I came to know from 98 winter edition of; homoeopathic heritage ' that
application of homeopathy in agriculture is a need in the society.
Thanks for the cooperation; and suggestions of many who wrote to me.
Please collect and contribute some interesting articles or notes to me
as i am interested in experimenting homeopathic medicine in plants.
Idris S.M.got increased size of mango fruits and marigold flowers by the
use of Kali mur 12.He controlled aphids on beans by dusting wood ash
over the plants and embedding Sulphur 30 under the plants. Sulphur made
them antipsoric. He also observed Nat.Sul is one of the important
remedies for hydrogenoid constitution..Dropping of mango fruits due to
ill effects of burning heat was also controlled by him by the use of
Nat.mur 30.
Verma et al (1969) found very encouraging results in curing
virus-diseased plants. They observed that Carbo veg, Chimaphilla,
Chenopodium, Cedron and Variolinum decreased the virus content in
Nicotiana tabacum var.N.P.31 discs by about 60-90% when leaf discs were
floated of virus inoculation on these drugs for 7 days.
Anyone having any articles on this subject, please contribute your ideas
to me
sajan_cheeramattam@yahoo.co.in
I have used Psor to treat plants with black spots succecfully. I learned
that from Dr Pritam singh.
Psor is used as an origin of the problems in any beings. I also used phos
for Roses after being treated with psor30c and they produced beautiful big
flowers. In pot plants if haven't been watered on time and looked
dihydrated bry30c helped a lot to get thier healthy fresh looking back.
Best wishes,
Fatima
Margaret Blackie has a short section in one of her books about healing
the environment.
I often wonder if areas of salinity could be treated with a potency of
Nat Mur.
Does anyone know of any work in this area,Jean
The Challenge of Homoeopathy Physician to Royal Family
Is the name of Margaret Blackie's book. She talked of using Mecurious 6
and then 30c in a tree with an oozing wound. I have used Mecurious and
calendula in proud flesh in a horse.
She also talked of the use of Boron in very poor quality soil.
I have used Psor to treat plants with black spots succecfully. I learned
that from Dr Pritam singh.
Psor is used as an origin of the problems in any beings. I also used phos
for Roses after being treated with psor30c and they produced beautiful big
flowers. In pot plants if haven't been watered on time and looked
dihydrated bry30c helped a lot to get thier healthy fresh looking back.
Best wishes,
Fatima
How about some staph for those picky plants that don't like any kind of
change when they get repotted
Jas
tanya marquette wrote:
beautifully--within 30"
know what the symptoms
knocked over.
Probaly one of my earlier postings... have since used on ailing peach
tree with viral infection to great results , healthy plant with good
crop , not bad for 30c sulphur single dose . The ferrum case was my
magnolia tree looking aneamic so ferr phos at 30c, then a couple weeks
later a 200c (as required in this case) this year glad to say it has
maintained healthy leaf growth and colour... the only case I'm still
puzzling out is my Acer at the mo...
Transplanted to site in june 2000 had one and half years of good growth
...in early 2002 (after a fairly blustery cold winter) sap failed to
rise to higher extremities in spring leading to drying out and necrosis
of upper branches although accompanying increased growth spurt at foot
of tree lead to branches forming lower at ground level. Mid-height
branches have sufficient circulation to fight back to health. As this
occured to a specimen that is susceptible to cold dry winds and was
fairly newly transplanted have tried aconite to no avail, also Bryonia
any suggestions would be
appreciated .... leaf colour is red , and delicately divided.
Jas
Robert&Shannon Nelson wrote:
know what
knocked over.
ÿ > what other experiences do people have. i too am most interested in this
Once successfully treated a tomato plant suffering with blossom end rot with
calcarea. This condition is considered to be from calcium deficient soil,
yet all surrounding plants were doing fine, so I thought it was metabolic
rather than nutritional.
Russell Swift, DVM
Classical Homeopath
phone 561-391-5615
email drswift@therightremedy.com
www.therightremedy.com
Dear Feras,
I am extremely interested in this topic also. Only know of Bach flower
Rescue
Remedy helping in shock due to transplanting. Dana Ullman has made a couple
references to the subject- that pesticides work better in minute doses than
material doses, that some crop plants were given pulsatilla and grew
incredibly
(would be nice to know if they were neglected first!). I would really
appreciate knowing what you find out. Thanks, Nancy Tichenor
n.tichenor@att.net
or homeopath33@yahoo.com
You might want to look into "biodynamic" agriculture, patterned after Rudolf
Steiner's insights
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/biodynamic.html
http://www.steinercollege.org/bookstorecatagr.html
Dave Hartley
www.Mr-Notebook.com
http://www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Seattle, WA 425.820.7443
I am very happy to post this news came in Indian news paper. I want
to know anyone have any experience in this. Where will i get more
information . I alredy know that Ars Alb 10M And Kali mur 12X are
good for plant growth. Sulphur is a good pesticide.
