Animal Trauma and Injuries: How I Use Home Remedies to Heal my Pets

When my animals are sick or injured, I abstain taking them to a vet to avoid having them shot full of steroids and/or antibiotics which would weaken their immune system in the long run. I successfully treat my animals at home with natural remedies such as homeopathy, herbs, and immune support products. I believe that my sick or injured animal's place is in the comfort of its home with its family where true healing can take place.

Over the last few years, alternative health care has become increasingly popular for humans and the domestic animals in their care. People cite a variety of reasons for considering holistic health care modalities: a desire to reduce the side effects of some allopathic medications, a search for alternatives to invasive medical treatments, and the desire to reduce high costs of medical and surgical care to name a few. Many of these holistic modalities that have been around for centuries have proven to be quite effective, and are the primary health care systems in other countries.

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Severe bite wound healed in two weeks at home Without Drugs or Surgery!

My 4 year old German Shepherd, Kuuma, (90 pounds) was attacked by a 35 pound Pitbull mix on August 8, 2005. Kuuma is very aggressive and I instinctively held him back from fighting that dog. This was a big mistake which cost Kuuma to lose a portion of his leg. The wound was 3" long and 2" wide. The leg bone was exposed. I could clearly see a piece of the bone detached by the dog's bite.

 I didn't take Kuuma to the vet because I didn't want my dog to be injected with steroids and antibiotics which have dangerous long lasting side effects and I didn't want him to be operated on due to the dangerous consequence of general anesthesia. I had confidence that with the various natural remedies I had at home for wounds, burns, trauma and illness, I was going to be able to help my dog recover. It is well known that the body is self-healing when it has the tools it needs to heal itself.

I immediately gave Kuuma natural remedies to heal his bite wound every few hours around the clock for the next 10 days. I also fasted him on water for 5 days. A sick or injured animal will not eat.

Sick or injured Animals feel abandoned when left in a pet hospital and agonize emotionally when separated from their families. When a dog of mine is sick or injured, it needs to be at home, with his love ones, not in a cage, (veterinary "hospital" ) separated from his family, feeling abandoned, just when he needs his family the most.

The first thing I did was to give Kuuma a large amount of a natural powerful immune booster remedy. A strong immune system is the most important thing to help prevent infection and to promote healing.

The wound was so bad that the first day Kuuma didn't lick his wound at all. I made a poultice of healing Clay which I bandaged loosely. But Kuuma would tear the bandage off and lick the clay (which is fine) and licked his wound. He continued to lick his wound constantly for the next 3 or 4 days. I will never use an 'Elizabethan collar' on my animals to prevent them from licking skin eruptions, hot spots, or infected area. Animal's skin have an amazing ability to heal very quickly.

Minor (and in Kuuma's case, major) cuts, tears or abrasion heal with great ease thanks in part to a healing aid found in the dog's saliva. This built in germicide found in the saliva of a dog amazingly heals wounds in record time. 10 days after the bite, the wound is nearly completely healed. Kuuma kept it super clean at all time with his saliva! With natural remedies I had at home, fasting and lots of TLC (tender loving care) Kuuma healed that horrible wound in 2 weeks without ever experiencing an infection or fever.

• I fasted Kuuma on water for 5 days. He didn't care about food and didn't ask to eat. I resumed feeding him when he was ready and asked for food.
• I used homeopathic remedies such as: arnica 50M, hypericum 1M, ledum 30C, symphytum 200C, - a couple of pellets each, every 2 hours the first day, then 4 times a day.
• I also gave him a unique natural anti-inflammatory, pain relief with vitamins, minerals, herbs, phytonutrients, antioxidants and MSM to help reduce muscle and tendon pain and inflammation and speed up the healing process
• I also gave him a natural immune enhancing substance to boost his immune system to help prevent infection.

Collapsed Trachea (strange coughing and struggling to breathe)

The first couple of weeks after I rescued Kuuma, whenever I took him with me for a car ride, I would attach him by his collar on a short leach to the back seat to prevent any possible escape. This was a big, big, mistake that almost cost him his life! One day, I had to abruptly push on the breaks to avoid a traffic accident. Kuuma was brutally propelled forward which caused trauma to his trachea. He immediately began gagging for air, coughing incessantly. I thought he was going to die. I gave him the homeopathic remedies Arnica and Aconite which I carried in my emergency kit. But these remedies didn't help much. Back at home, I searched for the appropriate homeopathic remedy in Robin Murphy's homeopathic repertory. They are probably 3 or 4 dozens remedies listed. The remedy Drosera seemed to fit the picture. I gave him just a few pellets of the 30C potency and all his symptoms went away. Once again, homeopathy saved the day!

