Updated
Nov 2002

A case of Ragwort poisoning

A glimmer of hope

Road to recovery

“I owe Flyer’s life to Lyndon for spotting the problem and to David and Jeanne for taking over his care and giving him the homoeopathic treatment he needed,” says Sue. “Although I’ve always had an open mind, I never thought homoeopathy would have such a positive effect. And the cost of the remedies was just £34! There must be other people with horses suffering from ragwort poisoning who believe the symptoms are something else and I hope reading my story can help them. It makes me angry to think I had done everything to prevent my horse from eating ragwort but it wasn’t enough. Once the plant has taken hold it should be treated with sprays. I feel I wasted my time pulling it up. The response of the local Council when I complained about ragwort growing on their land was, ‘can’t you move your horse?’ With an attitude like that, we’ll never be rid of this killer weed. Homoeopathy turned out to be my only resort.

Ainsworths chief pharmacist, Tony Pinkus, says in Flyer’s case, where the liver has taken such a battering, the aims were to prevent liver failure, get rid of the toxins, repair the liver and take away the symptoms. Initially Nux vomica was used as a detoxifier to rapidly remove toxins and begin liver repair. The Carduus and Celidonium combination is a liver tonic, whose function is to repair the damage and restore the organ. The Senecio jacobeas being used to antidote other symptoms associated with ragwort poisoning.

Ainsworths publish a small book entitled ‘Horses and Homoeopathy, A Guide to Yard and Stable’. It is available online at our book shop at the princely sum of £4 plus carriage.