However, classical homeopaths treat the individual rather than the disease, matching a person’s unique symptoms to a single remedy originating from nature – from the plant, animal, or mineral kingdoms – and according to this Law of Similars. For instance, when we peel an onion, our eyes water and nose runs ‘ Allium Cepa,’ or homeopathic onion, is often given for the watery eyes and nasal discharge that accompany the common cold. Simply translated, homeopathy means “similar suffering,” in that a substance that causes symptoms in a healthy person will cure those very same symptoms in someone suffering from them. As a certified classical homeopath, I welcome these occasional little nudges that demonstrate the miracle of homeopathy and reinforce my calling. And they become a little less wild and a little more tolerant. Yes, for the waiting food, the catnip growing in the garden, and the safety of my yard, but also because, I believe, they realize that they feel better when they hang out here. When they are ailing, they get the indicated remedy, and then they start showing up quite regularly.
I was astonished, first of all, that the cat survived, and also that the wound did not get infected, and managed to heal. On August 2, the wound was almost closed except for three small areas, and his fur was even growing back.
Calendula, or marigold, is renowned for bringing wound edges together. I administered Calendula 200C once a day for five days one day, he ate the remedy and left the food! On the third day, I thought that the wound appeared smaller. The wound was red, raw, and angry, although it looked fairly healthy - moist and without infection, which I felt was inevitable for such a large wound amidst unsanitary living conditions. In the last week of July, the cat showed up minus all of the debris, and while he ate, I got a good look at what I was working with. The next time that I saw him, half of the debris was gone. A few days later, I considered the six-inch trail of debris attached to the fur around the wound – skin, hair, leaves, and who knows what else – and gave him a dose of Silica 200C, used to help expel foreign bodies. John’s Wort, Hypericum is the homeopathic remedy specified for excruciating nerve pain, like when your finger gets hammered or crushed in a door. When the cat began to visit more regularly, I took advantage of these opportunities, moving on to a dosage of Hypericum 200C once a day for 3 days, after I saw him ever-so-gingerly trying to scratch his neck, imagining how painful that deep wound must be. Arnica is the first aid remedy that homeopaths turn to for any soft tissue injury involving pain, swelling, and bleeding with subsequent bruising, along with the admonishment of the ‘stay away don’t touch it’ philosophy. The very next day, the cat came back, and he received more Arnica in fact, he got one to two doses a day over the next five days. (A remedy should be dissolved under the tongue, with nothing to eat or drink for a half hour before and after it has been administered.) I know that this isn’t the proper way to administer homeopathic remedies, but I had no other option, because this cat ran away when he saw me. So I grabbed my trusted Arnica 200C and put a dose in his food. If I called the Humane Society, it would be a sure death, as the cat was feral. As a nurse, I recognized the seriousness of the wound and doubted the cat’s survival. At the end of June, he showed up with a large, deep wound on the left side of his neck, about two inches in diameter, obviously a bite of some kind. One rather thin male cat, white with grey and brown tabby-striped patches, visited my deck just a few times that spring. With cold weather fast approaching, I set up both a heat lamp and an insulated box complete with a fleece blanket in the garage, with access gained through a hole cut in the door. I began to leave out dry food and water, and to put out canned food or raw meat whenever I saw one coming onto the deck. When I moved into my house a few years ago, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the stray cats that came into my yard.
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