Here is a different topic altogether and one I have found in all the homoeopathic literature very few references.

Anton Jayasurya has one description of the use of remedies on plants. Margerie Blackie, former physician to the British Royal family has two references. O.A.Julian mentions one in his 'Micro-immuno-therapy' and I have seen that Von Boenninghausen is the only one who did extensive experiments on plants, which he intended to publish, but which have never seen the light of day.

Over the last 10 years I have done extensive research in this field and at present a book on the subject, describing over 70 remedies for use on plants, is with B.Jain publishers in New Delhi, awaiting publication.

I have found here and there on the net some info from people who have seen reactions when they threw out left-overs of a dose on their potplants. has any of you ever seen reactions like that on plants, when throwing out a glass of water, mixed with a remedy, after taking a spoonful dose?

Is anyone interested in doing provings with remedies on plants, so that a future edition of my book can be extended? I will mention all my sources.

I am in contact with a firm in Germany who have a lot of Von Boenninghausen's material, to find if the manuscript is among it. Also, the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC has material of VB. and I have asked them as well. I feel this is very important for homoeopathy, as it can replace the poisons momentarily in use and give us clean food, while at the same time reduce the burden on the physician.

Some may call this idea fantasy, but 10 years of research cannot be discounted. It is very effective - a single dose lasts the lifetime of the annual or biennual plant, while the trees dop not need more than once a year. See also my website http://www.alpha.net.au/~similicure/ if you want more information. Please give us your thoughts and suggestions.

SO...i see i was rigth in my suspiscion, when i asked you if you where promoting a book....
Try putting out plant to freeze, give some of them aconitum, and see who survives.
People that may have several years of experience in treating plants, you may find in England, supporters of Rudolf Steiner.

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Homeopat MNNH Geir E.T. Marcussen
email: getm@eunet.no
http://www.homeopati.no

Hi GM, glad to see you are back too. And no, I am not promoting any new book, as B.Jain is reluctant to publish, because homoeopaths have shown little or no interest, when approached by them. This is surprising to me, but not entirely unexpected. I do not think that homoeopaths generally are a progressive lot. They stick with the old and tested, and seem to not go beyond that.
There are also those who think that anything goes and are too progressive for their own and their patient's good. Mixing remedies, the theory of organ remedies, ascending potencies and other such stuff is indulged in as the fashion demands. But you are already familiar with that, so I write this for the benefit of others, like all my other posts.
I thank you GM, for sending me the info on Von Boenninghausen, although it was quite redundant, as I have used the 'pocket book' and his repertory for many years.
Personally, I see that homoeopathy is based on law and exactitude, and that these laws can therefore be applied in other fields, such as the one presented here. So I tend to follow law and exactitude and apply this everywhere, because this is the scientific method. Fantasy is something quite different, it is the stage where our ideas may come from. To realise them, it has to be tested on scientific principles and thus the greatest fantasy can become a reality. As Mark Twian said: "a crank is a man with a new idea - untill it catches on."

So I like to know whether you have experience with plants and remedies expressly or accidentally given to them and reactions you have noticed. I do not think it necessary to be so, as many people throw out a liquid preparation from which they hae taken a spoonful and do so quite thoughtlessly, because it does not enter their heads - they are concerned with people and not plants. As such this is entirely ok, nobody is asking us to be conscious of everything. So whoever has such experience, please post. And let us stick to the subject please, so as to educate ourselves and others about homoeopathy in all its applications, for that is what the BB is about.

Yes, and i am back at popular demands, and i hope some reason would be the future, if i am to stay.
NO..i have not sendt you ifo about Boenninghausen, I sendt it to Stephen, are you operating with two different names on the BB? disscusing with your self?
And yes, there is a lot of interest in plant treatment in Scandinavia, and lots published, not by "reenomed homeopaths", but by homeopaths and others, in local interests organisations internal journals, for many years now, practical experiences with homeopathy.
I dont personally know where to get hold of this materials, but it exist.
Try to contact the ecological magazine "odlaren" in Sweden.
Or Steiner collectives.


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Homeopat MNNH Geir E.T. Marcussen
email: getm@eunet.no
http://www.homeopati.no

Ben, I have forwarded this info to a few Golf Course Superintendents that are into the all-natural approach to growing grass. There are a few turf diseases that can't be helped by chemicals or organics. I would be interested to see if homeopathy could help.

No, I do not hold discussions with myself - as soon as i notice I will take some Anacardium. The message said it came from Geir Marcussen, which I assume is none other than you, unless there are two of you with the same name, quite the opposite of operating under two names. Funny, is it not?

Interesting to find that the Scandinavians are so interested - I have only one address in Germany, with people experimenting with remedies for the problems with acid rain. I have another in Holland, where some people like to mix remedies in their treatment. Then there is a group in England, who do some work with agriculture. Personally I have seen one site in Scandinavia with Steiner people. I will certainly try to find out more from them. Thanks for the tip.

Here in Australia the Steiner folks are very scared of using potencies on plants, as they consider them too 'etheric'. According to them, Steiner forbade the use of potencies. I had one talk with the leader here, who is in his late seventies and when he heard that I give 30x to plants he almost had an apoplectic attack. What I have read on Steiner, indicates that everything he said was tentative and subject to experiment. He always said that his message was not gospel, but that only experiment was the criterion. I wholeheartedly agree with that, and have always practiced it with plants. It is in perfect agreement with Hahnemann also.

Thank you very much, mamma3. Actually, in WA I tried many remedies on turf, at bowling clubs and had the best results with a number of rpoblems. I could to date not figure out a remedy against 'fairy-ring-spot'. I tried Bovista, but it did not what I thought it would. Instead it got rid of spider-mite - totally unexpected, but very nice. Other turf problems I got licked, but the fungus causing the ring spot has so far eluded me.

Hackers and intriguers are not funny, no, and i still dont have sent you any mail!
Why would i?
Get the point?
You dont seem to have any thing that i can learn you, and why would i bother?
It is impossible for me to learn anybody in one post, or one mail many years of experience.
IF i where to teach you, it would be on ordinary terms, you would have to pay for lectures over years as other people must do.
And now its enough of this playfulness, i dont have time to play any more,sorry if you in any way feel offended, its your problem in case, i will for the future refrain from giving you any tip or whatever.

You may be interested to know that a David Kent Warkientin and Asa Hershoff will be at the Society of Homeopaths annual comference Sep 17th - 19 and talking on the subject of trees. David is currently working on a 4 volume book called Healing Plant Families which is about tree remedies and some ideas about trees in general. I shall be there so will report back anything of interest.

Thanks Ricky, that sounds very interesting. I have not done very much with trees and would be delighted to hear more.

Dear GM, if you want, I will send you a copy of the message with your name on it. I do not hack - I lack the knowledge to do so and am not interested in such behaviour. I was not offended at all, but rather happy that the message arrived and very appreciative of its contents. I am truly sorry you see me in such a negative light, but that is not my responsibility, nor my fault. All the best to you.