Gastric Torsion in Dogs - Bloat (inverted stomach)

Kuuma, gets hit by "bloat", or stomach spams once a month or so. It usually hits him soon after he eats kibbles. He becomes extremely restless, and tries to nibble on just about anything. It is obvious that he's in great pain. The ONLY thing that I have found that helps him, is to let him eat plenty of grass. He'll be grazing for 20 min or longer non-stop. If no grass is available, I let him eat wheatgrass which I grow in trays by the windowsill (I drink wheatgrass juice everyday). I have step by step instructions how to grow wheatgrass in apartments or homes. I believe that Kuuma would actually die if no grass was available for him to eat.

I grow myI grow my own wheatgrass all year long at home by the window for my own juicing. My dog always has access to wheatgrass whenever he needs it. If you cannot grow your own, you can purchase a tray at most health food stores.

Saving Nadja from Accidental Poisoning

In 1983, my GSD, Nadja, ate some rat poison. She began vomiting large amount of green fluid and became quickly very weak. She was dying. I gave her the homeopathic remedy Arsenicum Album 10M, one pellet every 5 minutes, repeatedly for 20 minutes. Then I gave her one pellet every 4 hours for the rest of the day. She fully recovered.

Had I known about the fulvic acid minerals, the glyconutrients and a natural immune enhancing substance at the time, and given these to her, it would have helped right along homeopathy for a faster and better recovery.

Biting and Licking Tail - Open Sore

My German Shepherd dog Shasta had a similar looking tail. It was a direct result of adverse reaction to immunizations. The inflamed area of the tail would swell up with fluid and became extremely sensitive, painful and very itchy.

Poor Shasta would constantly bite and lick the area to try to obtain some relief. Homeopathy is noted for its success to antidote or remove the toxic effects of vaccines and to re-establish balance in the organism and restore health. Certain homeopathic remedies taken before and after vaccination can minimize vaccine damage.

A professional homeopathic vet should be consulted. Dr. Falconer DVM also uses natural immune enhancing substances before and after vaccination to modulate/boost animal's immune system and to protect the animal from vaccination adverse reaction. Some people have found that marine phytoplankton is also effective in improving their animals' overall health. - Dog's tail - (photographs courtesy of Sherri Regalbuto)

My other German Shepherd dog Kuuma had a different reaction to vaccines. Soon after I rescued Kuuma, I noticed an inflamed spot 2 or 3 inches in diameter on his left thigh which he constantly licked. That was precisely the spot where he had been vaccinated. I treated him with homeopathic remedies and rubbed neem oil on the wound. Within a few weeks the area was healed.

A few years later, Kuuma experienced a bizarre symptom of sudden and unexplained strange behavior. One afternoon, he became restless and started crying in pain anytime I would just walk by him, as though the movement of the air was hurting him ?!?!? That same morning, we had an hour long walk in the hills and he was perfectly fine. At home, he laid by my side all day, sleeping peacefully. The symptoms occurred suddenly by mid-afternoon when he woke up.

When I tried to pet him, he would yelp as if he had been hit. He was in constant pain, yet he had no injury and no fever. I suspected vaccine reaction and tried numerous homeopathic remedies such as Silica, Thuja, as well as Rhus Tox and Arsenicum for his restless behavior, but none helped. That night, poor Kuuma could barely sleep and cried almost all the time. The next day, I gave him a single dose of the homeopathic nosode remedy Lyssin (hydrophobinum) 200 C and within hours, I saw major improvement. For the first time in 18 hours he was able to sleep again and wouldn't yelp in pain everytime I walked by him. If I had left this dog with a dog sitter or in a boarding place, I would have been convinced that someone had mistreated him severely. Kuuma is a very healthy, fearless high spirited dog. I had never seen him looking so pittyful and miserable before. Lyssin is available from Dr. Charles Loops DVM -- (A few hours after giving him Lyssin, I also gave him a single dose of Lachesis 30 C when I observed that sleep aggravated his symptoms)

Healing Shasta of a Mean Abscess

By Shirley, author of this website

Following is a recount of acute illness and traumas that my dog Shasta experienced over the years. Even though Shasta is on a healthy diet, she still gets sick occasionally and requires treatments. However, I believe that her natural food diet is enabling her to recover quickly from these illnesses. Whenever she is seriously sick, I always fast her on water for a few days to help promote healing.

