Herbs for Dogs: (possibly complete now)
Sep 3rd, 2007 by Norman
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Herbal infussions, teas, can be mixed in with a dogs food…
Lucky got a cough. For days I worried he had something caught in his throat, or worse. I worried, but did not know what to do…
Then Rita developed the cough and I was releaved it was only an infection. With that diagnosis I could treat it with herbs (and in future might treat with herbs simply symptomaticly).
I used Calendula and Mullien. (My first chose would be Calendula and Mallow, but I could not find Mallow.)
Herbal infussions, teas, can be mixed in with a dogs food. In the morning I feed my dogs cooked grain and raw meat, and warmed water, and supplements. (I will post a page on how/what I feed my dogs, though it is not ideal.) If the tea is not bitter it can replace the water and just be mixed in. For dinner they have grain again, raw meat again, and a stew of chicken parts and vegetables. Again the tea is mixed right in.
For their cough I brewed calendula (flowers) and mullien (leaf) ~ though I’d have prefered mallow (I shall write about mallow - next) ~ doses? My dogs are 45lb and 60lbs (ish). You have to titre for size… but, there is a lot of leaway - these herbs are mild, not toxic - and…
Ideally herbs are taken away from meals so that they can be absorbed by the gut in as simple a presentation as possible. Mixed with a meal you will need a (proportionally) large dose. But caution to start with. Start small.
I brewed in the morning enough for the two meals. A heaping teaspoon full of calendula, and a heaping teaspoon of mullien in (three or) four cups of water, and that made 4 portions (2 in the a.m., 2 in the p.m.).
It seemed to help. Their coughs are gone.
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