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Dr. Terry Fisk, Veterinarian, Harriston Veterinary Services The purpose of this presentation is to make the livestock producer aware of alternative therapies that may be at their disposal when dealing with livestock diseases. Discussion will include homeopathy, nutrition and herbals.
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Grey-Bruce Farmers’ Week
JANUARY 13, 2014
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Ecology Day
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Introduction to Homeopathy
• Samuel Hahneman – 1800’s• “Wessen” - the vital force, mistunement • Provings - materia medica• “Like treats like”• Dilution and succussion• Remedies
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The Remedies• Plant• Mineral • Animal
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Taking the Case
• Rubrics• Nosodes – oral vaccines
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Application of Homeopathy
Mastitis•Search revealed 20 remedies•Depending upon rubrics
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•Aconite• Fever• Sudden onset• Restlessness• Fearful
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• Apis•Swelling•Skin Shiny•Rosy Red in Colour•Thirstless
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• Bryonia•Motion Aggrevates•Excessive Thirst•Worse after 9 PM•Lies on affected Quarter
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• Lachesis•Toxic• Rapid Onset• Hypoxic Tissue (Blue Bag)• Extreme Pain
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• Pulsatilla• Symptoms ever changing• Thirstless•Gentle personality• Prefers Open Air•Discharge is thick and yellowish-green •Generally a female remedy
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• Phytolacca•Discharge is stringy•More painful with movement•Restless•Only remedy mentioned in materia medica specific to mammary issues
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• Mastoblast16 remedies
• Mastocream21 remedies
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Diarrhea
• search revealed 535 remedies in materia medica
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• Aconite• Arsenicum• Colocynthis• Mercurius corrosivus• Podophyllum
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Pneumonia
• search revealed 140 remedies in materia medica
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• Aconite• Apis• Ferrum phosphoricum•Antimonium tartaricum• Bryonia •Phosphorus
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Herbals
Plants•Many are classified as weeds
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Mastitis• Garlic• Oil of Oregano• Wood Sage or Pulp Cabbage Leaves• Hot Brew of Dock Leaves topically• Fast
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Diarrhea• Laxative drench ( 2 oz epsom salts
dissolved in 10 oz brew of dill seed water
• Slippery Elm• Marsh Mallow (the herb)
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Pneumonia• bucket of weak sage tea sweetened with honey • morning and night, pulp 4 cloves of garlic and give as a drench with a drop or 2 of oil of oregano• if painful, apply a mustard plaster made of mustard powder, white vinegar to paste consistency and cover with paper, pull on sweater, sponge off after 40 minutes using warm sage water, dry off• feed oatmeal grule with honey
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ReferencesWebsites for Herbal Info
www.herbmed.orgwww.phytotherapy.infowww.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.htmlwww.ars-grin.gov/duke/
BookThe Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm & Stable by Juliette DeBairacli Levy
ISBN: 0-57116-116-2
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Other Natural Medications
• Calendula• Honey• DE (Diatamacious Earth)• Managed Pasture Rotations• Access to Bush
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• Polyculture Pastures• includes:• Burdock• Chickory• Comfrey• Dandilion• Honey Locust• Lambs Quarters• Mulberry• Plantain• Wild Raspberry• Willow• Yarrow
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Reference
Polyculture Pastures •ACRES USA, www.acresusa.com
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Goosegreen Herbal Mixture
• 8 lbs perennial rye grass• 10 lbs cocksfoot – on light or medium soil• and/or 8 lbs of timothy on
heavy soil• 1 lb stalked meadow grass• 1 lb meadow fescue• 1 lb late flowering red clover• 1 lb white clover• 1 lb wild white clover• 2 lbs chicory• 4 lbs burnet
•½ lb yarrow• 2 lbs sheeps parsley• 2 lbs American sweet clover• 1 lb kidney vetch• 2 lbs lucerne• 1 lb dandilion• 1 lb broadleaf plantain• ½ lb fennel• 6 lbs Italian rye grassReference: Cure your own Cattle by F. Newman
Turner pg. 51 ISBN: 978-1-60173-008-4
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Gemmotherapy• Natural medicines that occur in the buds of plants
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Questions?????
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