Submitted By:

Lois Bergman

Date:

June 27, 2003

Condition:

abscess on back leg

Remedies Used:

Hepar Sulph Calc

Description:

Magic, a 12 year old American Domestic Shorthair cat, developed an abscess on his back right leg. It became apparent that something was wrong with this healthy male neutered cat when he would growl when jumping out of his favorite easy chair. He was resistant to being touched, did not want to be examined. This is contrary to his usual affectionate nature. The growling when touched was an indication of the depth of his discomfort. He isn't the growling type, so something was obviously bothering him. He wouldn't let me examine him, so at that point I didn't really know the extent or nature of the problem.

As a new homeopathy student (6 months only), I was hesitant to try to treat him alone, so called a classmate, an experienced practicing veterinarian, Jessica Levy, who had some veterinarian homeopathic training with Dr. Pitcairn, and consulted with her. We decided to try a remedy I had on hand which seemed to fit his state, Hepar sulph calc, 30C, wet. Our decision was to see if he responded to that and if not, I would take him to the veterinary clinic where she practiced, the next day, Saturday, June 28th.

On the next day he wasn't much better, was still obviously in pain and still growly. I got him into his carrier, under his objection, and drove him to the Metro (Mpls) area to the clinic. Jessica examined him and found the abscess which to me looked to be huge, almost the size of a golf ball. She drained the abscess, then gave him an IV of saline to dehydrate him. I headed for a homeopathy supply store, got Hepar 200C and then took him home. I ground up the 200 C with a mortar and pestle, gave it to him wet. He seemed glad to drink the treated water.

He then climbed gingerly into his favorite chair, curled up and went to sleep, sleeping for about 2 hours. When he woke, the abscess had burst and he began to clean himself. When he got up to move to his favorite loveseat, I picked up the soiled chair covers and cushions so I could wash them, then put down clean linens on that chair. This was the beginning of his healing process, he took a few days for the abscess to heal, but it healed cleanly and quickly and has not since then been bothered by any other health issues.

Submitted By:

Lois Bergman

Date:

Date: 10-13-03

Condition:

Swollen tonsils

Remedies Used:

Baryta carb

Description:

This is the case of a 16 year old male referred to me by his mother. I did not see him at this time, she came in and described his situation to me. [I had worked with both of them before, but not for many years.]  I was supposed to see this young man that day, but he was, by his and his mother's admission, too sick to come into my office. 

His mother came into my office on a Monday afternoon to let me know he wouldn’t be in for his appointment that he was sick and had been since Saturday night. That night he had gone to bed at 10 pm, which for him was quite early. He slept through the night through Sunday noon. By 6:30 pm he was back in bed. He had previously had problems with his tonsils being abscessed, according to his mother. They had previously taken him to the local clinic where he was treated with antibiotics and sent home. She didn't want to repeat that scenario. I offered to try to help, since we had been studying out of Morrison's Desktop Companion to Physical Pathology and had been discussing the treatment of acute cases in class. Armed with my textbook and class notes, I asked her how he had presented and how he was doing.

*His tonsils were swollen, on the right side
* there was no pain
* there was a black and purple worm-like thing that had been hanging out at a previous time, but that wasn't fully present at this time, but she could see that there was the beginning of one this item
*thirstless
*fever--102.4 F
*exhausted, sleeping many hours--way more than normal for him
*hurt to swallow--neither cold, warm or hot drinks ameliorated, all seemed to aggravate
*curled into a ball
*sleeping on left side, sometimes rolling to right
*covered in sleep
*would drink sips of juice and yellow/orange Gatorade

I asked about a coating on the tongue, or if he complained of any specific kind of taste in his mouth, tooth imprints on his tongue and if his hearing was impaired. I was looking at Baryta Carb for the remedy, but didn't have any in my kit nor did the local health food store have any either. I gave her Hepar Sulph Calc, 200 C, dry, to take home, enough for one dose. I told her that if that didn't help that she should go to Mpls and get 200C Baryta Carb in the morning because that looked like the best option for what she would be able to get. I gave her the name and address of the store, she was familiar with it.

I called the next day, got the young man, he was home, he was experiencing piercing pain, right sided, still hurt to swallow anything, solids or liquids. His mom had gone to get him the remedy and he had taken it, but wasn't feeling much better.

I called the following day, talked to Mom. She said he still wasn't coming-out of it, that she was going to have to take him to the Dr. I told her she should do that if she felt she needed to, and she said it was necessary because the school demanded a Dr.'s note to re-admit to school.

When I talked with her a week later, it had turned out that he had gotten better the day I'd talked to her and that he hadn't gone to the Dr., but had returned to school and had felt much better.

At this writing(12/27/03), there has been no recurrence of symptoms.

Submitted By:

Valerie Sadovsky

Date:

December 26, 2003

Condition:

Wart on eyelid

Remedies Used:

Thuja, Hepar

Description:

Marta, a German Shepherd dog, developed a fleshy white wart on the upper eyelid. It was obviously bothering her: she kept blinking and pawing her face so the wart started bleeding. I gave her one dose of Thuja 30, dry. By the end of the day the wart shrank and turned black. I thought it would just fall off and it would be the end of it. Unfortunately a few days later Marta tore it off while playing with another dog. I noticed the problem when the sore became infected and looked like a developing abscess. Hepar 200, dry, once, took care of it.