Reply #122: So, I had a new riding instructor

[Tumbulu]

my horse shied and I was thrown to the ground. Within seconds, this teacher plopped some pellets into my mouth. They were sweet. She had me take them every 15 minutes for an hour as we continued with the rest of the lesson and then putting the horse back in the trailer so I could drive home. Normally when I was thrown from my horse I would be sore and covered with bruises. That night after getting home and feeding a the animals I took a bath to soak. No bruises. None. I called my instructor to ask her what was that stuff she plopped into my mouth. It was homeopathic arnica montana. I had never heard of homeopathic remedies, but amazed that I had no bruising or soreness I went to a heath food store and bought a bottle of this stuff. That was in 1994 and I never go anywhere without it. Since then I have been stunned by how some of these remedies can work for me. I know many people for whom these remedies are useless.

If I take apis melifera right after being stung by a wasp, there is not swelling and the sting stops hurting within 10 minutes. If I am out of the stuff and can't take it, then the stings hurt for days.

So, just because I do not understand why water would have a memory, what does it matter? These remedies work for me. So, wonderful. The arnica montana that I keep in my purse costs maybe $5 as does the apis. This is not a big deal. They help. They are inexpensive. There have been plenty of remedies that have not worked. So, I don't use them. There is one that supposedly gets a mother sheep to take a rejected lamb. So far this remedy has not worked. I am stuck bottle feeding lambs. I have stopped even trying that one.

Most organic livestock operations have a few remedies that they use regularly. The cattle and dairy people seems to use them the most. I find it very strange how many people go all crazy about homeopathy. It is the same group who go all nutty about vaccines on DU. I find it tiresome.