Black ink = Elaine 

Blue ink = Diane 

Diane! Imagine running into you here in cyberspace! What was the likelihood!?  Who would have ever guessed?

That’s strange, because when I ran into you this morning you said something about, “One day I will come for you. It may not be today. It may not be tomorrow. It could be when you least expect it! Or whatever’s good for you, who cares.”

Was that me talking?  What was I on?!  Well, anyway, as you know, I interviewed you for the Aug. 2004 ezine, and buried in that interview was a gem: your priceless “Aggravation Zapper!” Ever since then, my clients have been swearing by it! Clearly it should not be buried in an interview but should have its own title and its own space so that people can find it! So, without further ado, I’d like to show you why we need to get this out in the open and spreading like wildfire!

In our Hot Seat interview last month, our interviewee described her first homeopathic prescription: she gave her husband Phosphorus and his reaction was to double over with pain and cry! Of course, she antidoted! When she told her practitioner, he said, “What did you antidote it for, the remedy was working!”  (Grr!!!!)

Today I got an email from a prospective client who wanted to know what to do. She said she was prescribed Ignatia:

“It caused diarrhea right away, but i suffered until the end of the week, because I was told that if I get worse- it’s good.”

You know, if I hear, “Hooray, you’re getting worse!” one more time, I’m going to scream!  Let me explain what an aggravation is:

Picture world heavy-weight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, getting knocked down in the ring (by a “remedy” in too high a potency).  That’s the aggravation.

But Ali recovers, gets up, and comes back swinging! That’s the curative response!

But, if you keep knocking Ali down over and over again (mindless repetitions of the remedy), how’s he going to get up?  Similarly, if you knock him down too hard, even if only once (as in a single dose of an unnecessarily high potency), again, you risk that he won’t be able to recover, and no curative response is then possible!

Our remedies are very powerful, we have to have a way of controlling them. We can’t cause harm and then walk sheepishly away or make excuses. Speaking candidly, we’ve all experienced the embarrassment of giving a remedy, having someone get worse and not knowing what to do about it! And that’s where you come in Diane! Tell us about “The Diane Fuller Aggravation Zapper”!

I am still getting emails about our 2004 interview – many of them wanting to know how to antidote a remedy.
Antidoting homeopathic remedies is such a simple process and it can save so much needless suffering on all levels – physical, mental, emotional, etc.

So, let me tell you about one my first experiences with this admirable method.
I don’t remember exactly where I read about this method of antidoting remedies, but I do remember one of the first times I used it:

It was in 1994, and I had given a woman 2 granules of Phosphorus 1M which matched her symptoms very well indeed. She was very pleased with the results. There was only one problem. The diarrhea that she had experienced with the cholera she contracted while in India 10 years previously, returned. That was a good sign we thought because she was going back through her past illnesses and was feeling much better in every way. But after a month, the diarrhea was still there, and she was becoming weak from it.

I decided that I had better do something to stop the diarrhea at that point. So, I put 2 granules of Phosphorus 1M into a dropper bottle with some distilled water and vodka and told her to put 1 drop from the dropper into a glass of water and to take 1 teaspoon once daily (succussing the dropper bottle before each dose) until the diarrhea stopped.. Within hours, she noticed a difference, and by the third day, the diarrhea had gone completely.

Did you stop the dosing then?

Yes. I didn’t give her any more Phosphorus until I thought the 1M had finished working and then went on to another potency. She never had another aggravation to Phosphorus, while she was taking that remedy.

The Phosphorus continued. Over the next 18 months, she continued to improve on different potencies of Phosphorus.

Now, 13 years later, I can’t remember ever trying to antidote a remedy using variations of this method without success.

So, you’re saying, any variation of this works. And by variation, we’re talking about using water to alter the exact same potency of what was given that caused the aggravation, right? So, if a person aggravated on phos. 1M, the antidote would be phos. 1M in water?

By Variations I mean diluting and succussing a remedy to change the potency. In the case of Phosphorus, as I mentioned, I put 2 granules of Phos 1M into a dropper bottle with alcohol and water and told the woman to dilute it further by putting a drop of that into a large glass of water and take 1 tsp as a dose, once daily until the diarrhea stopped and then to discontinue taking it.

