Zoopharmacognosy in Madrid

Thanks to Nuria and Ana of cap1clicker, the first zoopharmacognosy course held in MAdrid was an all-round success.  Thanks are also due to Marina who provided logistical support and acted as secretary recording the individual sessions.  

The dogs, as always, provided  the opportunity for us to learn many things and the human attendees took an active part which always makes for a more enriching course experience.

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Course in Madrid

Here is a link with the information on the next zoopharmacognosy course in Madrid. we look forward to seeing you there!

http://www.cursoclicker.es/index.php/mary-ttouch/188-mary-rodriguez-ttouch-y-zoofarmacognosis-en-madrid

Uruguay Embraces Zoopharmacognosy

It is always difficult to describe the pelasure one feels when watching animals being empowered to choose what they need. I think this is one of the main attractions of applied zoopharmacognosy.  The dosg attending the first workshop in Uruguay did not let us down.  Each one displayed his/her own individual range of signals and chose the substances that each felt were needed at that particular moment in time - some more extroverted and others more reserved.

I hope that participants will soon have their basic ket so that they can continue the work at home!

Dana was an enthusiastic and expressive "client"!

Aromas in Montevideo

Zoopharmacognosy comes to Uruguay next weekend. This will be the first ever zoopharmacognosy seminar to be held there and the dogs who will be our teachers promise to present us with some very interesting situations.  Looking forward to that!

Take a look at the information package prepared by the organisers! It is in Spanish but it is worth seeing.

http://issuu.com/sylcor/docs/informaci__n-seminario-ttouch_y_zoo/1

New Introductory Seminar in Buenos Aires

Another great group of people and dogs attended the Introduction to Zoopharmacognosy seminar in Buenos Aires yesterday. Old dogs, a blind dog, anxious dogs, hyper dogs ... we had a good cross-section of personalities and conditions. This is always fascinating because each one has something different to teach us, helping us to become aware of their needs.

Apicultura Uruguay: 13 BACTERIAS DEL ESTOMAGO DE LAS ABEJAS ACTUAN COMO ANTIBIOTICOS

Interesting work, but in any case Manuka honey has been used for some time particularly in Australia and New Zealand precisely to treat chronic and festering wounds, so do we need added bacteria?

Apicultura Uruguay: 13 BACTERIA IN BEES' STOMACHS THAT ACT LIKE ANTIBIOTICS : antimicrobial substances that can put an end to pathogens which are resistent to antibiotics.

This discovery was made by a group of researchers at the University of Lund in Sweden. Fresh honey has been used for centuries to cure infections, but the 13 bacteria studied, work together to form a mix which is active against microbes. When lactic acid was applied to germs in the laboratory, the germs were counteracted.

“The main ingredient of this fremedy is the live bacteria itself. We can take up the old remedy and convert it into something new by mixing honey with these bacteria.  This means a high degree of concentration”, explains Alejandra Vasquez, one of the researchers. 

This dic¡scovery could help the medical cpmmunity resolve the global resistence to antibiotics. The next stage will be for the researchers to test the remedy in humans. 

“Healing takes place within a period of one to three weeks, but igt does occur, even with chronic wounds. We believe that this discovery could turn out to be an algernative to antibiotics. We were not expecting these results”, stated  Vasquez.

In frecent years resistence to anti iotics has become a threat to global health. Now the scientists at Lund    believe that bees maya provide the solution.
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New Workshops in Slovenia

On Saturday we had a new introductory workshop.  I was a great group and we worked with a couple of lovely dogs, Skippy and Fru. Poor Lana, who had sat patiently all afternoon, was very disappointed when she did not have a session too, but she is at home and will get her "private" session. 

After working with the dogs we made a short trip to the stable where we were going to work with Bono, a Lipizaner stallion. He was very much attracted to German chamomile and yarrow and then he ate a whole bag of rosehips.  As rosehips are ready in nature at the moment I thought that he might like to have some and he certainly did. We offered them from the hand and from his feed bucket but no ... he wanted to have them straight from the paper bag!!! 

It was a little sad to see the little horse in the next stall.  He seemed so lonely and  in need of attention.  He was also very much attracted to the oils and other extracts so it was impossible not to give him some rosehips too.

On Sunday some of the people who attended the first workshop last year came along for the next one which was dedicated to exploring in greater depth the qualities of the base materials: fixed and macerated oils as well as dried materials. The beautiful thing about that workshop was seeing how the dogs had progressed since last year and also seeing that their people had persevered with the work. The responses were quite different this time in every case: one Lia who had been quite passive in her responses last time was much more active and the other Lia who was hyperactive in her responses last year is now much more calm.

Lucky, the other pitbull, was highly discriminating in her choice.  She chose a small number of substances but consumed a large quantity of those that she had selected. 

Our youngest participant was 4.5 months old.  Despite his young age this was in fact his second workshop because Mummy was pregnant last time but did not know it.  He is the calmest baby I have ever seen!

 I don't have the photos of day 2 yet but will post them soon.