| Learning how to treat Lyme disease in horses with | | | | If the bite is recent, within hours of the treatment, then |
| homeopathy sounds far beyond the scope of a home | | | | this may be all that is needed. Be guided by the |
| prescriber. But it shouldn't be if you are following the | | | | symptoms of your horse. Another's days treatment |
| process of homeopathy. | | | | may be a good idea and won't do any harm. |
| Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is an | | | | If the suspected tick bite was a while ago, weeks or |
| inflammation, characterised by a rash, a fever/chills, | | | | even months, and the early symptoms were seen, but |
| fatigue, depression and/or a headache in the early | | | | have now developed into joint and neurological |
| stages, then followed by joint problems and | | | | problems, then your home prescribing kit may still yield |
| neurological symptoms later on. | | | | you an effective treatment. |
| A headache can be difficult to ascertain in a horse, but | | | | Hypericum is the next most appropriate medicine to |
| general malaise, a disinterest in things that are normally | | | | use when a puncture wound was the cause of the |
| of interest, can alert a sensitive person to the fact that | | | | problem, but it was some time ago. It is especially |
| all is not well. | | | | useful for injuries to the nerves, or nerve involvement |
| The cause of Lyme disease is a tick bite. Sometimes | | | | after puncture wounds. |
| the tick is too small to see. And any tick bite is easy to | | | | This in going to take longer than a few hours to |
| miss in a horse. However, if you are in a tick infested | | | | resolve. Suggested dose of Hypericum 30c is once a |
| area, or simply have ticks around, then this is a | | | | day for possibly a couple of weeks. Be guided by your |
| possibility to consider. Even if a tick doesn't cause | | | | horse's symptoms and how eager he is to take the |
| Lyme disease, it can be unpleasant. | | | | medicine. |
| A good homeopathic home prescriber will know that | | | | The occurrence of any illness is all about a |
| the selection of the most appropriate medicine | | | | compromised immune system. This can happen after |
| depends on the cause (the bite in this case) as well as | | | | drugs, a vaccine, a shock, a fright or general |
| the personal symptoms of the patient. | | | | unhappiness. By trying to address all aspects of your |
| If your horse has developed a rash and has a fever or | | | | horse's mental welfare, in accordance with his |
| chills with it, then this is a pretty good diagnosis for a | | | | evolutionary past, will ensure his lasting good health, |
| tick bite. Dose with Ledum 30c every hour for several | | | | whatever is occurring around him. |
| hours, or put the medicine in the horse's water. | | | | |