Case Study of a Dog with a Spinal Condition – Part 4 of 4

In the previous 3 posts I’ve shared what happened at a recent zoopharmacognosy (self selection) session with a canine client of mine, Willow.  The session was offered via Skype by Rachel Windsor-Knott of My Animal Matters.  Having asked Willow’s owner to fill out a detailed consultation form Rachel then sent a box of samples and,…

Case Study of a Dog with a Spinal Condition – Part 3 of 4

In the last 2 posts in this series I’ve described a zoopharmacognosy (self selection) session offered by Rachel Windsor-Knott of My Animal Matters to one of my canine clients, Willow. Having offered all of the remedies that Rachel had sent – of which Willow accepted every single one – we then put each remedy on…

Case Study of a Dog with a Spinal Condition – Part 1 of 4

I’ve recently been working with a canine client, Willow, who has been experiencing loss of strength and sensitivity in her hind legs.  The vet diagnosed a lesion, within her spinal canal but outside of the spinal cord, causing compression at the T7 vertebra and resulting in weakness and loss of sensation. Over the next 4…

Case Study of a Dog with a Spinal Condition – Part 2 of 4

Last week I started sharing a little about a recent zoopharmacognosy (self selection) session with a canine client of mine. Rachel Windsor-Knott, of My Animal Matters, sent a box of samples to Willow’s owner and, via Skype, talked us through how to offer them and what signals to watch for. Having offered some essential oils,…

The Power of Essential Oils

Maggie first became interested in alternative medicine back in the early 1970s when it was called ‘fringe medicine’.  Her involvement with essential oils began shortly afterwards and became the mainstay of her medicine chest during pregnancy, childbirth and the rearing of three children with all the usual childhood diseases. She was one of the first UK published…

Essential Oils – One of Nature’s Antibiotics

Essential oils, the mainstay of aromatherapy, are well known and much appreciated for their ability to uplift emotions, energise a tired body, help induce restful sleep, as well as improve the condition of the skin.  Not so well known is the fact that some essential oils are ‘natural antibiotics’ and that over the course of…