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when the correct medicine is applied (i.e., the medicine which is most similar to the case presentation), results are rapid and very satisfactory — more so than had ever been encountered in allopathic practice. The more the practitioner relies on homeopathy and less on the crutches of allopathy, the better is the response. Results can truly be amazingly rapid, and almost miraculous to behold. The feeling of awe when seeing a rapid and complete response to a severe acute life-threatening emergency with only the application of the minimum dose never ceases to amaze. Those “magic little sugar beads” are truly little miracles in the bottle when applied and used in their proper way.
Posology/Case Considerations
Posology involves a group of factors and considerations that are important when managing a homeopathic case. They include such things as method of dosage, repetition, potency, the intensity of the problem to be treated, and the strength of the life force of the patient. Choosing the simillimum means the medicine most appropriate to the main condition, in the right potency, and with the correct dosage schedule.
When treating acute conditions there is rarely a call to worry about an aggravation. If an aggravation occurs, it is minor and transient and often goes unnoticed. For example, in the case of an external burn after Causticum has been administered, there may be a few seconds when increased pain is briefly sensed by the patient. This is due to the primary action of the homeopathic medicine, followed by the patient’s counteraction. Often, acute conditions are very intense, so higher potencies and/or more repetition is needed to affect the life force.
If the patient’s life force is very shaky and weak, the animal is very old, is chemically sensitive, very toxic, or starving, then higher potency use may not be wise. In general, any potency you have available will work when the features of
the acute condition match the main features of the medicine. Higher potencies usually work more quickly. If the potency used is low (“X” scale, 30C or less), more repetitions may be needed, as compared to using 200C or higher. During intense acute conditions with pain, homeopathic doses may be required every few minutes at first, and then hourly or longer thereafter, to keep the severe negative sensations under control. Generally, if three to four doses of a medicine of any potency have been given, and no response is seen, then another more similar homeopathic medicine or higher potency should be selected. It takes critical observation skills to notice when the medicine has taken effect.
The first thing that should be noticed will be a sense of wellbeing, or an improvement in awareness or energy/activity level. This might be expressed as becoming more alert, moving, vocalizing, eating, preening/grooming, or a whole host of factors that tell the practitioner that the patient has improved. The doses should always only be given to effect, never by rote. In other words, when improvement is noted one should only re-dose when that improvement stops, stalls, or slows down. If the condition subsides then no further treatment is necessary. The dosages will be given more often in acute conditions than in chronic disease treatments. Emergency kits can be purchased with the fifty to a hundred of the most common homeopathic medicines for acute conditions. In the list at the end of this paper, I have also added others to those core medicines to cover more of the possibilities encountered.
Dosing an exotic or wild species can be complex. Homeopathic pellets are available in #10 or #35 poppy seed size so they will conveniently stick to the oral membranes or tongue, and not as easily be spit out. For water creatures that are too hard to handle or stress too easily, I dissolve a few pellets in a quarter cup of distilled
water and pour it right into the tank or the bath. It is better to bathe the animal in the homeopathic medicine treated water for a short while, and then get them back into untreated water, so they are not under the influence of the medicine for too long a time. Practically speaking, it also seems to be okay if the water cannot be changed right away.
For very wild or fractious animals, I will dissolve the pellets in the quarter cup as described and put some in an irrigating dental tip syringe. The dose is easily squirted into or on the mouth without handling the animal, and then they will lick their lips and get a dose.
Weakened and sensitive animals can be treated with the inhalation method without having to open the mouth and dose orally. Mix the medicine (5-10 pellets) in a few ounces of water, and then add a small amount (drops) of vodka or Everclear. The homeopathic medicine will evaporate readily in this way, making it easy to waft it under the nose or mist in the enclosure a few times. Inhalation dosing also works quite well for those who cannot open their mouth for some reason. For example, most turtles rarely will open their mouth easily. I will put a small drop into the nostril or give an inhalation dose when they won’t stick their neck out without uncomfortable restraint.
For easy to handle animals I will just take the back protective cover of a needle or syringe casing (the part we throw away), place the pellets into that little cup, then pour the dry pellets onto the tongue.
For liquid dose administration in small animals I dissolve a few pellets in that plastic cap, add two drops of distilled water, dissolve the remedy, and administer with an insulin or TB syringe, with the needle removed. These syringes make very fine small eyedroppers for liquid administration in tiny animals and birds. The dose may also be mixed with a small amount (one to two teaspoons) of spring water, or cow’s milk, which the animal can lick up without excessive
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