Over the years I have stopped using a dropper bottle, and simply put the remedy in a large glass of water and then continue to dump and refill the glass until it has been diluted by several glasses and then to take a sip or a teaspoon, once or several times within a few hours (or sometimes for 2 or 3 days) to stop the aggravation.

I dilute the potency of the remedy that caused the aggravation when making the diluted version and haven’t tried using other potencies, so I don’t know if that would work. But since I am basing this on Hahnemann’s “Like Cures Like”, it makes more sense to me to use the potency that caused the aggravation.

In fact, one of the most wonderful discoveries I have made during those years is that this method is not only useful for homeopathic remedies, but for “aggravations” from ANY SUBSTANCE (including toxins and allergens) as well.

For example, I have seen people who have had reactions to medications, take a tiny amount of that medication (scratch a few grains from the pill) and after diluting it in a large glass of water and dumping and refilling the glass several times (which is similar to diluting and succussing a homeopathic remedy) before taking a sip, will usually find relief from the reaction. But I am getting ahead of myself, aren’t I?

No, I think this is all very useful! But, let’s quickly give some specific instructions!

Good idea!

To antidote a remedy, I usually put a granule of the potency used into a glass of water (about 10 oz) and then dump and immediately refill the glass, continuing this dumping and refilling until the desired glass is reached. (Yes, the granule will be dumped out of the glass the first time – you don’t have to wait for it to dissolve – the remedy is already in the water as soon as the granule goes into it.) Then, a sip or a teaspoon can be taken as the dose.

Let’s just clarify that the patient is standing at the sink with the cold water running. He has a large cup of water (I would suggest a disposable cup because if you use a glass, every time you refill the glass to take a drink of water, the remedy is back! So, again, to be clear, you’re standing at the sink, cold water on, fill up the cup, drop in a pellet of what harmed you, dump it out, refill, dump out, refill….stop somewhere and take a sip! It could be the 6th cup, the 12th cup…. Diane, what if you aggravated on a water potency?

If the remedy causing the problem is in liquid form, I would put 1 drop of the remedy into a glass of water and continue in the same way. If the remedy is in powder form, put a tiny amount – less than 1/8 tsp of the powder into the glass of water. The idea is to put a tiny amount of the substance into a large amount of water with some kind of succussion to make a homeopathic remedy. The rush of the water acts as a succussion.

I tell people to “turn the tap on full blast” when they are making a remedy in this way, as the force of the water coming into the glass “succusses” the substance while the continued refilling of the glass dilutes the substance. As you know Elaine, to make a homeopathic remedy, you must dilute and succuss.

I had nooooooooo idea!  Where can I read up on that?

Now, the best way to decide how many times to dump and refill the glass is by muscle testing. Otherwise, you must guess at how many cups you need. You could try the 10th cup or 16th cup, etc. If you can’t do muscle testing, just take one dose and see what happens and then decide if another dose should be taken. You may need a dose every 15 minutes or 1/2 hour or hour, etc. up to 4 or more times. Or, you may need to take a dose once or twice a day for a few days. We can’t know these things in advance and every person is different; however, I hasten to add that 99.9% of the time, the remedy is antidoted after one dose.

That’s what I’ve seen too.

If nothing happens after the first dose, you may want to double the number of glasses used to dilute the remedy. For example, if you have diluted it to the 6th glass and nothing happened after an hour, try the 12th glass and then the 24th etc. I usually wait at least 1 hour before diluting the remedy again in this way.

This method also works if you have eaten something that you are reacting to.

Can you give us an example?

One woman had eaten some bread that for some reason did not agree with her and she felt very ill almost immediately! She put a crumb of the bread into a glass of water and continued dumping and refilling the glass until she reached the 12th (or whatever) glass and then took a sip. Almost immediately, the symptoms went away.

Amazing!!!! No one would believe it!

Sometimes people feel sick after eating out or just eating a meal consisting of several ingredients, and are not sure what it was that has caused the problem. I have often seen the symptoms go away very quickly if they just “spit in a glass” and then dump and refill the glass several times to make a remedy. Whatever is causing the problem is in the saliva and a small amount of it will make a homeopathic remedy to antidote the symptoms.

Diane, I know this is a fact because I tried it! I hasten to say though, that on another occasion, it didn’t work, but the indicated remedy–Pulsatilla (ailments from fat)–did; so, don’t throw your remedies away! Nonetheless, I think what you’re saying here is truly revelational!

