Practical Use of Homeopathy

Practical Use of Homeopathy in your Practice
W S A V A W C P , 2006
Christina Chambreau, DVM, CVH
Sparks, MD, USA
While no modality can resolve all problems, homeopathy is the perfect training to
evaluate every form of therapy. In my experience, the potential of homeopathy is to
cure at the deepest level, with all symptoms resolving and the animal living a long
and healthy life. Only a deep understanding of the principles of homeopathy and
years of practice can enable you to reliably cure this way. However, from day one
homeopathy can improve the overall well being and health of the animal in spite of
the continuing presence of the original, uncured pathology such as renal disease,
Cushing's, cancer, diabetes and more. Homeopathy can treat many acute conditions
in your practice saving you time and speeding healing of the animal. This paper
covers the guiding principles of homeopathy, shows the potential healing that can
occur and gives you immediate practical applications such as how to evaluate the
response of animals to any type of treatment. Expanded versions are on my web
site, http://www.christinachambreau.com.
What Can Be Cured?
The following brief summaries are of cases. They are intended to give you an idea of
the breadth of conditions that can be successfully treated with good homeopathy.
Perry was a 5-year-old Himalayan cat with a firm, swollen, fistulous right mandible.
After achieving only temporary responses to antibiotics, a biopsy was performed with
results showing undifferentiated carcinoma, probably squamous cell carcinoma.
Within one month of being treated homeopathically, the fistula cleared up and he
resumed his normal happy behaviors. He remains clear of cancer 10 years later.
Maggie presented with an infected, deeply ulcerated histiocytic sarcoma on her
face. With homeopathic treatment, the tumor disappeared in 3 weeks, and has been
completely gone for over 5 years now. Her overall health has improved tremendously.
Felix, a 5-month-old puppy, had a prolapsed rectum. Within two hours of receiving
the remedy, the rectum was normal, and the next day he was as playful and friendly
as ever. Over the next 3 years of follow-up, the rectum did not prolapse again.
Gus, a 4-month-old pug, had one testicle that had been retracted for 3 weeks. 2
weeks after the homeopathic remedy, the testicle descended.
Isis had chronic coughing since 6 weeks then, six hours after annual boosters at
age 5, she was admitted to the hospital for oxygen with a severe asthma attack. With
conventional treatment, she continued having asthmatic respiration with occasional
hospitalizations for the next 2 years. Homeopathic remedies given while she was
being tapered off the drugs resolved the asthma problem; and she has since had no
conventional drugs, no asthmatic breathing, and less coughing. She survived the loss
of her owner and relocation with no further episodes until her death at age 17.
Heidi was a 14-year-old spayed female that had a bleeding, swollen, angry looking
growth attached to the third eyelid, covering the eye. There were also 2 firm growths
on the right paw and in the middle of the chest. Remedies were prescribed over a 9-
month period with total disappearance of the eyelid mass. She began behaving like a
young dog, and could hear again. She did 4 mile walks with running, leading and
being adventuresome until a traumatic death a year later.
The power of homeopathy lies in the potential to cure to this level. The "illness"
resolves and most importantly, the animal feels better overall emotionally and
physically. Most animals have an amelioration of symptoms and increased energy,
and some animals have the deep level of curative response as illustrated above.
Some animals never respond to homeopathy or any other modality including
conventional; some respond to one modality and not others.
Homeopathic History
Although formally conceived by Samuel Hahnemann, MD, a brilliant German

