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International Congress of Homeopathy, A report by Malene Jørgensen, France
This was a weekend I think we’d all been looking forward to and Budapest didn’t disappoint.
A small group of us opted to share an apartment in the centre of town – student style living you could say – offering easy access via tram, metro or even on foot, to the whole city. So much to see and just a few days to do it in but the reason we were here was for the International Congress of Homeopathy organised by the IAVH followed the day after with the Board Meeting.
The first day (Friday 20 April) started in the afternoon with a great sight- seeing bus tour around Budapest – taking in key attractions and hearing about the fascinating and tumultuous history of Budapest and Hungary.
In the evening was a PR meeting where Communications Officer Nick Thompson and Head of IAVH Office Markus Mayer gave presen- tations of the work already done and their visions for the future, as well as calling for ideas for future ventures.
Saturday 21st April saw the start of the Congress (9 am - 5.30 pm) at the Ventura Hotel, Budapest. There were delegates from all over Europe including the host country. We were warmly welcomed by the Hungarian homeopathic association as well as the organisers. IAVH President Peter Gregory gave a welcome address and wished us all a good time.
First speaker on the podium was Liesbeth Ellinger (Holland) lecturing on Homeopathy Research in Veterinary Practice, treatment of diarrhoea in neonatal piglets.
She told us how she treats on a herd basis when animals show sim-
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ilar symptoms by taking the totality of the symptoms of the heard into account. She also explained how difficult randomised controlled trials (RCTs) can be using homeopathy as not only the physical but also the subjective symptoms need to be taken into account. A triple blinded trial (administration, scoring and analysis) on a
large group showed good results with a significant influence on the appearance of neonatal diarrhoea in piglets.
First litters from a sow treated with homeopathy were well protected against diarrhoea and there was less spreading of disease in the home- opathically treated litters. Liesbeth then continued on the subject Pro and contra vaccination in herd management, pros and cons of homeopathic ‘vaccination’ vs conventional vaccination. She gave an account of the possible reactions to vaccination and their statistics: Direct – allergic reaction, anaphylactic shock vs indirect – chronic disease starts after vaccination (80% within 3 months).
We were shown examples of the effects of vaccination in patients and homeopathic treatment. Remedies often used by Liesbeth were vac- cine tautodes. For side effects due to vaccination against IBR in cows: Sil 30K, Pyrog 10M, later Kali-i 30K. The regime some vets use for ‘side- effects’ showing after vaccination was:
• 30C if symptoms appear within 1 week after vaccination
• 200C within 1 month
• 1M within 3 months and
• 10M after 3 months
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