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Featuring a Table listing many of the uses being made of Homeopathy in Veterinary Medicine

Homeopathy is a powerful and gentle healing modality for pets, and is often more effective than allopathic medicines, says Betty Jo Black, DVM, who is partners with Jan Facinelli, DVM, at Holistic Care for Animals in Wheat Ridge, Colo. True to homeopathic practice, Black considers all aspects of the pet mental, physical and emotional- before prescribing a remedy. "I use homeopathy because I want to induce a curative healing in animals as opposed to giving medications that only address specific physical symptoms," Black says. As an example, she cites a pet who is given steroids to suppress symptoms such as inflammation or itching, but the symptoms return when the drugs are discontinued. However, with homeopathy, she explains, the symptoms completely subside because homeopathic remedies act to have a curative action from deep in the life force.