Frequently, these new symptoms are more serious than earlier ones. New symptoms can also be caused by the use of antibiotics, steroids, and other allopathic drugs which suppress previous symptoms and drive the disease deeper inside the body. This layering concept explains why, after a remedy has been given, original symptoms are often replaced by ones exhibited at an earlier time. Homeopathic veterinarians review each new layer of symptoms which appears and prescribe additional remedies as necessary to facilitate the healing process. Often during treatment, a chronically ill dog will display early symptoms which have not been present for a long time and which the owner had forgotten.
Homeopathic theory assigns a hierarchy to symptoms.
Cases are progressing toward health when symptoms move down this hierarchy. For example, a dog initially presented for kidney problems would be considered to be healing if the kidney problems were replaced by eczema. Transient mental and emotional changes frequently occur as remedies eliminate layers of symptoms. Homeopathic Remedies Homeopathic medicines are made by homeopathic pharmacies according to the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States . Remedy creation begins with the preparation of a tincture of the original substance.