[Omeo33] Art 0128 - Homeopathy, 2004, 93 (1), 17-20

[Gino Santini]

Evaluation of a homeopathic complex in the clinical management of 
udder diseases of riverine buffaloes
JP Varshney and Ram Naresh

We report an uncontrolled observational study of the treatment of 
udder diseases of buffalo, using a homeopathic complex medicine. 
Mastitis is an economically important disease of buffaloes. In India 
economic losses due to mastitis are estimated at US$526 million 
annually. Conventional veterinary treatment relies on costly 
antibiotics; cure rate is only 60% in field conditions with a problem 
of milk residues. The present investigation was undertaken to 
evaluate the effectiveness of a homeopathic complex in the management 
of clinical udder health problems of riverine buffaloes. Cases of 
subclinical mastitis were excluded from the study. A total of 102 
mastitic quarters (fibrosed-40, nonfibrosed-62) and five cases each 
of blood in milk and udder oedema in lactating buffaloes were treated 
with a homeopathic complex consisting of Phytolacca 200c, Calcarea 
fluorica 200c, Silicea 30c, Belladona 30c, Bryonia 30c, Arnica 30c, 
Conium 30c and Ipecacuanha 30c. The diagnosis of udder diseases and 
recovery criterion was based on physical examination of udder and 
milk and CMT/WST score. Bacteriological analysis and somatic cell 
count were not performed.
Treatment was 80 and 96.72% effective in cases of fibrotic mastitis 
and nonfibrosed mastitis respectively. Recovery period was 21-42 days 
(fibrosed) and 4-15 days (nonfibrosed). Udder oedema and blood in 
milk responded favourably in 2-5 days. Cost of treatment was US$ 0.07 
per day. The homeopathic complex medicine may be effective and 
economical in the management of udder health problems of buffaloes. 
Definitive conclusions are premature due to the limited number of 
observations and lack of control group.

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