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Telling Porkers: Pinky, Perky, Babe and Pepper (a remedy for all
ages) byGeoffJohnson,UK
revealed house dust and storage mite aller- gies. Steroids had been started in August 2011. Desensitising allergen injections were being given monthly, which seemed to have no effect other than making Charlie more itchy for 24 hours. He seemed worse after running through long grass and in the summer. When I touched his back he quivered all over, the skin was red and he scratched constantly.
Above is a lot of information of little use to us as veterinary homeopaths, so let us talk of, what is useless conventionally but is homeo- pathic gold!
• Charlie loved the fire and lay next to it although panting.
• Bathing he loves and it improves his itch- ing (a problem for us here is that is it the bathing itself or the medicating shampoo, which ameliorates?)
• He drank HUGE amounts 2 or 3 times daily – indeed so much that sometimes he would be sick afterwards.
• He loved raw vegetables best, fruit and chillies.
• He is prone to diarrhoea – and when ill “he wants cuddles, and presses herself into me, or burrows under my arm”.
• He was born with a right foot deformity, where the middle two toes have a split between them, and the 1st and 4th toe are set higher up the leg and are smaller.
• His litter brother is a true hermaphrodite according to ‘the vet’.
• He was originally wormy and thin, and has
always been obsessed with food. He will
be stuffed and then want more.
• He tries to suckle at the owner, and kneads
her.
• His character is described as loving, so
affectionate.
• He dominates the labrador and drives her
and other dogs away, who approach the owner. Jealous. He always wants to be included.
• I asked ‘Who are you to Charlie?’ The owners reply; “His mother. – he is needy for love”
• He always likes to have something in her mouth. He loves to sit and sleep on the owner and likes to be “skin to skin”.
• If the owner is upset, he comes and sits next to her and touches her and puts his head in her lap.
• He is frightened of fireworks and trem- bles, but is “better for hugging and putting a blanket around him”.
• If reprimanded his ears go back, she walks away and looks like she is saying, “please don’t tell me off”.
What distinguishes a mammal from all else is a combination of fur and milk. These represent the warm, caring nurturing arms and nourish- ing milk of mothers love. In humans during sen- sation case taking certain words are used. “Safe” – but safe like how? Like warm, cosy, cuddly, furry, held, snuggling and soft – the opposite of empty and cold. This latter state will often be expressed as a physical sensation within the abdomen or stomach. That space which should be filled metaphorically with mother's love (milk), cannot be satisfied by the comfort eating, smoking and other addictions seen in our human lac cases.
Mothers love you and hold you warmly. They are sympathetic. I have not had a successful mammal remedy case in vet medicine, where the patient was not sympatheti, and expressed that sympathy by touching the owner, often pressing against them or actually cuddling them.
The milk comes from the nipple. Sucking blankets, paws or other dogs ears can all be a sign a mammal remedy is needed. Kneading excessively in cats or even slightly in dogs is another clue.
Mother licks the new cub dry – excessive licking is another indication.
Another feature of mammals is complicated communication. A mammal patient is likely to
engage with you, to interact. They have strong hierarchies – the leader of the pack, top dog, alpha bitch, and snivelling cur.
Generally you might expect an animal rem- edy to be more jealous, sexual and territorial than the average plant or mineral.
Homeopathic case taking in humans has revealed to us another important mammalian mental essence – “I need the group for protec- tion and friendship, yet in the group I can lose myself.” They sacrifice identity for security. Those working with the periodic table will immediately see the potential confusion with Row 3 here, especially the natrums and mag- nesiums, maybe often combined with muri- aticum. Scholten equates muriaticum with mother. As a general rule the prey animals and lac-can are particularly analogous to Row 3. Larger mammals and predators like lac-lup and cheetah are Row 5, and the big cats Row 6.
So how does this information look in our consulting room?
All typical mammal features I will italicise.
Don [Hamilton] was working with me in May 2013 when in came a female owner and Charlie. He was a 4-year-old Jack Russell ter- rier suffering from atophy. Blood tests had
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