Homoeo medicines proving excellent bio-fertilizers
By M. Dinesh Varma
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 9. A select range of homoeopathy medicines
is proving to be excellent bio-fertilizers with pest repellent
properties for a range of plants and crops during field studies
conducted by a volunteer team at the Government Homoeopathic Medical
College here.
The results of these "clinical trials" on plants and crops have been
much more than encouraging, with application of liquid form of the
drugs in adjusted dosage returning bumper harvests and augmenting
self-protective mechanisms to ward off disease and repel pests and
insect attacks.
"Farmers, who tried it out on their crops as diverse as coconuts and
bitter gourds, paddy and banana, have been ecstatic about the boost
in yield," Dr. M. Abdul Lethif, Principal of the Government
Homoeopathic Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram, project
conceiver, told The Hindu.
"Most importantly, the medicine-equipped plants/crops were enabled to
ward off disease and pest attacks," says Dr. Lethif, who is also
controlling officer, Department of Homoeopathic Medical Education,
Kerala.
Dr. Lethif has been working on a baseline of around 10 homoeopathic
formulations, classified as the "Agrocare" range of residue-free and
organic vitalisers for the past eight years. The identity of the
ingredients, supplied in the form of globules, is being kept a
closely guarded secret as the innovator has applied (on October 20,
1999) for a patent at the office of the Controller for Patents in
Chennai.
The phenomenon has already attracted the attention of the Union
Agriculture Ministry, which has sought a demonstration before a panel
of experts of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research.
However, in spite of the promising potential of the homoeopathic bio-
fertilizers, there is yet to be a State- supported and systematic
initiative to validate the innovation for largescale application in a
State where the farming sector is in disarray.
The vitalisers have been tested at the Government seed farms at
Chirayinkeezhu and Ulloor a couple of years ago but no systematic
evaluation has ensured the trial. The most sincere attempt as yet has
been initiated on 1.75 ha of banana plantations and 3 ha of paddy in
Kunnatthukal grama panchayat in the district.
Field observations led by the agriculture officer, Mr. Gireesh Kumar,
have already indicated that initial results from the application of
homoeopathic medicines were encouraging. The technique was cost-
effective, eco-friendly and provided improved yield and better
control over pest and diseases of crop. However, prior to largescale
use of this technique there had to be detailed research to explore
the full possibilities of organic farming, according to the
agricultural officer.
Meanwhile, the acceptance has been spontaneous among farmers who have
volunteered to experiment with the medicines. Not only had the field
trials with the homoeopathic medicines gained much from higher yields
but also the plants and crops on the medicine- soaked soil base had
not been attacked by pest, insects or any disease.
Wherever homoeopathic experiment had been attempted, the results were
enthusing. Farmers have tested the bio-fertilizers on arecanut in
1999 at Maikavu and on five varieties of vegetables at Chelannur in
Kozhikode and on orchids and anthuriums at Anayara in
Thiruvananthapuram.
It is pointed out that plants do need some insects and need to ward
off others. A group of plants follows a system of communication with
chemicals, through a process known as allelopathy.
According to Dr. Lethif, it could be seen from the trials that
application of homoeopathy solvents had lend additional protection to
the plants by producing certain chemicals that are repellent to
harmful insects or by increasing the natural immunity of the plants
and trees.
"This inference leads to the potentiality of preparing separate
formulations for the disease/pests for various crops such as coconut,
pepper, plantains, tubers, or even flowering plants", says Dr.
Lethif.
The innovation was presented as part of a compendium of background
papers on the focal theme of the 12th Kerala Science Congress in
January last year. The event organised by the State Committee on
Science, Technology and Environment, had focussed on "Health for
weaker sections and disabled".
The hope held out by this organic vitalizer will also figure in a
paper presentation at the one-day workshop organised by the Kerala
Agricultural University in Thrissur on November 22.
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Reg. postings by Jean ( environment, salinity ), myself ( "environmental
healing") and Sim Thiam Chye ( caring for his fishes and water plants ),
last two on Tuesday 30th.
