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Surgery Averted By Calendula ." \. By P. Jordan, DVM Picalo is a three-year-old spayed tortoise- shell American Shorthair cat presenting with complaints of vomiting and listless- ness of three day's duration. The patient had a history of eating unusual things - especially plastics. The client, a Home Aid nursing attendant, had seen rubber glove pieces in the vomitus. On presentation, the patient had lost weight: 1.3 Ibs from her weight one month earlier. Her temperature was nor- mal but her heart rate was elevated, at over 200bpm. She resented palpation of the abdomen and resisted much of any handling. A palpable mass was found repeatedly in the mid abdomen, and the history of ingesting strange items was con- sistent with the examination. Her mouth contained a sour-smelling slimy liquid. Initially, the patient was treated with hos- pitalization, NaCI subcutaneous fluids (100cc), and two administrations of Lax- atone® via syringe. The patient vomited both administrations of the Laxatone®. Calendula officinalis was administered at 200C potency three times, with each of the administrations being one hour apart. On the final remedy delivery, there was a very small amount of slimy spit noticed in her kennel. All kennel bedding was removed so that an accurate account of all fluids passed could be done. The next morning, the patient had passed several very hard fecal balls and some soft- er feces. There was urine in the corner of her litter box. The patient was also purring and not as painful during abdom- inal palpation. She had also started to groom herself. The abdominal obstruction was no longer palpable, and the soft feces did have rubber glove contents. Radi- ographs, planned if the vomiting had persisted into the next day, were no The patient had a history of eating unusual things - especially plastics. The client, a Home Aid nursing attendan't, had seen rubber glove pieces in the vomitus. ILLUSTRATION BY JUDY HERMAN, DVM longer necessary. The next day, the patient was eating, drinking, urinating, and walk- ing around more normally. She was even marking her kennel with her facial vibris- sae. This patient was successfully treated with the one potency of 200C calendula offic- inalis. I chose this remedy because Dr. Richard Pitcairn had mentioned in the Professional Course that phosphorus could be used for a foreign body in the stomach, calendula for a foreign body in the intestines. The Concordant Materia Medica mentions a foreign body in the esophagus in the THROAT section for cal- endula. [Vermeulen F. Haarlem, The Netherlands: Emyrss Publishers; 1997.] continued on page 4
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Surgery Averted By Calendula." \.
By P. Jordan, DVM
Picalo is a three-year-old spayed tortoise-shell American Shorthair cat presentingwith complaints of vomiting and listless-ness of three day's duration. The patienthad a history of eating unusual things -especially plastics. The client, a Home Aidnursing attendant, had seen rubber glovepieces in the vomitus.
On presentation, the patient had lostweight: 1.3 Ibs from her weight onemonth earlier. Her temperature was nor-mal but her heart rate was elevated, atover 200bpm. She resented palpation ofthe abdomen and resisted much of anyhandling. A palpable mass was foundrepeatedly in the mid abdomen, and thehistory of ingesting strange items was con-sistent with the examination. Her mouthcontained a sour-smelling slimy liquid.
Initially, the patient was treated with hos-pitalization, NaCI subcutaneous fluids
(100cc), and two administrations of Lax-atone® via syringe. The patient vomitedboth administrations of the Laxatone®.Calendula officinalis was administered at200C potency three times, with each ofthe administrations being one hour apart.On the final remedy delivery, there was avery small amount of slimy spit noticed inher kennel. All kennel bedding wasremoved so that an accurate account of allfluids passed could be done.
The next morning, the patient had passedseveral very hard fecal balls and some soft-er feces. There was urine in the corner ofher litter box. The patient was alsopurring and not as painful during abdom-inal palpation. She had also started togroom herself. The abdominal obstructionwas no longer palpable, and the soft fecesdid have rubber glove contents. Radi-ographs, planned ifthe vomiting hadpersisted into thenext day, were no
The patient had a history of eating unusualthings - especially plastics. The client,a Home Aid nursing attendan't, had seenrubber glove pieces in the vomitus.
ILLUSTRATION BY JUDY HERMAN, DVM
longer necessary. The next day, the patientwas eating, drinking, urinating, and walk-ing around more normally. She was evenmarking her kennel with her facial vibris-sae.
