It has never failed to frustrate me when going through Dr. Christopher's works & literature that his listed "drop-sized tincture doses" are SO small (compared to Dr. Schulzes reports that the old time herbalists used teaspoon+ size doses)...and we know Dr. Schulze "ramped it up" to make up for bodies being far more compromised than in Dr. Christopher's time.
I finally figgered it out! (YAY ME!) I was just looking through The School of Natural Healing and saw this:
Tincture 30-60 drops (1/2 - 1 fluid teaspoon) 3-4 times daily (this is the dosage he recommended for Burdock tincture...but check out the "drops = teaspoons", which is consistent throughout his writings). I never noticed before that the amount of drops is totally inconsistent with the "drops = teaspoons" of our current drops/dropper size.
WHOA! ...in today's "drops & dropperfuls", 30 drops = equals a scant 1/4 of a teaspoon, NOT 1/2 a teaspoon (1 dropperful is approximately 30 drops with our current droppers). Dr. Christopher (apparently) had MUCH larger "droppers" that yielded MUCH larger "drops".
One teaspoon (out of our current droppers) is FOUR DROPPERSFUL...which is 120 drops, not 60 drops.
SO, whenever we see Dr. Christopher's recommended dosage and it's written "by drops". we need to use TWO drops to equal his original dose recommendation (and almost always, we need to 'ramp it up', per Dr. Schulze).
Healthiest of blessings,
Unyquity
Uny,
I'm brand new at this so....please excuse my technological falts.
I would like to order some herbs from you with your advice and input.
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Please email me there or on here.
My mother is in hospital right now with heart issues and other issues....Very serious.
So....that is one of the reasons to talk to you...
time is of the essence here.
Thanks for taking time out for me
Warm Regards,
Zex