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Lee Kayne
trouble that our favourite Freeman pharmacists expended in registering remedies with the directorate on the basis of safety and quality is remarkable! We probably should all treat the Kaynes to a few more libations in gratitude.
Lee guided us through the time consuming and costly process involved in determining what was necessary to register remedies – including explaining what they are and are not to the Directorate – and then navigating through the bureaucracy to obtain the registration. This registration is significant because the remedies so registered (including Rhus tox, Nux vomica, Aconite, Arnica, Arsenicum, and a 17 remedy complex) have now been granted indefinite registration, thereby enshrining homeopathy as a legitimate medicine. Five hundred more remedies were recently grandfathered in, though their registration will expire in five years. Since two EU countries have registered the remedies, they can apply for pan-European registration. This is of great importance to some of our Continental colleagues, whose abilities to use homeopathic remedies are being curtailed.
Myriam Favre-French –
3 Cases, 3 Methods
Myriam presented three very satisfying cases approached in different ways. The first case presented with a few keynote signs: an aged Lab with painful IVD [Inter-Vertebral disc Disease; Ed.] (treated unsuccessfully with a hemilaminectomy), and recurring bouts of UTI [Urinary Tract Infection; Ed.], with offensive urine and incontinence, responded beautifully to a short course of Benzoic acid 12 C. The second case presented with only one sign, represented by a single remedy rubric: a puppy with pedunculated lower lip warts; the warts fell off after a week of Dulcamara. The third case was a constitutional prescription for an epileptic Border collie: cluster seizures with resultant blindness, indifference to dogs and people, pacing, ravenous appetite, rapid metabolism; the dog responded with greatly decreased fitting following a course of Secale cornutum 1 M.
Nancy Morris –
Homeopathy at Wellie Level
Nancy updated us on this front line initiative to bring homeopathic education to farmers. This programme was started in 2000 by Chris Lees,
Geoff Johnson
and is supported by HRH Chaz, both financially and through the use of his agricultural facilities. The farmers receive homeopathic training over a three month period, with one hands-on weekend per month. The course provides comprehensive notes, audiotapes, and, most importantly, mentoring from homeopathic vets after completing the course. More homeopathic vets are needed to help in this effort, and to encourage your farmers to register for the programme [See article by Nancy page ??].
Saturday night dinner –
Stonegate Yard Bar and Brasserie
The BAHVS filled most of the upper room of this pub on Little Stonegate in the centre of York for our party. Great food, marvellous company, what more can you say? The new president did comment that next year there WILL be dancing, but that was the only lack. The VetriScience Cup was presented to Stuart Marston for service to the association. Stuart was an absolute rock in sorting out the Congress details; aren’t we all glad that he retired and decided to spend extra time with the BAHVS? Geoff Johnson did a four-peat for the Churchill Cup for his contributions to the Mag. We can also call him Geoff “Two Cakes” Johnson, as he was presented with two birthday cakes, one that was in the shape of a bull head, and the other that was an almost life size locomotive.
AGM – Sunday morning
The Honourable Secretary will report fully on the AGM, to be sure! [See the Minutes over page].
A few quick notes:
• Madame Treasurer would like to remind
members that fees are due in January, and it would be lovely if she did not have to pursue us for the dosh.
• Congress will revert to a three day format by popular request; the spring meeting will continue as well.
• Plans for the three day 2015 Congress from 25-27 September in Ireland are well in hand, and a fifty pound reservation will reserve a place with housing on site at the Emmaus Centre; Tom Farrington is the chap to contact for more information.
• Nick Thompson is sorting out the 2016 Congress, so contact him with speaker suggestions.
Sue Armstrong – Homeopathic Approach to Auto-Immune (a-i) Disease in Animals Sue began her discussion by noting that she didn’t appreciate how many cases of auto- immune (a-i) disease she saw until she went back and examined her cases. She then realised that she sees loads of a-i disease, though there are no good statistics on its prevalence. The healthy immune system recognises our biological material, and that of our beneficial organisms; a-i disease is triggered by outside influences (toxins, diet, vaccination, infection, stress, etc), which cause perversion of the normal immune function in susceptible individuals.
The second part of Sue’s talk focused on therapeutics, and different ways of approaching a-i disease, which can be challenging and time consuming to treat. Miasmatic remedies may be appropriate as intercurrent remedies; the a-i diseases encompass the full miasmatic spectrum. Tautopathy may be useful to counteract the effect of drugs; Sue finds Cortisone in potency to be gentler than Pred. Understanding of kingdoms, and periodic table analysis, can both be helpful in treating a-i disease. The Solanaceae, which contain alkaloids that modify the immune response, are often useful remedies in treating a-i disease. Similarly, the themes of the Lanthanides can indicate their use. Causation can give important pointers to remedies, such as the vaccinosis remedies. The bowel nosodes, especially Gaertner, DysCo, and Morgan Pure are well indicated, as gut immunity is an important part of a-i disease.
Sue finds Rehman’s Encyclopedia of Remedy Relationships helpful in case management, especially when considering a change from miasmatic to constitutional remedies. She also noted that animals may need a symptomatic or local remedy to move things along, if well chosen constitutional remedies fail to act. Sue will be making her notes available to the group.
Peter Gregory –
Aurum muriaticum natronatum
Peter illustrated his approach to a difficult case. This Doberman bitch is a born guard dog who finds work for herself, with a history of incontinence, itchy skin with a histiocytoma, and pseudocyesis, treated three times with Galastop (cabergoline, an ergot derivative which reduces prolactin levels). The skin problems may have started when the house was painted and / or when Galastop was given. Sepia 30 C resolved the incontinence, but the skin worsened, so the dog was given pred and cefa. Thuja improved the skin, but the dog became more irritable. Sepia LM 8 resolved the histio, the skin improved, and the bitch had a season without pseudocyesis. A follow up with Sepia 200 resulted in normal behaviour. When problems recurred, Sepia 200 again improved
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