I love to help pets lose weight. Dogs & Cats & Birds who are the right weight live longer, have less arthritis and joint pain, and have fewer infections than pets who are overweight.
Every chubby pet deserves a holistic veterinary consult to put them on the right path, including diet and the right Traditional Chinese herbal formula. Because obesity is such an overwhelming problem for so many pet families, let’s spend time discussing all the ways we have of helping pets lose weight. Let’s include a discussion of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal formulas that help with obesity.
We’ll cover herbal formulas that treat
• poor digestion (Spleen & Stomach disharmony),
• over eating (Stomach heat)
• poor liver and gallbladder function ( Liver qi disharmony),
• weak metabolism (Kidney Yang deficiency).
To choose the right formula, I take the whole pet into consideration so that the herbal formula that helps with weight loss addresses the pet’s underlying nature. Among the herbal formulas I prescribe for tubby pets are Miao San, San Ren Tang, Bu Gan Tang, Ba Wei Di Huang Wan.
In addition to herbs, many obese pets benefit from
• Adequan or Cartrophen injections and to relieve the pain that prevents exercising.
• Acupuncture to relieve pain and boost metabolism.
• Enymes (Rx Zyme) so that pets can be fed less and get more nutrient from the food.
• Swimming in warm salt water where the muscles can relax and work at the same time.
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