Could Herbal Pet Medicine Be Defined As Beans and Basil?

Could Herbal Pet Medicine Be Defined As Beans and Basil

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As responsible pet parent's we are always looking for ways to keep our pets healthy, increase their quality of life, and do it at an affordable price. One of the ways to accomplish these three tall challenges is by implementing the selective use of herbal pet medicine when needed. But while herbal pet medicine is starting to gain a certain amount of name recognition there simply aren't that many people who know exactly what it is.

Why do I say that?

For years I simply took it for granted that everyone, more or less, understood the basics of herbal pet medicine until one evening my wife and I had a friend over for dinner. After dinner we are all sitting around talking when our guest inquired about our use of herbal remedies for our cats and dogs. We responded by telling him that herbal pet medicine has worked well for us over the years, but it's probably not for everyone.

He responded by saying that he uses it himself and has been feeding his beloved dog Spike a combination of beans and basil along with his all natural dog food. I honestly didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or do both at the same time. All I could think of is I hope he has a good gas mask handy because he will certainly be needing it.

What is herbal pet medicine?

While beans and basil doesn't quite qualify for inclusion, strangely it is not all that far away. The actually definition of herbal medicine for pets is the use of leaves, roots, and flowers of herbs and other plants used in combination, or singularly, for their healing properties.

Skilled practitioners of this form of medicine believe that it is the plant in its pure form that gives it the power to heal without producing so many of the dangerous side effects that most prescription pet medicines are saddled with. Just as conventional prescription medications often contain one main chemical, oftentimes herbal remedies do as well but tiny amounts of other chemicals balance the negative and positive effects thus reducing side effects while helping bolster the effectiveness of the primary chemical.

Generally speaking herbal medicine formulated for pets contain ingredients know to hold antimicrobial properties, ingredients shown to boost immune system function, or ingredient know to detoxify your cat or dogs body. As an extra bonus oftentimes herbal remedies contain vitamins and minerals as well.

There are also instances where herbal pet medicines fill a void left unfilled by convention treatments. A couple of examples which come to mind are the use of milk thistle in the treatment of liver disease and the use of Huang Qi for treating difficult adrenal diseases such as Cushing's.

In the end herbal medicine for pets is still somewhat controversial. Nevertheless under the right set of circumstances they are a real option, with real advantages, that caring pet parent's should definitely take the time to consider.

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