If we can prescribe homeopathically for animals with just a couple of symptoms to our help and be successfull at it, why do we need to do the extensive case taking (e.g. for mental symptoms) and even the others too. Why can't we just take the main symptoms which are sticking out like a sore thumb and prescribe successfully on them.

The reason for this question is that either we are doing trial & error on animals that a certain remedy might work OR we are gathering unnecessary amount of data for human beings prescription. What is the actal case.

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yes! a good question and thought provocating.

[ 26. June 2003, 11:11: Message edited by: Dr. M Hafeez ]

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I agree. good question. Has been answered here before by Hans and others...but not with that question in front of it...

[ 26. June 2003, 11:47: Message edited by: carolorr ]

I discussed this with a homeopathic vet once and his answer was multifold. It may not be what all vets think, but I believe it's worth sharing.

1) Most owners bring their pets to him when they are suffering from a particular problem, whereas many people go to a homeopath with multiple problems and a large mix of mental and emotional baggage. It's not to say that animals are not sometimes traumatized, but it's much more single sided in an animal. Because of this, while getting SXs may be more difficult in an animal, the cases tend to be more simple.

2) Because it's not possible to get the more subtle mental/emotional symptoms or find all the modalities and sensations, he tends to prescribe lower potency polychrests.

3) While he tries to match the SXs as much as he knows them, the prescribing tends to be more on the nature of using homeopathic remedies in an allopathic way and/or keynote prescribing rather than pure homeopathy. While this often relieves the problem, it is not the deeply curitive prescribing that homeopathy is most capable of.

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I would add that animals are not as compensated as we human beings are. They do not derive professional enrichment from developing coping skills such as graciousness to cover up their anger and indignation, for example--so they don't cover up their anger and indignation, if they have it. They are more apt to clearly illustrate their mental and emotional reactions to people, events, and things--whereas we might have learned through our socialization that certain unchecked reactions are unacceptable. Animals also may feel less inclined to "hide" the reality of their physical symptoms--eg., if they have a rash, it is clearly present (its not as if they can go to a drugstore and purchase a cream to apply to the area, so no one will know its there!).

Therefore, it is always much more simple to take a case.

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You will get the reply to your latest post about animals here.

Regards.

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hello fittness

How did the homeopaths come to know that the brought animal is not suffering from mental and emotional symptoms?

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which Reply? by Shirley or hpathy canadian country head divina or member health ministry pakistan mirza?

[ 25. August 2003, 21:53: Message edited by: Secret Agent ]

I agree with Divina - animals rarely compensate their symptoms, so present in fairly simple direct ways. Animals generally also do not present with complicated mental or emotional problems. And most importantly, miasmatic problems are much more prevelent in human patients, which complicate both treatment and managament of cases

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We can also prescribe remedy on just few symptoms for human beings. Busy homeopaths adopt this practice in their clinics and they are successful too. The rush of patients in their clinics is a single evidence to present.

[ 30. August 2003, 10:37: Message edited by: Kausar Naheed ]

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