Note: unfortunately, I can't give her freshly killed, wholesome wild game which would be free from synthetic growth hormones, antibiotics and pesticide residue which contaminates our supermarket meat.

When Shasta was about 10 years old, she developed a hard swelling the size of a pea under her right eye. I didn't know if it was a tumor, an insect bite, or an abscess and decided to give her homeopathic remedies for insect bite. The next morning, the swelling had grown to the size of a pigeon's egg. I suspected that it may be an abscess because of the speed of the growth and gave her one dose of a homeopathic remedy, Silica, in high potency. She did not seem to be in pain and was acting her normal self.

I called a couple of veterinarians to inquire about their course of treatment for an abscess. Both vets recommended surgery to remove the possible cause of the abscess: a bad tooth. But they also warned me that general anesthesia is very hard on an older dog, weakening its internal organs.>The next day, Friday, the swelling was still hard to the touch and had grown so large that Shasta could no longer keep her right eye open.. I continued to treat her with homeopathy and herbal extract. She appeared to be in no pain.

Saturday morning, the swelling had become soft to the touch and began to ooze a clear fluid. Now Shasta appeared to be in discomfort. I called Dr. Loops, a holistic vet in N. Carolina, to get some feedback about the swelling and I described to him the course of homeopathic treatment, which I had given Shasta.

He advised me which additional homeopathic remedy to give to her (hepar sulph 6c) and suggested that I take her to a vet for surgery if there was no change by Monday. I also gave Shasta the homeopathic remedy Myristica 3c and the herbal extract of Echinacea and Golden seal every few hours. In the evening Shasta developed a fever and appeared to be in more discomfort. I gave her the homeopathic remedy Belladona in high potency (200 and 1M) and the fever quickly subsided.

The next morning, (Sunday) when we woke up, I was amazed to see no swelling whatsoever on Shasta's face and she appeared to be fine, back to her usual self. During the night the abscess had burst opened, draining out the fluid completely. During the next few days the little opening continued to slightly ooze a pinkish fluid until a scar formed over the opening.

During During the next 10 months, Shasta would occasionally scratch the little scar open again allowing more fluid to drain and discharge. After her body had done the cleansing (discharge), the little wound would seal up naturally until Shasta decided it was time to scratch it open once again to allow for more drainage. I never applied any kind of cream or disinfectant on the wound and never gave her any antibiotics or other types of allopathic medicine.

I also cured Shasta of her "incurable" and very painful myositis of the jaw bone disease with homeopathy and by improving her overall health with raw food. Myositis is an autoimmune condition that can greatly improve with a natural supplement that modulates the immune system. A consultation with a homeopathic veterinarian is also recommended to treat myositis and other serious conditions. The conventional vet had told me that myositis was "incurable" and advised me to put her down. Nine years later, Shasta was still alive and well. Some of the homeopathic remedies I used to treat Shasta of her myositis were: aconite, arnica, bryonia, rhus tox, ruta.

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VKH Syndrome - Vision Impaired - Cataract

Canine Uveodermatologic Syndrome (VKH) -By Shirley, author of this website, June 7, 2001

Shasta had lost her vision in her right eye since June of 2001 when she suddenly experienced what may have been VKS syndrome. Since then, her left eye began to experience slow progressive cataract. Cataracts can not only be prevented, but can even be reversed through nutrition, supplementation and lifestyle changes.

One early afternoon when were at home Shasta suddenly became very restless. I noticed that the lower lid of her right eye was sagging, revealing a very red and inflamed area, and her pupil was covered by what appeared to be an opaque film. I didn't know if an insect had bitten her in the eye or if she had accidentally hit her eye on something. She seemed to be in a lot of pain. I treated her with various homeopathic remedies and herbal extracts for insect bites, and trauma and pain.

That evening Shasta developed a high fever. I continued to treat her with homeopathy and with herbal extracts and at 2 AM the fever went down, the pain diminished, and she was able to fall asleep. The next day her eye was agglutinated with a sticky dried fluid. I applied a clay poultice mixed with the herbal extracts of calendula, raw tienchi ginseng powder or tienchi ginseng extract, and old urine. I also put her on a 72 hour water fast.