physician in 1800, the roots of homeopathy go back to Hippocrates, Paracelsus, the
Mayans, Chinese, Greeks, Indians (Asian & American), and Egyptians. All used the
philosophy of like cures like. Hippocrates and other Greek physicians observed that
if a person chronically ill with one disease became infected with a more severe
disease that had similar symptoms--the chronic disease would disappear upon
recovery from the acute, stronger disease. Dr. Hahnemann wrote "Essay on a New
Principle for Ascertaining the Curative Powers of Drugs, and Some Examination of the
Previous Principles" in 1796. His understanding and guidelines have been followed
since that time. Hahnemann's basic textbooks, The Organon of the Medical Art (first
edition 1810 to 6th in 1842, the latter not being published until the early 1900s), The
Chronic Diseases, and Materia Medica Pura are still the core textbooks used today.
Principles
1. Dilutions of herbs, minerals and body substances are tested on healthy people
(provings) and the details of symptoms produced are recorded in Materia
Medicas.
2. The animal's guardian is questioned in detail. Symptoms and individual
characteristics are key to identifying the imbalance in the vital force to be
counteracted in order for the animal to be healed. "The more striking,
exceptional, unusual, and odd (characteristic) signs and symptoms of the
disease case are to be especially and almost solely kept in view." (O 153)
3. The symptom picture of the ill animal is matched to the medicine that causes
that same pattern of symptoms in the provers--like cures like--using
repertories and Materia Medicas.
4. The correct strength and repetition of the chosen remedy is correctly given.
5. We then wait for the body to react and evaluate if the right remedy was
chosen.
6. The remedy itself does not heal--it stimulates the body to heal itself.
Successful treatment depends on:
1. Knowledge of disease: The sum total of all the symptoms, past and present,
represents the underlying imbalance that needs to be corrected.
2. Knowledge of medicines: in Materia Medicas.
3. Ability to match the remedy to the individual in the right strength (potency),
amount and frequency.
4. Knowledge of the possible outcomes of treatment.
5. Knowledge of obstacles to recovery: For each individual, learning what
practices are detrimental to continued health. Nutrition, vaccination,
environment, other drugs, supplements, etc.
Tools used in homeopathic practice are:
1. Materia Medicas--books reporting the symptoms from the provings and from
clinical experience.
2. Repertories--indexes of the Materia Medicas. They list symptoms with the
remedies known to impact on those symptoms.
3. Remedies--purchased from reliable pharmacies.
4. Clinical judgment--from veterinary training & practice evaluating the response.
5. Study: courses, reading, and learning, practice, learning.
Knowledge of Disease
Disease begins as an energetic imbalance, then functional changes occur, then

inflammation and finally tissue changes (pathology). Healing goes the reverse
direction. There is one on-going "disease", not just separate, acute episodes. To
really heal, the totality of symptoms must be addressed, not just the current
problem(s). Different homeopathic medicines are often needed at different times
because we only see part of the underlying imbalance. Each remedy choice is based
both on the current symptoms and any past ones.
The key shift that must be made is to treat the individual animal, not merely the
disease. Sometimes treating the pathology or disease (Dexasone injection or
homeopathic Apis or a combination homeopathic remedy for a bee sting reaction)
will make the symptoms disappear and not further weaken the energy field. This
does not help the animal become healthier overall. When we can find the remedy
whose energy pattern (as seen from the provings and described in the Materia
Medicas) is very similar to the energy pattern of the individual, we are treating the
susceptibility to become ill (as seen by the symptoms of the disease and the
idiosyncrasies and history of the patient) as well as the current problem. They can
stay alert, agile, interactive and relatively symptom free until they have a final illness
and die, at an old age. This is a goal worth striving for.
Knowledge of the Medicines
There are 3 dilution forms made by pharmacies that can be purchased--centesimal

