Homeopathy prevention after tick bite

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This is posted by Truthfinder () in the lymenet forum. I hope

she doesn't mind that I re-posted it here:

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Okay, here is a cross-section of after-tick-bite Homeopathic Lyme

Prevention suggestions from various homeopaths.

As I've said before, it is my opinion that we should all have some

kind of alternate plan for prevention and treatment of Lyme. Things

are not looking too rosy on that front, with insurance companies

refusing to pay for treatment and more LLMDs not taking any more Lyme

patients for various reasons.

Because of the availability of some remedies in the U.S., you may

have to put forth a little effort to obtain what you need for

prevention. But I think it would be worth it. As we know, it is

possible to get re-infected from a new bite.

We need options.

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– Germany

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Until more accurate evidence becomes available, for the prevention of

Lyme Disease following a tick bite we recommend the following

provisions:

1. The tick should be immediately removed in its entirety…. there are

tick-pliers readily available at the drug store or at the

veterinarian's…...

2. On the day of the bite and for two subsequent days the

recommendation is to take one or two doses of just one globule of

Ledum palustre C30 …….

3. Just to be sure, we give just one globule of the Aurum arsenicosum

C200 on the sixth and twelfth day following the bite.

A number of colleagues have told me that in past seven years they

have cared for more than a dozen tick bite victims using this or a

very similar method, and that no case has proceeded to a clinical

manifestation of Lyme Disease. Nor did it show up when a serum test

was made.

Whoever suffers more than three bites per season should have stored

enough information in their field not to have to repeat the

procedure….. the layperson is advised to discuss the subject of

repeated preventative doses with a competent homeopath.

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Alan V. Schmukler – Philadelphia, PA:

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1st day: Ledum 200C

2nd day: Hypericum 200C

3rd day: Borrelia burgdorferi nosode 30C . One dose a day for one

week, then one dose a week for one month.

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B. R. - Philadelphia, PA: (Case report mentioned in the

book)

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First day, Ledum 200C once (inset bite, puncture wound is cold and

better from cold); Second day, Hypericum 200C once (nerve injury,

trauma);

Third day, Lyme nosode 30C [bb nosode] once daily for 10 days.

I have recommended this `routine' to over 100 people and not one of

them reported back to me any further development of symptoms.

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Cindee Gardner - (I have no idea where Cindee is!):

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In every case of Lyme disease Homeopathic texts suggest starting with

a nosode (a remedy made from the actual borrelia burgdorferi) in a

30c potency. One dose three times daily is given for three days. If

this remedy is given in the early stages, you can actually stop the

disease from developing.

http://www.hpathy.com/papersnew/gardner-lyme-disease.asp

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Whitmont, M.D. – Rhinebeck, ton, and NYC, NY (nothing

specific here)

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Cases of Lyme disease prophylaxis [prevention] pose a particularly

interesting problem. The homeopathic medicine, Ledum, has been

recommended by several homeopathic physicians for use in Lyme

prophylaxis after a tick bite. …..

Several possible solutions present themselves in the dilemma of

prophylaxis, including the use of homeopathic nosodes or the use of a

constitutional prescription…... Neither of these approaches are

infallible. Professional judgment on each individual case might prove

more beneficial.

http://www.homeopathicmd.com/articles_3.html

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(Dr. Whitmont has a website and is a 2nd generation homeopath, and he

is also an M.D. This is his article about treating Lyme (and co-

infections) – long article – scroll down for `homeopathic treatment'

section.)

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And for our dogs……. Tobin, D.V.M. (veterinarian) – " in a Lyme-

infested region " of the U.S.:

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As a preventative, I use the Borrelia burgdorferi nosode 60X [or

30C], giving one dose daily for one week, then one dose per week for

one month, then one dose every six months, the same way I administer

all the nosodes I give in place of vaccinations.

I have had only one failure in almost two hundred animals so treated.

This is more effective than the vaccine for Lyme Disease used in

dogs, which often has the effect of producing symptoms of Lyme

Disease, including lameness, swollen joints, lethargy, inappetance

(lack of appetite), kidney failure, and cruciate degeneration (cross-

shaped as in the cruciate ligaments of the knee).

I have seen no side effects from the nosode itself.

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Notes:

Ledum is the same thing as Ledum palustre ;

30C is the American potency designation, and is the same as C30;

There are a few sources of the Borrelia burgdorferi nosode in the

USA, but it can only be purchased by a homeopath, a doctor, a

chiropractor, or most naturopathic doctors; there is one U.S. lab

that will sell it to you if you are under the care of a homeopath;

however, anyone in the U.S. can order nosodes from Helios or

Ainsworths in the U.K. (links below);

Aurum arsenicosum is a very uncommon remedy….. I can't find a U.S.

supplier! Hahnemann Labs has one called Aurum arsenicatum, but I

contacted them, and it is NOT the same thing so don't order it.

Helios in the UK (has Bb nosode and the Aurum arsenicosum ):

http://www.ainsworths.com/site/default.aspx

Ainsworths in the UK (has Bb nosode; they call their other remedy "

Aurum arsenicum " ):

https://www.helios.co.uk/index.html