This patient was successfully treated withthe one potency of 200C calendula offic-inalis. I chose this remedy because Dr.Richard Pitcairn had mentioned in theProfessional Course that phosphoruscould be used for a foreign body in thestomach, calendula for a foreign body inthe intestines. The Concordant MateriaMedica mentions a foreign body in theesophagus in the THROAT section for cal-endula. [Vermeulen F. Haarlem, TheNetherlands: Emyrss Publishers; 1997.]
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...z::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::':.~:::::::::::::::~~""g>."~"'~in"\..--k~~"£ITh.~1>'t\)1>~~es,\suspectreq /ew 0/us use /r /0 porencr: JOe srarecorresponding to calendula is one of greatpain from an injury that appears as if it- ould not be so painful. It is most useful
en the injured area is " ...raw andinflamed; is painful, as if beaten; the partsaround the wound become red, with sting-ing in the wound .... " [Vermeulen]. Thereis very little mention in materia medicaeabout this remedy's application for intes-tinal foreign bodies. It appears mostauthors refer to one case, mentioned inHering with the words, "Enteritis fromforeign body ... " preceded by the thetasymbol, denoting a symptom from a curedcase.
One other applicable reference shows upin Hoyne's Clinical Therapeutics as fol-lows:
"CASE 1172. Dr. ]. R. Pirttle reports thecase of a child who swallowed a tin whis-tle, followed by sub-acute enteritis. Cal-end, 2 [sic] was given with relief of thesymptoms, although the foreign body wasstill retained." (It is probably a great dealeasier to pass rubber gloves than tin whis-
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sideration for using silicea in this patient forher pica would be feasible if the cravingsshow up again.
Dr. Jordan graduated from the Universityof North Carolina College of VeterinaryMedicine. She took the ProfessionalCourse in Veterinary Homeopathy in2003, and practices at the SeasideNatural Health Pet Care Clinic in CedarPoint, North Carolina. Her practiceincludes all species.
ncs; '50 mClC 'is a Ilffiit to the miraculous
power oft,s~tff::zum.1))llS )~e p~tJ~t a~~jt~y presenre'dfVIeh rhe srnzpronzs aescrroea' La ca/eac/a-
la. In the cured case cited in Hering, wesee, "Constant soreness of abdomen andtenderness in left iliac region, with fre-quent almost entirely mucous stools."And in Knerr's Repertory, Abdomen sec-tion, we find, PAIN, ENTERITIS, IN,FROM A FOREIGN BODY {O> 1> OJ.The numbers denote calendula as the onlyremedy listed in this rubric. When the pre-scriber put this painful belly symptomtogether with the more chronic symptomof pica, and a palpable mass in theabdomen, calendula made sense and wasprescribed in three doses of 200C potency.This is, presumably, because there was nohigher potency in the pharmacy at thetime, and is a way to get more out of mid-range potency for a serious condition in apatient who was either going to get wellor likely undergo abdominal surgery.
once more grooming, eating, and purring .
So, one to file away in all of our minds:Co \.. \... \.. \... '- <cz: "" t..\..'_'-
CaJenduJa .may be a "Sp~C;L£;C" (Ji.k~a.rn..i-ca for bruislngl ache prescaca.non tics oerx-
derness from a presumed intestinal foreignbody. Excellent work! Think of the suffer-ing averted as well as the expense to theclient.
Luckily, the vital force took notice of thesimilarity of remedy and present state ofdisorder and righted the wrong, this in amere overnight. That wonderful return tonormalcy reigned, when the homeopathbreathes a sigh of relief, seeing the patient
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The abdominal section for this remedymentions enteritis from a foreign body, andpainfulness, in the regions demonstrated bythis patient. The selection of this remedywas made specifically on the knowledgethat an obstruction in the intestinal tissuewas present, one that probably was of for-eign material. The remedy was able to treatthe 'patient and resolve the vomiting. As ofthis time, six months later, there have notbeen any more reported problems. A con-
REFERENCES
Hering C. The Guiding Symptoms of OurMateria Medica.Hoyne T. Clinical Therapeutics.Knerr C. Repertory of Hering's GuidingSymptoms.Vermeulen F. Concordant Materia Medica.AlLreferences from Reference Works [com-puter program]. Version 2.6.3. San Rafael,CA: Kent Homeopathic Associates.
Dr. Falconer is.a 1980 graduate ofMissouri Veterinary School and lives inAustin, Texas. He took the ProfessionalCourse in Veterinary Homeopathy in1992, followed by some advancedcourses, and was certified in January1999. Since then he has been practicing100% homeopathy, with a largely tele-phone consulting practice.
