If there are any homoeopathic vets reading, please advise on homoeopathic prophylaxis for this epidemic in the UK.

I found this info on F&MD
http://www.maff.gov.uk/animalh/disea...d/leaflet1.htm

I've looked into this further and reckon that Calc Carb is the prophylaxis.

Reasons: Feet, blisters, soles:
calc, ars

MOuth, vesicles, cheek inside: calc, mag-m

And what could be more calc than a dairy cow or an over-producing farm animal?

[This message has been edited by Anna Bryant (edited 28 February 2001).]

I believe Borax is being used according to someone on Lyghtforce.

Anna, click on the "mailing list" at
www.lyghtforce.com

You will like the list and recognize some folks on it!

Anna, just get registered for a digest of the list to avoid heavy load of mail.

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Ghazi

Thank you friends.

I have been to that page previously but couldn't work out how to access the forum

In fact this time I couldn't work it out again, but I did subscribe to the digest, thanks Ghazi.

Please, how do I access the forum to see what Ricky was referring to about Borax for F&MD? What do I click on, on the main page to which gpm kindly directed me?

Thanks Ricky, how do I get on to Lyghtforce?

Anna, it is an email list - or you can choose to subscribe ONLY to the digest to avoid receiving heaps of emails everyday (as Ghazi suggested). I don't know of a Forum such as the bb. Hope that helps.
Lisa

Thank you very much Lisa

I mainly am interested to find that reference Ricky mentioned about Borax and F&MD, since friends of mine have a farm with a prize herd.

Anna,
I believe you can do a search in their archives and perhaps you can find it that way. I remember that email that went round, but I didn't save it or I could have just posted it here. I recall it was a very short reply (and from whom, I can't recall, sorry) saying that the remedy is borax. Not much else was mentioned - no details - just the remedy. Hope that helps.
lisa

From the Lyghtforce post.

Borax was considered by George MacLeod to be the Similium for Foot and Mouth
(He lived through several outbreaks) and certainly from pictures in Jacques
Jouanny MD's book Yhe Essential of Homeopathic Therapeutics the vesicles
described and pictured are just like those of Foot and Mouth - yet it may
not show up in a full repretorisation when you inlcude vesicles feet (they
occur on all feet) and in sheep they sometimes don't occur at all. The big
danger is that using it as a preventative can lead to a proving with the
symptoms of foot and mouth - resulting in the danger of the herd being
eradicated

EXTREMITIES; ERUPTIONS; blisters (K986, G825): ars., ail., all-c., alum.,
am-m., anthr. (bor)
MOUTH; ERUPTIONS; vesicles; tongue (K430, G365): Am-c., Apis, Ars., Lyc.,
Nat-m., Nit-ac. (bor)
MOUTH; ERUPTIONS; vesicles (K429, G364): Ars., anac., bar-c., calc., canth.,
carb-an. (bor)
MOUTH; APHTHAE (K397, G337): BOR., SEMP., SUL-AC., Ars., Bapt., Kali-chl.
MOUTH; APHTHAE; bleeding easily (K397, G337): Bor., lac-c., ars., psil.
SKIN; ERUPTIONS; blisters (K1309, G1080): Ant-c., Caust., Rhus-t., anac.,
ars., bufo (bor)
SKIN; ERUPTIONS; vesicular (K1322, G1090): Ars., Canth., Carb-ac., Caust.,
Clem., Croto-t. (bor)

"BORAX - A Veterinary Materia Medic and Clinical Repretory with a materia
Medica of the Nosodes by George MacLeod
USES
The specific action of this chemical on the epithelium of the mouht and its
abilitly to caus evesicular eruption on the feet, singles it out as the
chief non-biological prophylactic remedy in the control of foot and mouth
disease. "

Best Wishes

Tom Farrington

An Irish Vet on the Net