Alternative Treatments Archives

Earth Hour: Things You Could Do With Your Dog During This Hour

While we may not match up with what Sydney did last year on Earth Hour, but I’m proud that we are one of the participating cities. As a matter of fact, I've been practicing my daily earth hour for a couple of years now. My initiate intention was to reduce ...

Black Chicken Herbal Soup

When mom was around, she used to make herbal soup at least thrice weekly—Black Chicken Herbal Soup is one of my favorites. These days I will be lucky if I managed to cook two bowls of tonic soup per week. Chinese herbal soups aren’t difficult to prepare, matter of fact ...

Where to Find a Holistic Veterinarian?

These days more owners are embracing alternative medicines (holistic approach) as part of their dogs' health care program. This is a very good trend and I strongly believe holistic veterinary will gain greater exposure as more dog owners are aware of its "existence." We know that conventional veterinarian clinics and hospitals ...

Home Aromatherapy Treatment versus Consulting an Aromatherapist

After exploring the various topics on canine aromatherapy, the next step would to put it into practice. This should be easy since you already know the numerous benefits (i.e. boost immune system, healing agents) your dog gain through aromatherapy. Your next task is deciding which alternative to take; either consulting ...

How To Treat Canine False Pregnancy Once and For All

Actually the "best" form of treatment for dogs experiencing false pregnancy is to give her some young pups to suckle, using her as a surrogate mother. Opportunities like this, however, are extremely rare. Not many dog owners will have several female dogs going through whelping periods in a rotating fashion. ...

How Should Aromatherapy Treatments Be Used On Dogs?

There are three techniques to administer essential oils on dogs. Either by massage (finger kneading) or by diffusion (inhalation) or by mouth (oral application). Whichever technique you use, the benefits of canine aromatherapy are countless. From a personal point of view, I very much prefer using the massage technique as ...

Cough Mixture Remedy for Dogs

Dogs (especially older dogs) sometimes suffer mild irritations in the airways that trigger coughing when weather changes or a sudden change in climate. However too much coughing dries out mucous membranes, which irritates the breathing tubes and makes coughing worse. You don't want to wait until your dog is coughing ...

Canine Aromatherapy: Tips on Buying Essential Oils

Essential oils are readily available many areas such as in health food stores, pharmacies, and beauty-product stores. So there is no worries of not getting the hard-to-find or least popular oils. When choosing and buying essential oils, beware of synthetic versions (should be easier seen on the product label) made possible ...

Use Oatmeal To Treat Your Dog’s Dry Itchy Skin

What many don't realize is that oatmeal is an excellent home remedy for treating dry itchy skin on dogs. It is one of the most overlook ingredients when application is concern. Most would only think of eating oatmeal for breakfast and would not give a second though to other uses. Its ...