Cheers Frank, thanks for the info.

Actually, remedies are very expensive to buy from where I live. Also, I am buying from a reputable Pharmacy in Glasgow, who handmakes their remedies, and they are very good quality (from my experience with them ).

Thanks for your explanation on plussing - got that - confirmed that I did understand before..but thanks again.
Lisa

[This message has been edited by Lisa007 (edited 01 May 2000).]

Lisa asked about making remedies go further and rumours she had heard. If you have a single pill left in a vial you can avoid buying a new vial and make it go further.

I have seen this done but am not sure it is an ideal solution for several reasons.
Firstly if you are relying on a single dose of the homeopathically chosen medicine to do the job you want to be sure of your medicines (see stanza 264).
Secondly why do it in the first place as remedies are not that expensive and it only postpones the inevitable.
Thirdly if you buy in medicting potencies to begin with the situation does not arise.

If you must do this for whatever reason you simply fill the vial with a 25% alcohol solution. You then give anything from a few drops to a teaspoon as a dose. The remedy is not being raised in a regular potency step as such. But being in liquid and having to be shaken would alter its potency in some degree.

Incidentally 'plussing' is a way of reducing the size of dose where it is altogether too large (fn134 to stanza 248).

Chops, there's a book that every English speaking homoeopath really needs - the edition of the Organon edited by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly.
No other English translation is half as readable, clear or accurate. It's a bit pricey but well worth it. You might be able to find it second hand on the net. It's the number one book for a homoeopath to have. I struggled with Kunzli until I found this new masterwork. Investing in a good library is essential to a homoeopathy student. Don't skimp on texts, but you can save by avoiding a lot of the useless rubbish that's out there!

Thanks Anna.

Any other books you'd recommend? And I agree about skimping - not worth it!

The Organon I have is the 6th Edition, translated by Boericke. I find that the more I read it, the more I understand, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to have another - translated - as I could compare when I'm not sure.

Again, thanks, and let me know if you recommend any other must-purchases! Also, I can just get them all this summer, when in UK!! (any good second-hand book shops you know of??)
chopsie

Chopsie lass, the new edition is much clearer than dear old Boericke.

Other books, well GM would slate this but for looking things up on the spot in clinic I wouldn't be without my Murphy, although under new guidance I only use that for case analysis when I am feeling lazy. Otherwise I use the VanZandvoort Repertory of Mind and Synthesis for repertories. GM advises Kent and the Synthetic, but I think Synthesis is a more compact version of the amalgamation of those two. The synthetic is a very unwieldy beast - 3 volumes because of the way it's printed.

I like Morrison's Desktop Guide too. It's based on clinical observations rather than re-hashing the old materia medicas. He's followed the guide with a lesser book, Desktop Companion which is only borderline useful.
I use Vermulen's Concordant MM quite a bit and his Synoptic volume 2 is interesting for little known remedies. Useful for college essays, as is Farrington's MM. Don't bother with synoptic 1.

Clarke's Dictionary in 3 volumes is a must.

I would like to have Hering's Guiding Symptoms in 10 volumes and Allen's Encycolpedia but I don't have them. If only I had bought those instead of some of the modern rubbish I did get. Avoid Catherine Coulter and Philip Bailey especially.

A book I like a lot is Candegabe's Comparative Materia Medica.
Also, for pediatrics and general sound reflections Grandgeorge's "Spirit" - that's a great light read. He's a good homoeopath with a playful style.

Boericke's MM is useful because it contains remedies that can be found nowhere else. Not that I have used any of them, but it's interesting.
I like Vithoulkas, except his popular stuff which is rather ranting at times.
Wouldn't be without Scholten's two books for the ideas. But they should come later in the course - third year probably.

Sankaran's Soul is probably the most useful of his series.

Vakil is worth having if you want to treat certain physical pathology - his series has cardiac, neurological and respiratory. That's not very Devon School though.
If in doubt about books and where you might find them cheaper sometimes, email me!

Hrrmmm.do i smell heresy???
mat meds. Allens 12 vol, also the two vol.
And Vermeulen.
Syntetic is reliable.Kent too. The others???If in doubt contracheck with Syntetic and Kent, your in for surpprises...

Well I expect I will learn to say exactly the same once fully educated, but Candegabe is a modern gem.
And isn't Synthesis just an amalgamation of the Synthetic in one volume with a few other bits and bobs?

Yeah..maybe,,and who amalgated it??
A trainee? An assembler has to be trained..

Schroyens - isn't he a safe pair of hands?

I suppose if you are GM very few other homoeopaths look safe.

Cheers to you both, I'll save the text in this post for my future book list!

Gm - any others you recommend?

Importantly - which are the ones to stay away from????

Thanks a lot Anna, appreciate all the advice given above!

Lisa