Feline Herbal Medicine
Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre

Welcome Main Menu Contents FAQ Contact us Map & Directions AVMC Services About us Office Hours Research Feedback Cases Therapies Species Various Articles Testimonials Issues Definitions SARSS Links Vacancies Recipes News & Noticeboard Search

 


Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre

Holistic Vet - Homeopathic Vet - Acupuncture Vet - Herbal Vet - Natural Vet

Feline Herbal Medicine

FAQ Herbal medicine

Return to Herbs

Return to Cats

Return to Cat Diseases

Refer to: Care & Administration of Herbal Medicines (.pdf file)

Cats and dogs are carnivores, with cats being more specialised and dependent upon prey animals than dogs, who are more omnivorous. In the wild, dogs can be expected to eat fruit, plants and roots, in addition to herbivore dung. Herbs are therefore more obviously natural as a food or medicine for dogs than might be the case for cats. Dogs also appear to have the capability to self-medicate with naturally-available herbs (zoopharmacognosy) and we suspect that cats may do that too but we have not ourselves witnessed the phenomenon with cats.

Dogs and cats generally accept herbal medicines very readily, usually added to the daily food ration.

Herbal vet in practice: A sample of the cat diseases and conditions that we may be called upon to treat with herbal medicine are (in alphabetical order):

Allergy

Anal Gland

Arthritis

Ascites

Asthma

Autoimmune Disease

Behavioural Problems

Chronic Renal Failure

Constipation

Cough

CRF

Cystitis

Dermatitis

Diarrhoea

Dysautonomia

Ear Problems

Eczema

Eosinophilic Dermatitis

Eosinophilic Granuloma

Eosinophilic Skin Disease

Fears

Feline Dysautonomia

Feline Urological Syndrome

Flea Allergy

FUS

Gingivitis

Gum Disease

Heart Disease

Heart Failure

Hepatitis

Hormonal Alopecia

Hormonal Problems

Hyperthyroid

Hypothyroid

IBD

IBS

Infertility

Jaundice

Key Gaskell Syndrome

Kidney Problems

Ligament Injury

Liver Disease

Megacolon

Miliary Dermatitis

Miliary Eczema

Non-Union Fracture

Obesity

Osteoarthritis

Pruritus

Renal Failure

Sinusitis

Skin Problems

Sprain

Stomatitis

Thyroid Problems

Urine Spraying

Urolithiasis

Urological Syndrome

The herbal vet treatment may also include other therapies, in an integrated programme (e.g. veterinary homeopathy and/or veterinary acupuncture along with natural feeding).

FAQ Herbal medicine

Return to Herbs

Return to Cats

Return to Cat Diseases

Homeopathy Acupuncture Herbs Chiropractic Natural Feeding

 

Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre

Holistic Vet - Homeopathic Vet - Acupuncture Vet - Herbal Vet - Natural Vet

Copyright © AVMC - March 2008

 

This page is about: herbs for cats -cat herbs - herbs cat - cats herbs - herbs cats - herbal medicine - feline - cat - herb - herbs - holistic vet - herbal vet - herb vet

 


Welcome ] Up ]

[Main Menu] [FAQ] [ Map & Directions ] [Books etc.] [Contact us ] [Feedback] [Contents] [News & Noticeboard]

This site is subject to frequent ongoing development and expansion
- please revisit frequently, to view new material

Copyright © 2007 Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre
Chinham House, Stanford in the Vale, Oxon SN7 8NQ (UK)
Tel.: #44 (0)1367 710324 - Fax: #44 (0)1367 718243
www.alternativevet.org

holistic vet - homeopathic vet - acupuncture vet - herbal vet - chiropractic vet - natural vet
Created and maintained by AVMC