a glass or a bottle--throw it away. It's the only totally safe thing to do. He never reuses a glass product that a remedy has been in.

He says emphatically that alcohol will not wash away a remedy, and so neither will soap.

I have heard that boiling the glass for 20 minutes will work, and perhaps the water in some dishwashers reaches the boiling point, I don't know, but it's not the soap that's the crucial factor.

Snoopy

[ 26 July 2002, 03:49: Message edited by: Snoopy ]

I re-use all my glass bottles by boiling them first in water for forty minutes and then sterilize them further for the same period of time in the electric oven at 200 Celsius.

The plastic screw tops and dripper inserts get boiled for only about twenty minutes - as they otherwise distort - and then dried in the oven on the lowest temperature setting.

After cooling down, it all gets stored in a new plastic bag.

Regards, Gernot

That's what I thought. You have to be willing to be very rigorous, otherwise, throw your bottles away and use disposable cups.

Snoopy