| Learning how to treat urticaria in horses can be easy | | | | - medical drugs and/or vaccines |
| for the sharp witted homeopathic home prescriber. | | | | - processed horse food in the form of 'complete', |
| Homeopathy is a natural and complete modality of | | | | 'balanced' combined meals (much of this contains |
| health care. Many common, uncomplicated ailments | | | | cheap and indigestible foods) |
| can be treated successfully at home, by the judicious | | | | - anxiety at the work (such as unsympathetic training) |
| use of the common home prescribing medicines. | | | | - physical discomfort (such as badly fitting tack) |
| More complicated or longer standing ailments will need | | | | - emotional stress (such as living on their own) |
| the skills of a professional homeopath. | | | | While you work on restoring a more natural balance to |
| Urticaria is a skin problem often caused by an allergic | | | | your horse's life, the urticaria can be helped with the |
| reaction. The condition is characterised by wheals or | | | | following homeopathic medicines. |
| little blisters. They can appear quickly and multiply | | | | Apis 6c. Urticaria is hot to touch, tender and can be |
| rapidly. | | | | large areas of fluid filled sacs. The acute condition can |
| The condition can be itchy and/or tender to touch. It | | | | become chronic. Dose about three times a day for |
| may contribute to diarrhoea. | | | | four days. |
| This is often a result of insect bites. | | | | Urtica urens 6c. Urticaria is hot and itchy. There is a |
| Although this is not a serious condition, it can be an | | | | tendency to oedema. Dose about three times a day |
| irritating one. | | | | for four days. |
| Any allergy means a compromised immune system. | | | | Ledum 30c. Known insect bites create urticaria that |
| So search for areas that could contribute to this. | | | | feels better with cold applications. Dose about three |
| Some contributing factors include: | | | | times a day for four days. |