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A Case of Magnetis Polis Australis by Edward de Beukelaer, UK
Mare, born in 1996. She is a coloured mid size mix of a few breeds. She had bad feet with many cracks appearing in the hooves. The owner decides to take the shoes off and start a barefoot trim tech- nique. Although the quality of the feet has improved, she does not adapt well to the change. She remains tender and somewhat depressed. She develops mud fever in the winter, which turned into lymphangitis a few times.
‘She makes it quite clear, when things are not right. She is charismatic and attracts people and horses. She is a quiet leader. She can be itchy but has no sweet itch. She accepts the other horses annoying her and she would not put up a fight, although the others look up to her for leadership. She appears the odd one out. She is concerned, when one of the other horses goes away. She lives by the rules. All the time since the shoes have been taken off she had been tender. She is properly trimmed but the feet haven’t adapted fully to the shoeless situation.
She will come in season as soon as she is around male company (stal- lion and gelding) or pretend she is in season. She will squint and allow mating. At times there was an excoriating discharge from the vulva. She wanted a foal and we put her out with a stallion. They had a lovely time together for several months. During her first season with the stallion she was covered several times per day for 3-4 days. Then the stallion lost interest in her.
At times she appears depressed and will allow herself to be pushed out more than usual. It could be that this is because her feet are sore. When the horses were in with ponies, which bullied the horses, she protected
people noticed a presence about her. In the group she tells the others
what to do but then follows the rest: she follows them, when they walk off’.
(I ask: Is she a loner with the other horses?) The answer is: Yes
What is noticeable about her is that her feet grown curled inwards. This is unusual in horses that are properly barefoot trimmed.
I repertorised as follows:
1 1234
2 1234
3 1234
4 1234
1 GENERALS - COLD; BECOMING - agg. 130 1a EXTREMITIES - CURVATURE of bones 27 1a EXTREMITIES - CURVING and bowing 30 1 GENERALS - ROOM - agg. 114
This gives a long list of remedies (29) that cover the three rubrics. Amongst them is Magnetis Polis Australis, which is a remedy used for ingrown toenails.
EXTREMITIES - NAILS; complaints of - ingrowing toenails
alum. alum-p. Ant-c. bufo calc. Caust. colch. fl-ac. GRAPH. hep. kali-c. kali-chl. kali-m. Lach. lyc. M-AUST. mag-p. Nat-m. Nit-ac. Ph-ac. phos. plb. sang. SIL. staph. Sul-i. Sulph. tet. TEUCR. Thuj. tub.
According to Masi: M-aust wishes that he is taken automatically to his fate and that his desire automatically steers him to, what he is supposed to be. Having to choose and make decisions on the path to one’s realisa- tion is like a punishment, M-austr wants this to be automatic. Thinking or deciding is like hesitating and this makes M-austr worse.
the horses from the ponies and kept them apart.
She had a foal and was a very good mother. She is a peace-maker. She doesn’t like rain too much but she never goes in the stable. She can be spooked on walks at bits of wood lying on the floor.
When she first came she was very playful. She went downhill, when we took the shoes off’.
Based on ‘something has set up the normal flow of things’ and peace- maker I prescribe Niccolum met 200C in 2005. The remedy allowed her to be ok for a while but 3.5 years later, the mare is depressed again.
‘There is a pain left to the tail when pressing on the muscles: she will push you away.
She gets very upset, if she is taken away from the herd. She has a real nice personality, she is still the boss but in a nice way, she just does not take any nonsense.
Her seasons are silent. We never know. She is still totally devoted to her colt, who is three and is still allowed to suckle her. When he was gelded she was not worried about him. She doesn’t nurture him, she is just his mother. The foal was something special to her. She never worried about the others being around the foal from day one. She will call for the colt, if he leaves the field but she doesn’t spend time with him apart from allowing him to drink.
When she gets cold and wet she becomes quite crabby but she won’t get in the shelter, when the weather is bad.
When I used her for demonstrations on natural horsemanship shows,
This hypothesis of the remedy by Masi fits with the dynamic of this horse: she is ‘the boss’ but she follows the other horses, she loves her foal but she will not intervene when it is taken away for castration or when the other horses intervene. He is also still allowed to suckle from her.
The remedy in 200C transforms her. She takes the remedy again 3 months later, when there is a dip in energy and she responds again pos- itively. 6 months later: the feet are much better and have straightened out. She is ridden again.
I have since lost contact with the owner.
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