HOMC121 practical Test Questions Verified Answers
Label requirements
- patient name
- practitioner name and contact details
- date of prescription - expiry date
- name and potency of medicine
- dosage instructions
Powder dose
- Crush 3-4 unmediated pillules
- add 1 drop of medicine to the powder
- dispense in the form of a powder
Good for:
- a single or several doses of high potency medicine
- powder may be dissolved in Brest milk or water for infants.
Ingestion methods - olfaction
- for patients who aggravate easily and are hypersensitive to all medicines
- good for first aid situations or severe pathology such as a coma.
Methods of ingestion - Animals
- dispense in drinking water
- spray bottle ( lift tail and spray)
Methods of ingestion - spray
- good for conditions where there I pain in touch
- sprains bites and stings
, Methods of ingestions
90% cream + 10% herbal tincture
General instructions
- do not eat 15 mins before or after taking remedy
- caffeinated food or beverages to be taken 1 hour before or after
- tablets should be lightly chewed or sucked until dissolved.
Storage and shelf life
- medicines should be kept in a dry and not too warm place free from odours and
excluded from bright light
- hahnmann says medicine can retain all power up to 18-20 years
Factors affecting medicines
- 20 mins before or after eating, chewing, brushing teeth, smoking
- avoid coffee and stimulants
- dental work like drilling ?
- electric blankets ?
- acupuncture, cranioscral, osteo, X-ray,
Transportation ( dry pillules only)
Mother tincture
Raw extract derived from plant extract in an alcohol base
- no sucussions
- for source materials where a solution can be extracted
When would you use vodka instead of brandy
- if somebody had a yeast overgrowth or candida
Which direction do you grind during trituration
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Label requirements
- patient name
- practitioner name and contact details
- date of prescription - expiry date
- name and potency of medicine
- dosage instructions
Powder dose
- Crush 3-4 unmediated pillules
- add 1 drop of medicine to the powder
- dispense in the form of a powder
Good for:
- a single or several doses of high potency medicine
- powder may be dissolved in Brest milk or water for infants.
Ingestion methods - olfaction
- for patients who aggravate easily and are hypersensitive to all medicines
- good for first aid situations or severe pathology such as a coma.
Methods of ingestion - Animals
- dispense in drinking water
- spray bottle ( lift tail and spray)
Methods of ingestion - spray
- good for conditions where there I pain in touch
- sprains bites and stings
, Methods of ingestions
90% cream + 10% herbal tincture
General instructions
- do not eat 15 mins before or after taking remedy
- caffeinated food or beverages to be taken 1 hour before or after
- tablets should be lightly chewed or sucked until dissolved.
Storage and shelf life
- medicines should be kept in a dry and not too warm place free from odours and
excluded from bright light
- hahnmann says medicine can retain all power up to 18-20 years
Factors affecting medicines
- 20 mins before or after eating, chewing, brushing teeth, smoking
- avoid coffee and stimulants
- dental work like drilling ?
- electric blankets ?
- acupuncture, cranioscral, osteo, X-ray,
Transportation ( dry pillules only)
Mother tincture
Raw extract derived from plant extract in an alcohol base
- no sucussions
- for source materials where a solution can be extracted
When would you use vodka instead of brandy
- if somebody had a yeast overgrowth or candida
Which direction do you grind during trituration
Anticlockwise