January/February 2011 - Dogs Naturally Magazine

Gemmotherapy
A Way to Help Our Animal Friends
Achieve Optimal Cell Replication
by Stephen Reeve Blake, DVM, CVA, CVH
The beauty of Gemmotherapy is that it is a
gentle system of medicine that provides both
a quantum and Newtonian healing potential
for our friends the animals.
I have known about this system of medicine
for over thirty years and have used it extensively
in my practice for the past 10 years
with amazing results. I use this modality in
every patient I see. I show the client how to
use it both in a treatment format, as well as a
preventative manner.
Gemmotherapy is a drainage system developed
in Europe over 30 years ago. Preliminary
research on using plant buds therapeutically
was started by Dr. Pol Henry of
Belgium in the 1950’s. Max Tetau, M.D., after
extensive clinical research on immature
plant materials, introduced the therapeutic
technique known as Gemmotherapy in 1971.
The buds or young shoots of the immature
plants are macerated and extracted with
glycerin for 21 days, then made into a 1X
potency. These extracts are high in growth
factors, which contain the phyto-hormones,
auxins and gibberellins. These active ingredients
are presents in the buds, but begin to
disappear as the plant matures. Auxins have
a fetal hormonal action, which is found only
in the buds of plants. Gibberellins stimulate
RNA and protein synthesis. They are also
only present in the buds and not in the whole
plant. Researchers have found that utilization
of this process releases the greatest amount
of healing potential from the plants.
There are 60 plants utilized in the system of
Gemmotherapy I use from Boiron. Each of
these plant extracts has very specific actions
on any living organism. Much like homeopathic
remedies, they can be used to help
many organ and organ systems. They work
well in combination and are well tolerated by
both the animal and the caregivers.
I have a rule in my practice that I have used
for decades: I only use products on animals
that have been thoroughly tested on people
and found to be safe. Testing on animals is
at best subjective and harmful to animals
much of the time. By testing on humans, we
are able to get a more scientific evaluation
of the action and results we are observing in
our patients.
The main principle behind Gemmotherapy
is drainage and detoxification of the organism
at its cellular level. By accomplishing
this process, we give the doctor who resides
within each patient a chance to go to work.
Drainage in our patients has changed since
the times of Hahnemann, Kent or Hering’s
times. Hormones, vaccinations, drugs and
petro-chemicals are rampant in our society
as compared to Hahnemann, Kent and Hering’s
time. Environmental toxins, miasms
and our own metabolic processes can block
replication of normal cells. Without these
cell replications, we have organ failure, which
is the disease process we see in our practices.
The definitions of Health and Healing I
share with all of my patients are very simple.
Health and Healing are optimum cell replication.
Gemmotherapy simply assists the
doctor that resides within each patient to
increase the drainage process so that healthy
cells have a chance to replicate, and the doctor
within is thereby working on ‘healing
thyself.’
After evaluating each patient individually
and assessing their current level of toxicity,
I select one to eight Gemmotherapies and
have them administer them at a frequency
suited to their animal’s particular needs and
responses to treatment.
If a patient has a great deal of physical pathology,
I recommend 1 to 5 drops and rotate
them, so that on any one given day they only
get one Gemmotherapy at a time. In very
sensitive patients, I will dilute one drop in a
gallon of water to a ½ cup of water and have
the client administer a single drop and wait
to see the response of the animal to the Gemmotherapy
chosen.
18 January-February 2011 | Dogs Naturally Magazine