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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I did not call you a liar. You believe something that I believe is absurd is all I am saying. That school may have a course on holistic practices; but I hardly believe that they are advising veterinary students in any vet school to drop their prescription pads in lieu of tea bags when they get a dog in with a staph infection.
IF it were such a successful treatment, the whole world would be buzzing about it!
Now I am finished with this discussion. At least when people read the thread they will have two different ways of dealing with their dog's skin infections: either go to a vet or just stay home and apply tea bags |
It is true that some vets are becoming interested in holistic practices. My vet suggested cranberry juice to wash down Teddy's medicine when he had a UTI and you know what? Teddy loved that cranberry juice. Do I think the cranberry juice did something? Yep, it kept him interested in drinking more fluids than his plain old water. I could have used any juice on the planet and he would have gobbled it up because you know what? Teddy likes juice. My vet never claimed that the cranberry juice would do anything for the UTI - she gave him Clavamox which did cure him. Now Daisy also had a UTI but she refuses to drink cranberry juice and won't eat food that has cranberry juice mixed in. So thankfully she too had clavamox so that we could cure her and not rely on cranberry juice otherwise she might still be sick since there was no way that dog would drink it.
The same is true for milk thistle. This is a product I use for my dog Daisy. There have been studies that show that a compound in milk thistle known as silymarin can assist with liver regneration and it is very useful in things such as hepatotoxicity or certain liver diseases. This is when my traditional vets use holistic ideas - when there is proof to back it up.
I'm going to ask my specialists because Barney gets staph infections every summer. If I could douse him in tea, I'll gladly do it -- once I read the veterinary journal with my own eyes and ask difficult follow up questions of my vets. That is the only way I can feel good about the care I give my dogs. I plan to call over to the dermatologist's office today. The last time I called for staph issues, no one suggested chamomile tea. If someone would know, it would be the board certified dermatologist. I'll make myself a cup of chamomile tea and then I'll make the call.
I think the key to any holistic practice is to keep real medicine as your first and foremost option. Real medicine to me is
proof that it is, not someone
saying it is. I think anyone believing otherwise is really putting their dogs at a point of major disadvantage and possible harm.