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NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS AS AN ADDITION TO ALLERGY
TREATMENTS Traditional veterinary medicine treats allergies with allergy skin tests, desensitization injections, steroids and antihistamines. Allergy shots that you often give at home are 55-85% effective depending on the dog and severity of the allergic reaction. The following supplements will strengthen your dog's immune system and cut down on the amount of drugs needed to effect remission of the symptoms. This list is not intended to replace any traditional treatments your veterinarian prescribes. Use capsules instead of tablets whenever possible. When no amount is given, follow the directions on the bottle. Strained baby food meat is a great way to give supplements. Mix the meat with the pills, scoop onto your finger and give to your dog. Unless otherwise noted, everything should be given twice daily with food
Vitamin A--from fish
oil: 25,000IU for three weeks, then 10,000IU for three weeks.
N-acetylcysteine -
500mg
Selene E (this
product is by Schiff and is a combination of Vitamin E-400IU and
selenium-200mcg) one daily.
Burdock: 3 capsules
twice daily
Kyolic garlic
liquid: 1/4 teaspoon daily One-half cup cottage cheese (cottage cheese is a sulfur based protein used by the body to bind to the fatty acid supplements which makes the fatty acids available for use by the body.) Complete digestive enzyme: must include ox bile and the proteolytic enzymes. Give two capsules with each meal.... this is very important Everything listed above is there for a reason. It is this combination of supplements that has been successful so please do not leave anything out. If you can find a vitamin/mineral for humans that contains the elements listed, by all means use it then make up any difference with an additional supplement. Check in the body-building section of your health food store. They often have combination supplements of many vitamin-mineral-amino acids. Buying vitamins mail order is a saving. Vitamin Discount Connection is one place I use: 1-800-848-2329 DO NOT VACCINATE: Use homeopathic nosodes instead of vaccines. Your dog's immune system is already damaged and modified live vaccines will further damage the immune process. The nosodes are available by mail from Dr. Charles Loops (919) 542-0442 or Newton Labs: 1-800-448-7256. DO NOT GIVE chlorinated water. If bottle water is not convenient put a filter on your water supply or give distilled water.
DO NOT USE PESTICIDE You must feed an all-natural diet. Raw fruits and vegetables should be ground up; fresh fish, brown rice, tofu, miso, sea vegetables like nori, wakame, dulse are excellent additions. If you do not feed a home made diet, use a dry food that is manufactured from ingredients "for human consumption." Flower remedies are plant extracts designed to treat the mental and emotional causes of physical illness. Each remedy works to normalize an underlying emotional cause of a physical or behavioral illness. Dr. Edward Bach, an English physician whose observations linked physical illness with emotional causes in his patients, formulated the oldest and most popular flower remedies in the 1930s. The remedies are purchased in amber bottles and should be kept in a cool dark area. You can mix 6 essences together but no more than 6 at one time. Mix equal amounts in a dark bottle, add a little filtered water then put 4-6 drops into each water bowl. Your Akita will be treated with the remedies every time it drinks water. It is safe for a healthy dog to drink the water without any ill effects. For allergies of all types, the following Bach remedies assist the body to promote healing, and stimulate a more natural immune response to allergens.
Agrimony You must be patient. It took a long time for your Akita's immune system to reach overload, it will take a few months to begin healing. © 1996-97 B. Bouyet |