Now, here’s a scenario for you: After cup #12, the person feels a bit better. Should he wait? Should he go to cup 24 or stay with cup 12 and take it three times a day for three days, stirring the cup before each dose? In other words, how would you manage a partial improvement?

This is where a knowledge of muscle testing saves so much worry and uncertainty. I wish everyone would learn to muscle test – not just remedies, but everything – herbs, vitamins, food etc.

Well, I’ll tell you, Diane, let’s have you back in April and you can explain this to us in detail!

Great, I’d love to do it! So,if after the 12th glass, the person feels a bit better, he might want to wait 3 or so hours and take another dose from glass 12.

Would you stir or do anything like that first or just take another sip from the same cup?

Yes, it would be good to give it a good brisk stir before taking another dose. If you are going to need more than one dose, using a spoon is better than taking a sip because you are introducing whatever is in your mouth into the remedy. If you are using a spoon, use a clean spoon for each dose.

Good point!

If, after another hour, he still isn’t better, he might try taking a dose from glass 24.

In my experience, these are all worse case scenarios because it isn’t usually a problem as the first dose of the dilution generally does the trick.

I’ve found that when repeated attempts at antidoting don’t work, it usually indicates that the person is not aggravating at all; that he either has an acute or has moved into a new remedy layer or a return of old symptoms.

Also, as I said earlier, when possible, everything you use here should be disposable: the cup, the spoon, and so on, because the remedy “sticks” to everything. Once it’s in a glass, washing it generally doesn’t “remove” it. In other words, everyone in the family will be taking this remedy if you use the good glassware. Diane, I think our work here is done. Hopefully no one will ever let a patient suffer needlessly again!

And Elaine, I should add that this antidoting method only antidotes the aggravation, the good work of the remedy goes on!

Oh really!? I think that about puts the lid on it!

I’m going to end with a case. This will make you proud! This is my friend Shobi’s mother, who was reasonably new to homeopathy. We had successfully given her Arnica for a chronic foot problem with a very long name which was painful and too painful for me to pronounce.

Now flying to London to visit her son, she was worried about jet lag. We told her to take Arnica on the plane. Yes, Arnica is a good jet lag remedy too! I’m going to let Shobi tell the rest of the story:

Elaine, FYI, she was told she couldn’t take the Arnica in the water bottle on the plane – as you can’t apparenlty take opened (unsealed) spring water or anything for consumption on the plane these days for safety reasons. So she panicked and decided to take two doses from the water before she got on the flight hoping that it would “cover” her until she got to London.

After the second dose the pain in her foot flared up! So she waited and it still hadn’t gone in over an hour, so she antidoted it before her flight. Your antidoting helped!! I can’t believe she remembered how to do it because you only showed her once! And she took the flight with no pain -and says she fell into a deep, deep sleep on the flight.

Did I tell you that she says she has been sleeping better than ever after the Arnica – she can’t believe it. She is now trying to get my dad into homeopathy!!! The first thing she did when she got to London was to go to Ainsworth’s and get herself a kit -normally she would be sick for days with jet lag and wouldn’t have been able to leave the house – amazing!

In terms of her foot, no pain since the antidoting!! Her foot seems like it really is on the way to being totally healed.

Thanks for sharing that Shobi!

Oh, we’re in luck; this just in from Tracy:

Hi, Elaine -

Just letting you know that I just got off the phone with D, and he is doing MUCH, much better, and was even in a good mood!!

Earlier this morning I had spoken with him and he had taken one dose of the Bryonia 200C and had started coughing MORE, had to blow his nose MORE, etc., but had felt a little better generally. So I shared with him your secret of diluting and pouring out the cups, and asked him to try that (boy, was he skeptical of THAT procedure). But he did it anyway and tried another dose, and reported that the positive effect on all his symptoms was AMAZING.

I rest my case, ladies and gentlemen! Your patients don’t have to suffer anymore, OK?

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Diane Fuller is a former Registered Nurse who studied homeopathy with Misha Norland from The School of Homeopathy and completed Lou Klein’s Master Clinician course. She practices in Prince George, B.C. Canada and can be reached at drfuller@telus.net.