On Saturday, a green matter began discharging from the eye. The white area of her eye was bright red. I took her to see vet for a diagnosis. He was surprised at her calmness and lack of fever despite the seriousness of the condition. He said that she has suffered a dislocation of her lens (lens luxation or subluxation) and recommended surgery. I did not follow his advice and I took Shasta home. I continued to treat her with my home remedies, homeopathy, herbal extracts, and clay. In time her right eye slowly healed but remained slightly larger than the left eye and I believe that her vision had greatly diminished.

Later, I learned that her symptoms may not have been due to a lens luxation. She may have experienced the VKH Syndrome where uveitis is also present. UVEITIS is the inflammation of the iris in the eye and sometimes the ciliary part of the eye; in short, the pigmented part of the eye. One authority on the subject of eyes divides the iris problem into two classes: acute recent sudden onset is call iritis or iridocyclitis. The chronic or longtime problem is called uveitis. Iritis can be the result of systemic disorders such as an infected prostate, inflamed sinus, pyometra, distemper, hepatitis, infected tonsils, or skin disorders like phemphigus. Although it is believed that systemic problems can trigger a uveitis situation, the feeling is that something else more serious has to be involved to create such a massive reaction. This is where the idea of autoimmunity comes in.

Example: The dog may have an autoimmune problem that has never become apparent because the body and immune system have remained in some sort of balance. When a systemic invasion triggers a reaction, the balance may be lost forever. In the newborn and elderly, the immune system is weakest. There are animals that have very little immune systems all their lives and are consequently wide open to any virus or bacteria that happens along. This is immune deficient.

The opposite, when the body has such an over-reactive immune system that the system attacks the body's own cells, is called autoimmune. Lupus, phemphigus and VKH syndrome are all immune related diseases. A growing number of veterinarians now use this product in immune related disease with excellent results. I have also experienced excellent results by raising the glutathione level and therefore boosting the immune system.

The eye is affected because, like any other part of the body, it depends on a supply of blood, particularly the retina, to keep it fed and healthy. If the body is fighting a battle with a viral or bacterial infection, it will be reflected in the eye. If the blood supply is contaminated, the eye will be affected just like any other part of the body with this one big difference -- the eye is like a window, and changes within the eye can be observed when the dog is examined. This is often important, too, in making a diagnosis of an illness. In my research I also thought that Shasta may have had “toxoplasmosis: which can have the symptoms of a fever, blurred vision, swollen lymph nodes, muscle aches and an enlarged spleen.

Glutathione GSH is important for the normal functioning of the eye. Some of the earliest studies with GSH focused on its role in preventing cataracts, and GSH is relatively well known among ophthal-mologists. Given the critical roles of GSH as the body's most important naturally occurring antioxidant, its ability to detoxify substances encountered in the environment and its immune-sustaining abilities, glutathione research is now finally picking up in these fields as well.

Miraculous recovery from a stroke and paralysis

On a warm Sunday afternoon, while I was doing yoga on the roof, Shasta appeared to have suffered a stroke while asleep in the shade a few feet away from me. She woke up and held her head tilted to the side, her eyes bulging. She could not move. She was paralyzed. I immediately grabbed my little homeopathic emergency kit and popped into her mouth arnica and aconite (high potency: cm) every few minutes. These are powerful remedies for traumatic conditions, which help to stop the bleeding and to promote healing.

My husband and I carried her back to our apartment. For the next couple of hours I continued to give her various homeopathic remedies (arnica and aconite, lachesis, strophantus, phosphorous) and herbal extracts (hawthorn and tienchi ginseng) to help promote healing and to stop the bleeding. I talked to her and caressed her a lot to keep her calm and did the Reiki Energy Healing on her. Within an hour, she was able to hold her head straight.

Eventually she fell asleep for about an hour. When she woke up she tried to get up but her rear end was still paralyzed. My husband was already preparing himself to say goodbye to her as he thought that this may be the last day that she may be among us.

