This edition of the Veterinary Guide offers an introduction to the background and use of the homeopathic Heel medications in veterinary practice. The medications are based on the principles of homotoxicology, which can fully be applied to veterinary medicine. During the past years, a great quantity of knowledge, be it from scientific studies or from use in practice, has been gathered with these medications.

In all countries now, the demand is growing for effective, long-term treatment which can cure acute and chronic diseases without subjecting the affected organism to fur- ther damage or overtaxation. It is, above all, concern regarding the problem of residu- al substances which has prompted the steady increase in interest in homeopathic medication, including medications which may be successfully utilized in the field of veterinary medicine. The administration of substances in small (homeopathic) doses according to the pathophysiologic or clinical-anatomical as well as the homeopathic or homotoxicologic diagnosis has in many cases contributed to great results while avoid- ing an additional burden to the organism or possible residues in foodstuff.

Homeopathic medication is used based on data acquired through homeopathic drug- proving on healthy humans and animals. The drug picture produced by this technique serves to determine the appropriate medication, which is then prepared and applied under observance of the Homeopathic Pharmacology, according to the Law of Similars: “Similia similibus curantur” (“Like cures like”). Particularly important aspects here in- clude chemico-physical analysis, involuntary intoxication (studies/observations), knowl- edge gained through Empirical Medicine, observations of disease development, and experimental trials of substances.

Homeopathic medications provide a means of regulating the impaired function of an affected organism and reinstating its full functional capacity, without the need of lengthy convalescence. The therapist should not hesitate to employ chemo-antibiotic or substitutional measures, however, when treating subjects whose modus of bodily regulation is depleted, or in cases displaying bona fide tissue destruction, fibroid de- generation, or irreparable processes. Yet homeopathy serves as an excellent supplement to chemical therapy even in cases such as these, for homeopathic treatment provides the body with a final opportunity for self-regulation.

Carried out in harmony with nature, in accordance with natural fundamentals and in- terrelationships, this is truly biological therapy. Biological-homeopathic therapy concurs with the principles of consumer protection, animal protection, and environmental protection.

The homeopathic medications described in this brochure have been selected to aid your work in the everyday practice. Each medication has proven to be exceptionally valuable in clinical use. This representative collection provides coverage for the major- ity of disease-complexes encountered within the veterinary practice.

Heel medications are supplied in ampoules of 5.0, 2.2, 2.0, or 1.1 ml each. Thus rapid, sterile application of appropriate dosage is assured, a feature which is especially practi- cal in the large-animal practice. Also available are drops in bottles of 30 or 100 ml, tablets in bottles of 50, 100, or 250, and ointments in tubes of 50 and 100 g.

We are confident you, too, will achieve excellent therapeutic results when using Heel homeopathic medications in your own practice.