Saturday, December 6, 2008

Laminitis Info

Ø Laminitis protocol-
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Ø Take off feed immediately & grass. Hay only . Hay pellets ok-Call Vet - Meanwhile A book printed in England in 1929 which has a complete homeopathic protocol for laminitis! The vets who wrote it are Meisers and Nelson.


Acute -- at onset of symptoms
Apis 30c every 30 minutes for 6 doses
followed by
1M Belladonna 30 minutes apart for 6 doses
followed by
Nux Vomica 1M every 2 hours for 6 doses

Chronic - flare up
6C Hepar Sulf hourly for 4 doses
followed by
30 C Silacea daily for 1 week
followed by
30C Cal Fluor daily for 1 week

Seedy toe, tissue involvement
30C Cal Fluor 1 day a week for 4 weeks

Abcesses
Hepar Sulf and Silacea as above for chronic flare up

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Acute onset, to allay anxiety Aconite 30c every 30 minutes for 6 doses.
And regulate pulse and
Respiration

Throbbing arteries, bounding Belladonna 1M every 30 minutes for 6 doses. Aconite
Pulse, pyrexia and sweating and Belladonna may be given together

Systemic Congestion Nux Vomica 1M every 2 hours for four doses

Tissue involvement in Cal Fluor 30 c once a week for 4 weeks.
The chronic case

For prevention- Exercise/hay, no grain Chromium Picolanate 500mcg- 6 to 8 per day- Also www.Equipride.com

Ø EquioPathics LLC makes a Muscular-Skeletal remedy comprised of Rhus Tox, Dulcamara, Ruta Grav, Calendula and Arnica. Recommended dosage for a chronic horse would be 2cc three times daily until improvement is noted. Washington Homeopathics at www.homeopathyworks.com is the source.

Ø Dyna Pro from www.Dynamiteonline.com-Bra016- squirt 4 x a day for 4 days
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Ø Essaic Tea- Can feed dry-better steamed in distilled water -1/2 cup per day

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