Herbal Medicine for Cats
The standard of holistically caring for a cat is by providing treatment, not only to its organs, but to the entire body. Many cat owners are becoming quite skillful in how they rear their cats and keep them healthy. Some cat owners, however, are compromising their feline’s health by not providing the right nutrition. In the framework of nutrition, the tendency and flaw for some cat owners is to give their cats the same diet as dogs or humans. Cat owners should understand that cats are carnivores and their nutritional needs are different from those of dogs or their owners.
The ideal solution to this would be to consider holistic methods and nutrition that will create the best results in a cat’s health and condition. This holistic approach involves applying alternative treatment that includes herbal supplements to combat diseases in cats. With these herbal supplements, a cat will maintain its energy and its life expectancy would be longer as a result.
Holistic medicine is of the premise that the cat’s body will maintain its balance and as a result this will protect the cat from disease and help with any type of healing process. If the cat becomes sick or gets injured, the balance is no longer there. Traditional medicine, on the other hand, is of the premise that any type of symptoms seen in a cat is due to an illness. However, homeopathy looks at differently, by seeing the symptoms as a natural reaction of the body to fight against such illness.
Herbal medicine has been effectively utilized to treat various illnesses in cats and dogs as well as human beings for many centuries. It is a basic kind of medicine in almost all cultures. You can add herbal supplements to your cat’s diet for additional health support. Herbal medicine helps to treat various kinds of conditions in cats and dogs alike. Some of the benefits of using herbal medicine are:
• To reduce the likelihood of disease development
• To treat the cause of the issue and not only the symptoms
• To encourage a faster healing process
• To protect the health of the family
• To save money in a pet owner’s pocket (from vet bills)
Cats do suffer from anxiety and stress from changes in the environment and from other emotional and physical conditions. While you can make environmental changes and rule out certain causes to their stress, you can also use natural remedies to counteract the problem. Such natural remedies would include herbs, homeopathy and flower essence. Be careful to only introduce one remedy each time and make sure that you have your veterinarian check your pet before buying any products.
There are a lot of cat lovers that would rather use organic methods of treatment instead of chemically-based products. Allergies of the skin, fleas, hot spots, worms, and depression are some of the related illnesses that cats endure. Herbal medicine are safe and do not have any type of side effects. Natural substances such as coconut oil, lemon and water as well as vinegar can be soothing to the cat’s skin when skin allergies occur and provide a healing effect that medicinal products cannot.
You should bear in mind that cats have a much shorter digestive system than humans do and so such things as fresh herbs will be difficult for cats to digest. Instead, use tincture herbs that seem to work much better for animals. For a cat, you could also use herbal tea with more strength than you would for yourself. Of course, make sure the dosage is compatible with the weight of the cat. Rather than give the cat one large dosage, administer the dosage in small amounts several times through the day and for a continuous period of time. In this way, it will help to boost the cat’s immune system faster. Administer herbal remedy for your cat in a two week period and take one week off. This allows the body to work by itself and gives you sufficient time, as the pet owner, to watch the results before you continue.
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