Natural health for dogs and cats

More and more frequently, many owners of dogs and cats are turning to veterinary naturopathy for the well-being of their four-legged friends. The use of natural therapies allows animals to be treated not only on the physical level, but also on the psychic, emotional and energetic one . In this special you have a selection of cards that highlight all the natural treatments from which dogs and cats can derive health and well-being.

>   1. Veterinary naturopathy

>   2. Veterinary flower therapy

>   3. Veterinary phytotherapy

>   4. Food for dogs and cats

Veterinary naturopathy

Veterinary naturopathy is a holistic medicine , where the word holism means wholeness, that is to say that it takes into consideration the individual, person or animal, as a whole, as a result of a balance between mind, body and environment.

The final goal is the removal of those energy blocks, including emotional ones, that prevent people or animals from returning to a normal state of well-being and a natural psychophysical balance.

Holistic veterinary naturopathy , like the human one, makes use of various disciplines that are often interconnected and synergistic with each other: some derive from tradition, others instead have their roots in natural therapies, others still use energy vibrations.

Veterinary flower therapy

It is now an established fact that our animals have a psychic and emotional sphere that vibrates in assonance with the environment that surrounds them and with those close to them.

Dog or cat are not passive presences of our existence, but individuals who interact with us in a continuous exchange of emotions and sensations that pervade the mind and affect the body.

This is one of the reasons why Bach flowers have a great therapeutic potential in dogs and cats , since they penetrate directly into the emotional sphere without having to overcome rational and refusal barriers based on preconceived notions.

Veterinary flower therapy helps to transform negativity into positivity and is a natural means of treating the animal emotional sphere, allowing excellent results to be obtained.

Also find out what veterinary homeopathy is

Veterinary herbal medicine

Phytotherapy is a discipline based on the use of seeds, berries, roots, bark, leaves and flowers for medicinal purposes. Veterinary herbal medicine does not use herbs to resolve the symptoms of a disease, but to support the body’s defenses and remove the causes that originated the problem.

The veterinary naturopath must therefore know which plants to use according to the situation and the imbalances that have generated the disease, making the most of their curative potential.

In this discipline, the figure of the therapist is fundamental not only for the optimal choice of healing plants , but also for the prescription of dosages, as the same herb administered in wrong doses can cause serious damage to the organism and many plants are per itself toxic if not lethal to cats and dogs.

Food for dogs and cats

Relying on veterinary naturopathy does not only mean using its remedies, but also guaranteeing correct nutrition for your animals, in the awareness that it is the essential condition to keep them in a good state of health.

For this reason it is very important to talk about a healthy and natural diet that takes care of the body of dogs and cats while keeping it in that indispensable homeostasis that inspires the principles of holistic medicine.

From a nutritional point of view, dogs and cats are different. The dog can practically completely cover its dietary needs by taking food of plant and animal nature, while the cat needs numerous nutrients available only in food of animal origin, which is why it is classified as an obligate carnivore.