-
Stimulated by your posts I did some searching again, and also
"coincidentally" I received their newsletter today ( I am not attached
in any way to persons or enterprises described below
).
As I wrote earlier, hom. is going to work, I think, only with living
beings. You could dissolve remedies in water, as again I earlier
mentioned for treating ( terrestial ) plants, but for water creatures
you would of course treat the whole eco-system at the same time ( and
how to estimate the dosage ? ), unless you invent a way of seperating
individual beings, or of injecting each one with dissolved rem. ( as
some have done in humans ). Never heard of anyone doing such watery
cure.
The non-hom. system I mentioned works also by miraculous "transfer of
information", without any bulk of matter, chemicals or physical
radiation. It was invented by a German chap, inspired by writings of
W.Reich, so most stuff is in G. language, another portion in romanic
languages (french, italian, portuguese), some also in English. I guess
that is what you need for your aquarium etc. Look for "PENAC" in a
search machine like "google", perhaps you can filter out languages that
you have no access to. The name would stand for either a brand of
stylish pens, or for that system, "Programmed energy accumulator" or
"Plocher en.acc.(after the inventor)", i.e. the device they produce
their remedies with. Best seems to be "www.penergetic.com", with english
text, sales repres.es also in UK, Can. etc.; "www.nuferscience.ch" ->
"english documentation", explains the basic principles quite well,
"www.organicsa.co.za" sells it to S.African farmers. It needs a while to
understand the whole thing, 'cause it looks strange first, and you can't
explain it by contemp. science, but they sell it to thousands, who in
turn seem to buy it 'cause it works.
_____________________________________________________________
... I am afraid there may not be any ( relatively ) QUICK FIX, but that
the way of agriculture need to be changed. Permaculture would be the
solution, I understand, wasn't that even developed in Australia ? - At
least under this name; similar approaches were developed in Europe and
Africa, NGO#s encourage alternative farming and reviving wise traditions
in Asia and south America. Out national edition of Green Peace magazine
reported on these issues repeatedly, to counter claims that Genetic
tinkering was needed "to help the poor" etc. - Another idea reg. salt: I
remember a trick I once saw in an techn. museum exhibit. They used
naturally salt tolerant plants, growing them in otherwise "spoilt" soil,
harvesting and feeding that to cattle, who liked it. So they sort of
sucked out the excess salt from the soil, over time. If you can ensure
that factors which initially caused the mess are not active anymore, you
may be able to slowly turn that piece of land suitable for "normal"
plants again. Regards,
PantheraThe one thing I was reading about was sewage treatment with hom.
phos, if I remember correctly. I am not sure if you wouldn't need some
living beings ( bacteria ) to stimulate into some action. After all,
where should all the salt go when you give Nat Mur to "the soil", I meen
it is not clever or something. - Other thing I learned about for Envir.
amelioration was that PENAC system. That's dear old W.Reich turned into
a commercial product, seems to work 'cause the chap lives on this.
What it is used for: Mainly for treating all sorts of organic wastes
in agriculture, organic and also "industrial", so that they don't become
an environmental nuisance. Inventor said in an interview that >10 000
farmers had already bought it from him ( he lives in a state/region with
~10 % Green Party voters, that may make things understandable ). Second
is for degraded ponds and lakes. He works on a
pay-me-after-success-basis here. Then I read an article on a sewage
treatment plant in Algeria he built employing his system ( in 1998 ),
plus it said several other Near Eastern governments had also contacted
him, even Saudi Arabia, troubled by heaps of rotting sheep slaughtered
during muslim pilgrimage. Then there was a German Zoo, using his stuff
in various ways, wastes again and ponds and aquarium, and feed suppl.
for a capibarah ( almost pig sized S. Amer. rodent ) with diarrhoe, also
prophylactic for hand-reared Orang Utans, both with good results, said
the report. Also a pet bird
p;
Regards
&nbs
_________________________Reg. postings by Jean ( environment, salinity
), myself ( "environmental healing") and Sim Thiam Chye ( caring for his
fishes and water plants ), last two on Tuesday 30th.
-
Stimulated by your posts I did some searching again, and also
"coincidentally" I received their newsletter today ( I am not attached
in any way to persons or enterprises described below
).
As I wrote earlier, hom. is going to work, I think, only with living
beings. You could dissolve remedies in water, as again I earlier
mentioned for treating ( terrestial ) plants, but for water creatures
you would of course treat the whole eco-system at the same time ( and
how to estimate the dosage ? ), unless you invent a way of seperating
individual beings, or of injecting each one with dissolved rem. ( as
some have done in humans ). Never heard of anyone doing such watery
cure.
