Skin Lumps on a Horse, of Unknown Cause
My horse came up with some bumps again yesterday. The flies are out again, but there was quite a large lump around his neck gland, well under the skin. So I knew it wasn’t a fly bite. Not knowing which remedy to give him, I took out all his remedies and offered them to him. After some deliberation, he enthusiastically went for the Arnica! Today he is glossy and fresh and the neck lump has gone!
Melissa G
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Poppy’s Story
My introduction to homoeopathy came from my Dalmatian dog. Poppy was born 24/12/00. I bought her at 3 months and she was happy and healthy. Early August 2002, she got this big lump on her head. We just thought she’d been kicked by one of the ponies. She was due for her annual vaccinations that week and the vet agreed it was probably just a blow. But it got bigger and bigger!!
Vet again 2 weeks later - X-rays and a blood test confirmed she had Crytococcus - a fungal disease very rare especially in dogs. Treatment was surgery, antibiotics and pain killers. She wasn’t sick before surgery - she just had a big lump! - but was very sick afterwards - fever, vomiting, constant whining. Her drugs were reduced in half and this helped. The wound oozed for weeks. On advice from specialist vets in Sydney, she was dosed with Sporanox, a drug used in humans with AIDS. Hence very expensive costing over $100 a week.
This was supposed to lower the Cryptococcus in the body - as shown by blood tests. Initially it did, but then stalemate. So next treatment was I/V drugs 3 times a week at great cost and no guarantee it’d work. At this stage I refused as it was far too traumatic for Poppy (and me!). I was told she would develop meningitis as the fungus spread and die within weeks. A friend heard the story and suggested I talk to Madeleine.
So December 2002 Poppy had her consult. She was given Phosphorus 30c. Over the the next weeks, I would bang the bottle as needed and there was Poppy at my feet, often with her tongue out!! Then one day, she didn’t come. Panic! Phoned Madeleine and she said she doesn’t need it anymore - she’s better. And she was and still is!!
Out of interest, we blood tested her 6 months later and found the level of Cryptococcus hadn’t changed. So I have just worked on the principle that her immune system is now strong enough it can control it - so healthy raw food and no more vaccinations and 6 years on she is still very much alive!
Kay N
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Ear Problems in a Dog
In 2007 I took our 1 year old Lab Retriever / Kelpie dog Charlie to see Madeleine. He had been having on-going problems with ear infections and burst ear drums. He wouldn't allow the Vet to look in his ears and required an anaesthetic to even see what was going on, obviously a distressing and costly exercise. The intense pain subsided with what I suspect was the healing of the ear drum, but we continued to have a dog that was still in a bit of pain (though not as much as initially), shaking his head a lot and with diminished hearing. The ear was just not clearing up, although he was still relatively exuberant.
A friend recommended Madeleine and we made an appointment. In the appointment Charlie was his usual energetic and friendly self (with the behaviour issues of a 1 year old who has had hearing difficulties), but despite that Madeleine was able to witness the impact of the ear infections. Charlie was prescribed some homeopathic remedies to negate the negative effect of his immunisations and to assist with the recovery from the ear infections. In addition we changed his diet to a Natural Foods Diet, consisting of bones in the morning and grated raw vegetables, lean mince and brown rice / soaked oats in the evening. Charlie just loved the new diet.
Now, twelve months on, Charlie is a picture of health. His ears and hearing are perfect, his coat is shiny and healthy looking and his behaviour has settled down remarkably. He is still a very friendly dog that is interested in everything around him, but the hyperactivity aspect has settled and he is much more obedient and compliant. All in all, he has a wonderful healthy body and a lovely demeanour. His hearing is now so good that he hears when I'm grating his vegetables for dinner and gets very excited, trying to jump up high enough to see what's going on through the kitchen window!
Thanks Madeleine for your guidance in transitioning us to a more healthy was of living for our dog that will bode well for his future years.
Catherine F
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Child with Skin Problems
Our daughter, Kaitlyn’s first outbreak of eczema started at 6 weeks old, when she had weeping sores on both cheeks. The paediatrician ‘prescribed’ steroid cream and betadine ointment.
She was then due for her 2 month needles, and I put it off due to her having a cold. Two days later a friend told me she had attended a seminar on the dangers of vaccination for children. I immediately decided to investigate this further. We weighed up the pros and cons, and decided to use the homeopathic alternative.
When Kaitlyn started school she developed a rash on the back of her knees, which steadily got worse. We would not use the steroid cream as we had read of the side effects of this, so tried all sorts of natural alternatives. I eventually learned how to make my own cream, as I then knew exactly what was in it.
We visited Madeleine as things were getting very bad with the rash and various other emotional difficulties. After many visits and lots of remedies – I am glad Madeleine keeps a record of them all! – Kaitlyn finally started improving. We realised that Kaitlyn was suffering from stress induced eczema – how could a 4 year old have so much stress?
I was constantly challenged by health care professionals and acquaintances about using homeopathy and not prescriptions from a doctor, but we felt that homeopathy was the only way to cure Kaitlyn.
It took about 2 years for her moods to stabilise and the rash to go away. The telling time was when I was very stressed prior to moving overseas, and she was the one comforting me!
Thank you so much for helping Kaitlyn (and the rest of the family). Anytime there is a health issue, the first thing I look at is the homeopath handbook. My family seems to recover from illness much faster that their peers! Thanks.
Leonie M
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Burt Possum
Remember Anna, the burnt possum? She has been released onto a large property. My friend rang this week saying that she came back with a baby on her back. She is a great success, thanks to your remedies.
Johanna
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Elderly Parent Problems!
(One of my patients telling me about a visit to her bedridden mother who suffered from chronic constipation and serious osteoporosis amongst many other crippling ailments.)
Thank you soooooo much for your e-letters: Just read the one on Mag phos day before yesterday and this morning Mum had an angina attack after a stressful phone call.
So I gave her 5 doses of the Mag Phos 30c (from the kit I got from you just before I left home) at 4 min intervals and she said the pain was gone but felt nauseated so I gave her 2 doses of Nux vom 30c and she recovered so well after restful sleep that we went for a short jaunt to shops and cocoa and cake. BRILLIANT!!!!!
Mum looked very pale and gaunt when I arrived on Sat night so I began the remedies you suggested as well as Nux vomica straight away. She was very resistant at first but on realising that by Monday she had forgotten to take any extra Panadol and went to the loo NINE times without pain AND had an appetite for the first time in months AND the food tasted nice instead of sawdust she decided that just maybe there was something to this after all! She has also started looking for snacks to eat. I started the Bryonia on the Monday and there was an immediate improvement in the saliva in her mouth and her taste. Mum does have a morphine patch but may not need to replace it in a couple of days, I hope. She is much more willing to take the remedies now when I offer them and as soon as her back starts to ache I give the remedies at 5 minute intervals until it stops.
When she got the angina it was early in the morning and she said she thought I would have something for it but she didn't want to wake me so she put up with the pain for several hours until I woke. Silly old bear!!!
Sally L.