or c, decimal or x, and LM (Q). The centesimal potencies are made as follows. One
drop of the tincture is diluted in 99 drops of diluent (water or alcohol) and shaken
(succussed). This makes the 1c potency. One drop of this is diluted in 99 drops of
diluent and shaken to make a 2c, etc. The further the potentiation process is carried
out, the stronger or more potent the remedy. A 1M potency of a remedy has a very
strong energetic effect on the body compared to the milder potency of 6c, therefore
a weak animal may need the 6c.
The decimal dilutions are produced by diluting one drop of the tincture with 9 drops
of diluent, (instead of 99. The LM (Q) potencies are made by diluting a 3c with 50,000
parts diluent.
The potency of the remedy must match the energetic level of the ill animal to be
most effective and least likely to cause stressful aggravations.
Remedies can be purchased many places. They need only be crushed and put in
the front of the mouth, or diluted in water.
Many homeopathic books give quantity, frequency and potency for the condition,
the disease, the symptom, size of the animal or the remedy. This is incorrect. As
stated before, the amount does not matter and the frequency is dictated by your
evaluation. Because people expect to be told a quantity, it is fine to tell them a
specific amount to give, but also educate them that it is not important.
Remedies to learn at first: Arnica, Apis, Ledum, Hypericum, Nux vomica,
Caulophyllum, Rhus tox, Phosphorus, Sulphur and Pulsatilla.
My favorite 3 books--Homeopathic Medicine for Dogs and Cats--Hamilton;
Homeopathic Treatment of Small Animals--Day; Your Dog and Homeopathy--
Westerhuis; and The Organon, edition VI--Hahnemann translated by O'Reilly. Read the
philosophy parts of the first 3.
Brief Therapeutic Materia Medica
Aconite (monkshood): fearful, sudden, seizures

Apis (bee): swelling, allergic reaction, better cold applications, no thirst. Insect
stings.
Arsenicum album (white arsenic): toxic effects, especially on GIT; Parvo; always
restless, chilly, thirsty.
Belladonna (deadly nightshade): sudden, red, throbbing. Painful. Angry.
Compulsive. Fevers. Seizures.
Bryonia (wild hops): Movement makes pains worse, a grouchy bear. Arthritis.
Cantharis (Spanish Fly): burns, burning pains, cystitis
Carbo vegetabilis (charcoal): cold, blue, collapse, neonate resuscitation
Causticum (lime/potassium mix): involuntary urination, weak muscles, warts,
trembling, old age problems. Paralysis.
Ferrum phos (phos of iron): early inflammation, fever, <right, night, cold, dry.
Gelsemium (yellow jasmine): dull, droopy, drowsy, chilled. Diarrhea from
anticipation. Cats pull hair from back.
Hepar sulph (Calc. sulphide): pain, hyper sensitive, chilly, grouchy, smelly.
Interdigital cysts, infected ears, abscesses
Ignatia (St. Ignatius bean): grief and ailments from grief, paradoxical symptoms.
Ipecacuanha (Ipecac root): nausea, vomiting, bleeding, with a clean tongue.
Ledum (Marsh tea): punctures, insect bites, >cold applications, yet injury feels
cold to touch. Lyme disease.
Magnesia phosphorica: colic, cramps, >light pressure and bend double.
Mercurius vivus (sol): drooling, offensive, mouth and rectum, < by cold and < by
heat, thick and coated tongue.
Natrum muriaticum (salt): ailments from grief, wants salt, thirsty, loners, worse
at the seashore, suppressed grief. Bite owners when petted.
Phosphorus: friendly, affectionate. Thirst for cold water. Bleeding. Vomiting.
Pulsatilla nigricans (windflower): clinging. Bland discharges, >consolation,
>open air, >cold. Thirstless. Female problems. Prostatitis.
Rhus toxicodendron (Poison ivy): creaky gate, skin, restless, joints better from
walking or motion.
Rumex (Yellow Dock): coughs from going from warm to cold air, tickling, teasing
cough <pressure, <cold, prevents sleep.
Ruta graveolens (Rue-bitterwort): sprains, strains, bruised bones and eyes.
Sarsaparilla: urinary tract problems. Has to stand up to urinate. Horses losing
hair from manes.
Silica (sand): abscesses. Foreign bodies. Chilly or can desire cold. Feline acne.
Timid.
Thuja (Arbor vitae tree): hair oily, grows slowly, ringworm. Fearful--hides, cringes,
freaks out in cages, and does not want to be held, though is affectionate.
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Christina Chambreau, DVM, CVH

Sparks, Maryland, USA
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Practical Use of Homeopathy in your Practice

Although formally conceived by Samuel Hahnemann, MD, a brilliant German

Disease begins as an energetic imbalance, then functional changes occur, then

There are 3 dilution forms made by pharmacies that can be purchased--centesimal

Aconite (monkshood): fearful, sudden, seizures

Christina Chambreau, DVM, CVH

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