When homeopathic remedies go bad

[AnneH]

Dr Christina recommended that I replace my lycopodium because I had put some essential oils in the same cabinet and that is one factor that can make a remedy 'go bad.' Does 'going bad' simply mean that the remedy becomes ineffective, or can it alter the remedy in a way that makes giving it to the animal problematic or hurtful?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Dr. Jeff]

Going "bad" means less effective.

Homeopathic remedies can not become problematic or hurtful. The reason is their extreme dilution.

Here's more info. on safety of homeopathic medicines:

The small doses used in homeopathy make its nearly impossible to elicit a poisonous effect. As famed violinist and philanthropist Yehudi Menuhin once said, “Homeopathy is one of the few medical specialties which carries no penalties–only benefits.”

Safety Issues and Homeopathic Medicines

By Dana Ullman MPH Natural Foods Merchandizer, October, 1993 The word "safe," like the word "pure," means so much and yet so little. In their "purist" forms, very few things are totally pure or safe, and yet, we can "safely" say that certain things are at least relatively "pure" or "safe."...

homeopathic.com

 

[AnneH]

Thank you, Dr. Jeff!