I continued to give her the homeopathic and herbal remedies. A couple of hours later, to my total disbelief, Shasta suddenly got up and walked to my husband in the living room. His jaw dropped open in total amazement. I fasted Shasta for 72 hours and continued to give her arnica cm and a combination of hawthorn - tienchi - comfrey herbal extract, three times a day, to help heal the injured tissue. I also gave her Nuvet, a natural anti-inflammatory, joint, hip, and pain relief with vitamins, minerals, herbs, phytonutrients, antioxidants and MSM to help reduce pain and inflammation and speed up the healing process. She has completely recovered from her stroke and continues to take long walks in the hills with me.

Testimonial from Smita Nirula - Her dog recovered from paralysis with homeopathic remedies.

"My 12 year old mongrel bitch, Misty suddenly developed paralysis in her hind legs. After a fortnight of B-Complex and other injections (I don't really know what) I started her on Rhus Tox 6x and Causticum 6x twice a day. It is now 2 1/2 months since the paralysis and Misty is walking down the steps and going out for a walk. The allopathic medicine was given for a total of 1 month. I increased the Rhus Tox and Causticum to 30 strength 2ice a day about 3 weeks ago. I thought I would share this with you since no one ever though that Misty would walk again."

Another Paralyzed dog recovered use of hind legs

"I must say before I received the immune restore supplement I was really anxious and I would afraid that my Ridgeback dog, Linkin, would give up. As soon as the package arrived from England I started giving Linkin 2 tablets a day for the first 3 weeks. He has improved in leaps and bounds and it is hard to believe that some 4 weeks ago he could not walk by himself and could hardly move around at all. I had to carry his hind legs with a towel around his waist otherwise he just could not get around. After two weeks on this product, he started trying to get up onto his hind legs. It was difficult and heart breaking to see him struggle but he was trying. After four weeks on this supplement, he managed to walk around even though he lost his balance and he hind legs would give way. He is now walking and running around, although still a little wobbly, and he also tries to jump but does not always succeed. It is absolutely fantastic to see the improvement from week to week." - Antoinette Kean, South Africa

Boosting Shasta's Low Vitality

April 8, 2002
These illnesses (mentioned above) have left Shasta with a lower vitality. She suddenly appeared to be aging very rapidly. She looked fragile and tired all the time. I wasn't sure if I could continue to take her for long walks with me in the Hollywood Hills. A couple of weeks after I started giving her this immune support supplement her energy and vitality improved remarkably. She is more frisky and playful and she acts more the way she used to be a couple of years ago. Best of all, she continues to enjoy long walks with me everyday without efforts.

Also See: Veterinary Success Improving the Immune System

A Case of Severe Indigestion

While I was busy preparing her batch of homemade raw meals, Shasta sneaked to the 12 pound bag of grounded turkey meat which was laying on the floor in the corner of the kitchen. Before I realized what she was up to, 4 pounds of the turkey meat had disappeared in her stomach! I was concerned because 4 pounds is twice the amount she usually eats in one sitting and she never eats pure meat. I always mix a lot of greens and other veggies, flaxseed oil and olive oil, chia seeds or oil, fulvic acid, and kelp in her food. Adding therapeutic edible clay to her food and water also helps improve digestion and can assist the body in eliminating waste, toxins and compacted fecal matter from the colon in a simple, yet effective, easy-to-use but low cost method.

My concerns proved to be correct. The next morning Shasta appeared uncomfortable and was restless. Her breath had a powerful putrid odor. She had a fever and she was drinking large amount of water. The putrid odor from her stomach worried me. I immediately gave her fulvic acid minerals (fulvic neutralizes toxins and can eliminate food poisoning within minutes according to Szalay. I also gave her the homeopathic remedies arsenicum and kali phos in 6 potency. It didn't help.

I watched her carefully. She was clearly uncomfortable. Every time she tried to lay down to rest she appeared to suffocate and would jump on her feet gasping for air. The gasping for air and the indigestion symptoms were a clear indication for the homeopathic remedy carbo vegetalis. I gave one pellet of the 200 potency, one doze only. Within minutes she fell asleep comfortably, her breathing became normal, her fever went away and a few hours later the putrid odor had vanished.

Shasta's Urinary Tract Infection (Cystitis)

On April 19, when my 12 year old Shasta urinated on the carpet twice, I knew that she had come down with a urinary track infection. She would never do this unless there was a serious problem. I also noticed that she was urinating blood. I immediately gave her the homeopathic remedy Cantharis 3x, one pellet on the tongue as well as one dropper full of tienchi ginseng extract and 10 drops each of echinecea and goldenseal extract 3 times a day. I also fasted her on water until she was better (a couple of days) and I added colloidal silver to her drinking water (I make my own at home with a small colloidal silver generator).; I never took her to see a vet and she never got the usual antibiotic treatment which make our pets so sick. Two days later Shasta was well again.

