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Treatment Instruction to the owner
Caution This liquid contains 30% alcohol (dilute for use in cats)
One dose Horse: 30 drops p.o.
Dog: 5-10 drops p.o.
Cat: 5 drops p.o. or mixed in the food (alcohol!) (Human: 10 drops p.o.)
Usage Give your patient one dose every five days Start with D12 (in case of allergies with D 18)
Repeat each potency once only
If there is no aggravation (see below), use the next
lower potency after 5 days, repeat the procedure
and so on.
Now step for step down to D4 and return up to D12
(D18).
The treatment is then finished (maybe until the
following year).
Aggravation If the symptoms aggravate during
treatment (e.g. more dyspnoea in asthma, more itching in atopic dermatitis) go back for two higher potencies and repeat the procedure more than once in five-day-intervals.
Then repeat the next lower potency and cautiously approach the critical potency.
If the patient has tolerated the critical potency well you can continue as described above.
For approaching you can also extend the intervals up to 7 or 10 days or decrease the dose (e.g. 10 drops instead of 20 drops)
Storage Homeopathic remedies are very sensitive to temperatures over 30 degrees and to electromagnetic waves. Keep this remedy away from sunlight or electrical devices (refrigerator, power outlets, loudspeakers, microwave ovens etc.)
The treatment lasts for 4 months. The development should be evaluated every 4 to 6 weeks. In case of allergy a blood sample should be done during an acute phase. The homeopathic auto-blood/auto-urine treatment has to be repeated during three successive years.
Case 1
Recurrent Hot Spots in a Bernese mountain dog
“Lenny”, male, pure breed, born 28.08.2008, long- haired, lives outdoors in the yard.
Owner: Gerhard X, retired male nurse
Letter dated 2013 Nov. 16th
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The Court Jester – A pain in the neck by Edward de Beukelaer, UK
This Australian Duck tolling retriever was treated for severe neck pain and high fever at the age of one, by a specialist practice. A presumed diagnosis of Lyme’s disease had been made and she had improved after taking many painkillers and antibiotics.
A year later she is still not really right. The owner had her treated by a chiropractor and did hydrotherapy, because she was often a little lame or sore. She improved somewhat but still was not right. She also responded very well to further uses of painkillers.
What tended to happen is that she would be fine for some time and then
suddenly yelp out and then not want to be with the owner and stay on the sofa. At other times she is typical for the breed. ‘She feels sorry for herself when it hurts. She will sulk then. She will come for a cuddle near you, not on you. She is not accident prone, not clumsy’.
The problem may have started after she was in a car accident, the car had rolled over, she was in the back in a crate. She was shaking initially but one hour later she was her normal bouncy again. She is not a wimp but she seems sensitive to pain. She may be less confident in the car since then? ‘She stands up for herself and will snap at a dog that sniffs her too closely. She gets mentally exhausted from being elated and crazy from training. I can tell by her face. She does not make demands on anybody. She is like the court jester: if there is tension between the two other dogs, she bounces in and runs around like a lunatic to defuse the situation. She does not like being told off. At the age of 6 others commented how independent she was. (Independent and responsive is typical for the breed.)’
Based on this a few months after the ‘neck pain episode’ I had prescribed Natrum carb (for easing the tension in the family) but this had not made much difference.
One year after the first consultation and because of the on-going ‘not being right’ issues, we have a second consultation. ‘She had a few episodes, where she would hurt when yawning. (The jaw and neck are never painful on examination.) She would scream and be very subdued. She had a bit of a phantom pregnancy, which sorted itself and she is a bit better since. Nothing is consistent; you cannot tell what causes the bad episodes. She is a really good worker and loves the training and retrieving. When she is unwell, she goes in the car and makes sure, there is no pressure on her. She loves the hydrotherapy but she finds it a bit of a chore. When she is unwell she will scream, when the dogs come near her.’
Solution
I check in ‘Back pain, cervical, yawning aggravates’: three remedies: Arnica, Nat-c and Nat-s.
Nat-c had not made a difference and this dog does not have the poor-me attitude of Nat-s. What supports Arnica is that she interferes, when there is tension. Arnica will care about others by trying to prevent others from becoming injured. There is the extreme (sensitivity to) pain. There is a possible injury being the cause of the problem. I also found it interesting, the owner said: she loves the hydro but it is a bit of a chore. Arnica is known for being a hard worker: this confusion between loving it and it being a chore would support the remedy. Also the owner said how she could be mentally exhausted from the excitement of working. That is not something many people have told me before.
Arnica sounded like a good fit: one dose of 50K.
Six week later I see the owner: she has a big smile and asks me: where are the batteries in my dog, how can I take them out? I cannot switch her off anymore; she is better than she has ever been. She is focussed, willing to work, she is fine amongst the other dogs.
This is 12 months ago and things are still perfect.