The non-hom. system I mentioned works also by miraculous "transfer of
information", without any bulk of matter, chemicals or physical
radiation. It was invented by a German chap, inspired by writings of
W.Reich, so most stuff is in G. language, another portion in romanic
languages (french, italian, portuguese), some also in English. I guess
that is what you need for your aquarium etc. Look for "PENAC" in a
search machine like "google", perhaps you can filter out languages that
you have no access to. The name would stand for either a brand of
stylish pens, or for that system, "Programmed energy accumulator" or
"Plocher en.acc.(after the inventor)", i.e. the device they produce
their remedies with. Best seems to be "www.penergetic.com", with english
text, sales repres.es also in UK, Can. etc.; "www.nuferscience.ch" ->
"english documentation", explains the basic principles quite well,
"www.organicsa.co.za" sells it to S.African farmers. It needs a while to
understand the whole thing, 'cause it looks strange first, and you can't
explain it by contemp. science, but they sell it to thousands, who in
turn seem to buy it 'cause it works.
Re.: "... I often wonder if areas of salinity could be treated... Does
anyone know of any work in this area ?", asked Jean W.Doherty; I replied
on the same day, citing from my
memory.
Now I have found that article again ( of 1995 ) on Homoeo-stimulated
phosphor elimination from water.
-
"Summary: The law demands phosphor elim. in the water purification
process. The chemical elim. of ph. is achieved through an engineering
process which leads to a salt accumulation blocking not only of the
water drainage system but also of the drawing canal with an increase of
mud. The former biol. ph. elim. process is not a very stable one and
does not reach the minimum requirements. It could be shown by a series
of experiments that by analogy with homoeopathy/isopathy when adding a
potencised homoeopathic active substance of phosphor, phos. would be
eliminated below the legal limt of 1 mg/l total PO4-P in extensively
ventilated activated sludge of waste water purification plants. Biomass
exhibits the strongest reaction when phos. D 30, resp. D 200 is added."
( summ. by the author, with some ling. flaws corrected. ) - But that
rested on stimulating microorganisms. I still doubt you could trigger
reactions hom.ally in pure physical systems, or could you
?
- The other, non-hom. thing I mentioned is on the IN, try PENAC or
Plocher ( the inventor's name ) via search machine, I think they
translated it into
English.
- Anyone else to add
?
Regards,
Panthera
I am very happy to post this news came in Indian news paper. I want
to know anyone have any experience in this. Where will i get more
information . I alredy know that Ars Alb 10M And Kali mur 12X are
good for plant growth. Sulphur is a good pesticide.
Homoeo medicines proving excellent bio-fertilizers
By M. Dinesh Varma
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 9. A select range of homoeopathy medicines
is proving to be excellent bio-fertilizers with pest repellent
properties for a range of plants and crops during field studies
conducted by a volunteer team at the Government Homoeopathic Medical
College here.
The results of these "clinical trials" on plants and crops have been
much more than encouraging, with application of liquid form of the
drugs in adjusted dosage returning bumper harvests and augmenting
self-protective mechanisms to ward off disease and repel pests and
insect attacks.
"Farmers, who tried it out on their crops as diverse as coconuts and
bitter gourds, paddy and banana, have been ecstatic about the boost
in yield," Dr. M. Abdul Lethif, Principal of the Government
Homoeopathic Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram, project
conceiver, told The Hindu.
"Most importantly, the medicine-equipped plants/crops were enabled to
ward off disease and pest attacks," says Dr. Lethif, who is also
controlling officer, Department of Homoeopathic Medical Education,
Kerala.
Dr. Lethif has been working on a baseline of around 10 homoeopathic
formulations, classified as the "Agrocare" range of residue-free and
organic vitalisers for the past eight years. The identity of the
ingredients, supplied in the form of globules, is being kept a
closely guarded secret as the innovator has applied (on October 20,
1999) for a patent at the office of the Controller for Patents in
Chennai.
The phenomenon has already attracted the attention of the Union
Agriculture Ministry, which has sought a demonstration before a panel
of experts of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research.
However, in spite of the promising potential of the homoeopathic bio-
fertilizers, there is yet to be a State- supported and systematic
initiative to validate the innovation for largescale application in a
State where the farming sector is in disarray.
The vitalisers have been tested at the Government seed farms at
Chirayinkeezhu and Ulloor a couple of years ago but no systematic
evaluation has ensured the trial. The most sincere attempt as yet has
been initiated on 1.75 ha of banana plantations and 3 ha of paddy in
Kunnatthukal grama panchayat in the district.
