Caring for Arthritic Dogs, Using Four Marvels or Si Miao San for Arthritis in Dogs

TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbs for Arthritis & Pain, Four Marvels or Si Miao San
The TCM formula Four Marvels or Si Miao San is so effective that it is the most commonly prescribed small animal formula. Arthritic pets with weakness, muscle atrophy and low back stiffness benefit from Four Marvels. Arthritic pets that don’t know where their feet are, that is lack proprioception, benefit from Four Marvels. This formula Is an anti-inflammatory medication that helps the spine & joints and helps almost every organ of the body.

Four Marvels helps arthritic pets with skin disease including bacterial skin disease and seborrhea. It helps arthritic pets with foot infections—oh you English Bull dogs and Staffordshire Terriers with chronic pododermatitis, this is the medication for you.

Four Marvels helps pets with chronic ear infections (yeasty otitis externa), chronic gut inflammation (colitis), chronic itching anal sacs (anal sacculitis ), chronic allergies. Four Marvels helps pets with immune mediated thrombocytopenia, degenerative myelopathy, epilepsy, vestibular syndrome, Cushing’s disease, pancreatitis, cystitis, prostatic hypertrophy, vaginitis. It also helps pets with cancer, especially the Scotties with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder or any breed with lymphoma, which is a cancer of the white blood cells.

Four Marvels is the most useful formula for dogs that have a change in their coat moving from front to back of the body, especially if there is a clear demarcation encircling the rib cage, as there is in the dog pictured above. You’ve probably seen this a lot and not even registered that you’re seeing a dog who would strongly benefit from TCM formula Si Miao San, Four Marvels.

 Who shouldn’t use Four Marvels?

Four Marvels is for pets with arthritis, pain and inflammation, but it is not the best formula for pets with a high temperature. Pets with a high temperature should use Long Dan Xie Gan Tang or a Hoxsey Formula. For pets with inflammation and a normal temperature, Four Marvels is safe given long term.

Safe source for Four Marvels or Si Miao San Herbs

Although the ancient Chinese had wisdom to formulate excellent medicines, the modern Chinese do not provide these medicines in a guaranteed safe form. I do not recommend using any TCM formula that has not been through good manufacturing process (GMP) in the US or Canada. Please ask me for herbs that are safe for your pet.