| TREATMENT OF ACUTE PROBLEMS
To recap, once you have remedies and reference books in your clinic,
decide what problems you want to begin treating. List all the symptoms,
especially unusual ones and any possible causes of the current problem.
Use the books and the following notes to select the closest matching
remedy. Use the urgency of the condition and overall health of the
animal to select the potency of the remedy. Give the remedy and
schedule an appointment to evaluate the result (could be in 10 minutes
or a day or 2, or longer).
The following list a few of the remedies you might use for acute
problems. Remember that each case still needs to be individualized,
so learn to distinguish each remedy by reading the materia medicas
for people or animals or the therapeutic books for animals mentioned
previously.
Frequency for giving homeopathic remedies in acute problems depends
on the potencies you have available and the severity of the injury.
1. If life threatening, or very severe and the potency you have
is
a. 3x to 30x or 3c to 12c give the indicated remedy every 5 to 10
minutes until there is a response or for 4 doses.
b. 30c, 200x, 200c or higher, give every 15 minutes for 2 doses.
2. If no change at all, re evaluate your choice of remedy. If slight
improvement, repeat again and re-evaluate.
3. If the condition of the animal is less critical, give the remedies
less frequently.
The following remedies can all be found in either the Acute or Chronic
Animal Kit available from 1-800-Homeopathy.
Abscesses:
1. Painless abscesses, especially ones that have been draining already,
or ones that are not healing or are recurring. The patient is usually
chilly (wants to be warm), nice to shy or timid, and may be more
thirsty than usual: SILICA
2. Very painful abscesses, often not draining, irritable, nasty
and maybe has always had a tendency to be that way, & is very,
very chilly, especially when sick: HEPAR SULPHUR
3. Ulcerating, smelly, discharging abscesses, painful, tendency
to lots of saliva, gum problems, red gums, bad odor to breath, slightly
aggressive to angry, sensitive to both heat and cold: MERCURIUS
VIVUS (SOL)
Anesthesia recovery problems & post-op:
1. Not awakening as fast as you think they should, especially if
they tend to bleed easily, are
sensitive to loud noises and were nervous pre-op or historically:
PHOSPHORUS
2. Slow awakening and body feels cold to the touch, gums blue: CARBO
VEGETABALIS
3. Weakness, ennui, lethargy, anger, just not themselves post op
– STAPHYSAGRIA
4. Sore, painful, do not want to be touched, bruising - ARNICA
Bleeding:
1. Oozing, passive hemorrhage: ARNICA
2. Bright red from superficial vessels.: ACONITE, PHOS
3. Profuse, gushing, bright red: IPECAC
Diarrhea:
1. Restless, thirsty, fearful, chilly animals that have been "poisoned"
by what they ate: ARSENICUM ALBUM.
2. Nice animals who are either hiding or nasty when sick, who have
been "overeating" or getting into the garbage: NUX VOMICA.
3. More chronic, often very smelly stools along with other smelly
problems (ears, skin), in calm
laid-back animals who prefer coolness: SULPHUR.
4. Very friendly, thirsty, slightly chilly, startles easily, blood
in the stool or history of bleeding problems: PHOSPHORUS
Fear, terror or shock:
When animals come into your waiting room petrified. Stray cats who
won't come out of the bushes and seem terrified, not just street
smart. Never well since that horribly loud thunderstorm. Anxious
and agitated about any physical condition (cystitis cat with frequency
and fear of everything). Injured animals who are in shock, or just
dilated pupils and acting scared. Terror of going into the ring,
especially suddenly fearful. Try ACONITE. Could be given 30 minutes
before coming to clinic. After several visits they may not need
it. If they are no better, dig deeper into the case.
Hernias:
Inguinal or umbilical hernias when not much else is happening: NUX
VOMICA (friendly animals who seem hyper or driven, feel worse in
the AM and are sensitive to noise & cold) or SULPHUR (more calm,
hot, easy-going, may be smelly and thirsty). Give 30c and wait a
week or 200c and wait 2 weeks. If slightly smaller, have the owner
repeat when there has been no change in size in 3 days (measure
it). If it improves, but not completely, you need a higher potency
(200c or 1M), or a different remedy. I have seen and know of total
resolution in dogs, pigs and cats.
IVD:
1. If dog is irritable & nasty, especially when normally friendly,
is chilly now, has a history of
unusual reactions to drugs: NUX VOMICA
2. If very sensitive to touch on the back, or acts as if there are
shooting pains: HYPERICUM.
A remedy can be given when you think there is a very early disc
and you are recommending rest and not drugs or surgery. They sometimes
cure even once the dog is completely paralyzed, so would be an alternative
to euthanasia when the owners cannot afford surgery. .
Lyme disease:
LEDUM works in many cases of joint stiffness and fever and lethargy
with no need for antibiotics.
Reverse sneezing:
This can be a sequela to rabies vaccine, so you could try LACHESIS
or LYSSIN (warning: do not repeat either of these remedies more
than twice unless there has been a good response.)
1. If the dog has (or has had in the past) thickened, blackened
skin, aversion to wearing a collar, is talkative, and a preference
for the cold: LACHESIS
2. If the dog has a fear of bright objects, desire to roam, allergic
skin problems of many types, is sensitive to stimuli: LYSSIN
Status epilepticus:
1. ACONITE or BELLADONA. Aconite has more fear and anxiety. Belladonna
has heat, flushing, and violence. Give a 200c or 1M of the one that
fit the closest and wait 5 minutes. If there is no improvement,
give the other, and wait 5 minutes. If no improvement, use whatever
you would normally give.
2. Always give the flower essences for emergencies such as seizures:
Bach’s rescue remedy, Green Hope Farm’s Emergency Trauma
Solution, or others. These can be put directly in the mouth or rubbed
or sprayed on the face, neck or legs. Also have the human take it.
Stiffness:
1. Whatever the etiology, when animals are very stiff when they
first get up, then improve as they move around and loosen up (The
"rusty gate" remedy, it is very similar to many of these
older, stiff, cats and dogs.): RHUS TOXICODENDREN.
2. When an animal can not or will not move because the pain is worse
from motion, and maybe they are thirstier than before, especially
if the animal is grumpy and avoiding company: BRYONIA.
Upper respiratory infections in cats:
(These common symptoms are easily curable when acute and very hard
to cure when chronic.) This would be a good "homeopathic disease"
with which to begin prescribing.
1. Bland, often creamy discharges, sweet, timid, thirstless and
craves open air and coolness: PULSATILLA
2. Excoriating, acrid discharges, a strong craving for heat, and
fearful: ARSENICUM ALBUM.
3. Intolerance of both heat and cold, bad odors of breath and body,
diarrhea and increased salivation: MERCURIUS VIV (SOL)
Trauma with aversion to being touched:
Bruising, extravasations, blunt injuries of any kind, especially
when the animal does not want to be touched, maybe does not even
want you or the owner to come near them at all. This would be good
for the post operative patient who was not recovering their mobility,
or walked very wide legged after abdominal procedures, or suddenly
did not want petting and cuddling. Some practitioners use it routinely
pre and post op. ARNICA MONTANA
Vaccinosis:
This is the name for any kind of an ailment that appears to result
from the animal’s reaction to vaccines. Symptoms that may
indicate this are: not very affectionate personality, anxiety, eyes
that tear or have clinkers, bladder problems, dull dry hair coat
with excess shedding, otitis and many more symptoms you will learn
as you further study homeopathy and holistic medicine.
If the specific remedy for the ailment is not clear, give a dose
of Thuja 30c and wait a week or 2.
If there are fears of water and aggression and anger, try one dose
only of Lyssin 30c.
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