Field observations led by the agriculture officer, Mr. Gireesh Kumar,
have already indicated that initial results from the application of
homoeopathic medicines were encouraging. The technique was cost-
effective, eco-friendly and provided improved yield and better
control over pest and diseases of crop. However, prior to largescale
use of this technique there had to be detailed research to explore
the full possibilities of organic farming, according to the
agricultural officer.
Meanwhile, the acceptance has been spontaneous among farmers who have
volunteered to experiment with the medicines. Not only had the field
trials with the homoeopathic medicines gained much from higher yields
but also the plants and crops on the medicine- soaked soil base had
not been attacked by pest, insects or any disease.
Wherever homoeopathic experiment had been attempted, the results were
enthusing. Farmers have tested the bio-fertilizers on arecanut in
1999 at Maikavu and on five varieties of vegetables at Chelannur in
Kozhikode and on orchids and anthuriums at Anayara in
Thiruvananthapuram.
It is pointed out that plants do need some insects and need to ward
off others. A group of plants follows a system of communication with
chemicals, through a process known as allelopathy.
According to Dr. Lethif, it could be seen from the trials that
application of homoeopathy solvents had lend additional protection to
the plants by producing certain chemicals that are repellent to
harmful insects or by increasing the natural immunity of the plants
and trees.
"This inference leads to the potentiality of preparing separate
formulations for the disease/pests for various crops such as coconut,
pepper, plantains, tubers, or even flowering plants", says Dr.
Lethif.
The innovation was presented as part of a compendium of background
papers on the focal theme of the 12th Kerala Science Congress in
January last year. The event organised by the State Committee on
Science, Technology and Environment, had focussed on "Health for
weaker sections and disabled".
The hope held out by this organic vitalizer will also figure in a
paper presentation at the one-day workshop organised by the Kerala
Agricultural University in Thrissur on November 22.
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... - Nancy wrote that D.Ulman had references to hom. use for plants. -
Could you please give a more precise reference ? I am aware of some book
titles and reviews, but haven't yet read any myself and would like to
know. -To
all: Anyone with a plant lice case cured ? I'd love to add this to my
collection 'cause I found a series of human head lice cases cured
hom.cally ( with aggrev. in the form of increased numbers !, all after
Psorinum, but with a number of other rem.es also involved in each of
these ). If that works In plants as well, I'd find this exciting also
for Miasm. Theory. /
What I found remarkable was also that apparently you can heal plants not
only with mineral hom. rem.es, but also those derived from other living
beings, which naturally they would never "ingest".
/
Another question: In the Ignatia case I mentioned in my Tuesday post,
where someone had completely rearranged all the plant pots and some
tender creature seemed to be shocked by this disturbance of its living
environment and then recovered after rem. administered, the doctor had
earlier told she had successfully used the same rem. also on herself and
human and animal family members. That left me wandering to what extent
humans can influence their "pet plants" "homoeopathically", i.e. like
sometimes animals need the same rem. as their humans at the same time.
After all there had been research on plants reacting to music styles and
different persons in distinct ways. Don't know, but any experience also
of this type from others?
-
Thanks to all who participated in the exchange, I enjoy this, there will
grow (!) a whole new branch of knowledge from
this...
Regards,
Panthera
-Referring to the first question, the brief anthropos. discussion, my
post on Tuesday evening and all the others who joined in hom. single
rem. for ailing plants exchange. I get the digest again these days, so
replies are always delayed and I can't include any text, but you will
have them
anyway-
I had a look at biodynamic agric. sites to be sure. R.Steiner, an
Austrian, began this in 1924. These farmers' association is at
"www.demeter.de" in German. They write ( my rough translation )
"...preparations are applied in fine doses, since they do not work by
bulk/quantity, but through ~energy/information - COMPARABLE TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF class. hom. ..." (my capital letters), so it is not itself
homoeopathic. They do their own research and it seems to give them good
results, plus working with cosmic constellations/ lunar calendars, which
even "ordinary" people adopt for their small scale private use. Though I
personally don't like Steiner either, at least this was a good
pioneering deed. After all, Organic Farming, which he started in an
organized way in modern times, is now government policy, and the Demeter
people are the second largest association, so thank him for this part.
"www.demeter-usa.org" did not mention hom. use either. I thought I had
read somewhere of comb. rem.es used, but that may have been someone's
own addition, not their official tradition.