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Hi, I had posted earlier about my cat who, after having several teeth extracted, developed a respiratory problem in the nasal passages and sinuses. After numerous antibiotics and steroids which did nothing to eliminate the problem I did a search on the symptoms and they exactly match sinusitis which, I have also discovered, can come as the result of having dental work done.

You had mentioned on this forum to another person whose cat had sinusitis two homeopathics that you use for sinusitis, Kali Bichromicum and Hydrastis Canadensis and suggested to give the Kali B. first and if it didn't work to try the Hydrastis C. I was able to get both homeopathics, Kali Bichromium 6c in pellet/tablet form, and Hydrastis Canadensis 6c in liquid.

Can I use both( on the possibility that they might work well in conjunction with each other, giving enough time in between each dose for each to work (if so, how many hours in between) or would it be best to give one only and see if it works and if not, try the other? How many pellets of the Kali B. would be one dose and how many times a day would you suggest I give it? How many drops of the Hydrastis C. in a dose and how many times a day should I give it? Although I am familiar with these homeopathics I'm not quite sure how much to dose-down for a cat. Thank you.

I really don't know how to interpret what I'm seeing. Because my cat had so much yellow dicharge from the one nostril and strands of mucus,etc that rattled at the back of his throat, it made breathing difficult. I decided to try something called colloidal flooding where the nasal passage is filled with colloidal silver. Colloidal silver kills bacteria, fungi and viruses so I dropped drops in his nose. The first time I did it
his breathing cleared after several hours and no discharge. I repeated the process and yellow creamy discharge is now coming from that nostril again. I repeated the process and squirted it in his nose to flush it out and now it seems to be draining. Alot. I dropped some in the right nostril that had no problem and now yellow creamy discharge is coming from that nostril. I don't know if this is a good thing or not.Is this discharge draining from the sinuses? Or somehow I've made things worse. The right nostril never did have a discharge and now it does. Colloidal is safe. Prior to 1942 it was used as an antibiotic by doctors and even prescribed for internal use. What am I looking at, is it a good thing that is going on or not? I'm giving him echinicea, L-lyseine, and just about everything I can think of to get this problem solved. I've been battling this since last April and so has my cat. Any help you could offer would be much appreciated.

At this point it would be useful to have him examined by a vet to determine what is going on.

Hi, My cat has been examined, since his dental extractions last April, a total of 23 times by three vets at two different
clinics. Each of them said it was something that was chronic and only managed with steroids and none could determine what the problem actually was. The steroids were no longer working and, as I mentioned earlier, they could offer nothing in the way of a solution.

The nasal discharge is clearing. I used the Hydrastis Canadensis
and, after about 12 hours of giving a dose every half hour, the
discharge stopped. I'm continuing to give it through the day, not as often, for awhile to prevent a recurrence.

The yellow discharge from the nasal passage has cleared with the use of Hydrastis Canadensis. So have the strands of mucus in the throat. I've used almost three bottles of the HC yet there still seems to be a stubborn area at the back of the throat where the nasal passage drain(where there would be a post nasal drip) that, when my cat breathes in sharply, say, in giving a sign, one can hear what seems to be a plug of mucus about the size of a quarter. Could you suggest something that would help to dissolve this? He's taking echinicea, and several other immune boosters but still that dime-sized piece of mucus seems to remain. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

Try the Kali bich first, giving one pellet, crushed, twice a day, for a week. If things are improving, then continue. If there is no improvement, or if there is a worsening, stop the Kali bich and try the Hydrastis, one drop twice a day.

I'm back almost to square one. I was only able to locate the Hydrastis Canadensis in the 6c potency. I gave it to my cat every half hour- 7-9 drops. Although I tried to place it in the cheek pocket for better absorption I was not always successful and he ended up swallowing probably a greater portion of it.

It took three bottles of giving that amount every half hour, day and night, before the discharge from the nasal passages turned clear(it was yellow) and dried up. I continued giving it but every hour, then tried to taper off to every 1 1/2 hours, because I wanted to give Silicea 6x to try and dissolve the stringy mucus at the back of the throat and I couldn't give them both at the same time.

Thinking that the problem of the discharge was corrected I tapered off the HC and started the Silicea, and the symptoms started to come back within several hours. I switched back to HC and even though I've been giving it every half hour since 7 this morning, there is yellow discharge from the one nostril.

Did I stop giving HC too soon? Is it like antibiotics, ie, take it for 14 days regardless as to whether the symptoms have disappeared or not?

For the last week my cat has been on 250 mg of Novo-lexin, every 8-12 hours, 36 drops of echinicea every eight hours, l-Lyseine, cod liver oil, vitamin C, astragalus, grapefruit seed extract(which is supposed to kill every bacteria from staph to e. coli), as well as an antihistamine recommended by the vet to be given twice a day. Unless I give the Hydrastis Canadensis every half hour day and night, there is clear, then yellow discharge, first a little, then alot, coming from one then both nostrils. Once again, your imput would be much appreciated.

Try using a higher potency of Hydrastis, but give it less often.