Bo takes it after coursing and it seems to prevent stiffness and lameness which he is prone to. It is a remedy for shock and stress. The whole fresh plant causes these symptoms. It's given for bruising, sprains, bleeding and internal injuries. The whole fresh plant causes hemmorage and bruising.
All homeopathic remedies are extremely dilute amounts of the natural substance.
They can not cause the affects of the whole plant. They are considered so safe that there is no overdose amount of any homeopathic remedy. Interestingly a large scale study of homeopathy was recently undertaken in England. Lab tests of homeopathic tinctures could not detect the remedy in the dilution- chemically the remedies were just alcohol. It was put together by Nancy Rogers from canine-l and is on an FTP site provided by a Marc Gemis.