If I can help it I always do my best to treat my injured or sick animals at home and avoid leaving them at the vet clinic.I think that animals left at vet clinics may feel "abandoned" or "rejected" just at the time when they need to feel secure at home among their love ones. The stress of feeling "abandoned" or "rejected" may even be an impediment to healing in some cases.

Water fast for optimum health

When Shasta reached 7 or 8 years of age, I began to routinely fast her on water for 48 hours once or twice a week. A few years ago I started by fasting her only once every two weeks but found out that as she gets older, she does best fasting every other day. Fasting for health in veterinary medicine is especially good for older animals. It helps detoxify, maintain optimum weight and excellent energy and vitality

I immediately began researching holistic treatment for Shasta's condition. I gave her veterinary homeopathic remedies and gradually changed her diet to natural foods. The homeopathic remedies worked very fast. Within a couple of days her pain had decreased considerably. Gradually she continued to improve and within a week she was able to eat comfortably again, all the pain in her jaw completely gone! With her new natural food diet, her diarrhea stopped and she began to gain weight progressively. Her ear, eye, and nasal discharges continued for some months (such discharges are toxins built-ups that the body is attempting to house-clean. These discharges are an important healing process and must not be suppressed by drugs.) As her immune system and health improved over the months, the discharges gradually decreased and eventually stopped altogether.

Also, I immediately STOPPED all deworming and vaccination program which are well known to cause toxin to build up and suppress the immune system in the long run Shasta had no need to be dewormed as she had no worms to begin with. She was emaciated, not because of worms, but because she was unable to digest the commercial toxic pet food.

Plagued with Flea bites

The first year that I had Shasta, she was plagued with flea bites and hot spots. But after a couple of years, as her health improved with her natural food diet, her immune system gradually began to protect better her against flea bites. She seems to be much less affected by fleas. I don't know if fleas are now repelled from her or if she simply has a less severe allergic reaction to flea bites which causes most dogs to itch, scratch and bite themselves. She has friends in the neighborhood who are miserably plagued with flea bites. These dogs are on commercial pet food. If fleas begin to bother her occasionally in the hot summer time, I give her homeopathic remedies for a few days which effectively reduce the itching.

May 12, 2003 Farewell to Shasta

In early May 2003 Shasta, began to urinate blood blood again. She appeared in no pain but she became feeble. She did not respond to treatments anymore. I knew that she had reached the end of her journey. On the 10, she suddenly became paralyzed in her hind legs. I held her and said farewell while the vet euthanized her. I was filled with gratitude for the 10 marvelous years she shared with us in love and respect. Please don't feel sorry for me or Shasta. She had a wonderful life and it is a miracle that she lived that long. When I adopted her at age two, this poor girl was so overloaded with toxins from routine chemical deworming, vaccines and toxic kibble food that the vet wanted to euthanize her then. I believe she would have lived a much longer life if she had been bred from healthy parents and had not been poisoned by all these chemicals.

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Weakness and Stiffness of Hind Leg in an Older Dog

December 2011 - Kuuma is almost 10 years old and has been perfectly healthy till now. Suddenly he began to show symptoms of weakness and stiffness in his right hind leg. I ruled out hip displaysia. I thought perhaps it was a pinched nerve or a sprain. Since I'm a homeopath and a holistic healer, I do not believe in allopathic medication which nearly killed me years ago, especially the sleazy steroids and the antibiotics, and I do not take my animals to the veterinarian. I treat them on my own at home with natural remedies that have no side effects and I use good healthy nutrition as prevention.

To treat his hind leg, I gave Kuuma a couple of natural special immune boosters to help support his immune system. I also treated him with homeopathic remedies. Within 10 days he had fully recovered. I started him on 3 homeopathic remedies for 5 days in the 30C potency, just one pellet of each twice a day: Bryonia, Rhus tox and Ruta. Then for the next 4 days I only gave him rhus tox and ruta. On the 10th day I gave him a single pellet of Causticum in the 1M potency. Not only did he recover from his hind leg symptoms, his overall vitality and energy level seems much higher too. He acts like a 6 y old again.