Combining treatment approaches (Was: Hanemann...)

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Cheryl Schwartz, DVM, the author of “Four Paws, Five Directions”,

recently gave a talk at the Holistic Healthy Dog Conference titled:

“Integration of Acupressure, Herbs, Homeopathy”. Here are some

notes:

Every vital force is different, every patient is different. There is not

one healing method that works all of the time for each individual.

You often have to mix and match healing methods. The one thing that

is constant throughout is that love and time is a constant, no

matter what method you’re using. If you include that in your healing

method, you’ll have a better chance of good end results.

Western medicine basically just treats the physical plane, and unless

you treat the other planes of the individual, meaning the emotional,

spiritual, the behavioral, the mental levels, you won’t get a good

response.

Schwartz covers acupuncture, acupressure, homeopathy, electro-magnetic,

aromatherapy, and auric field therapies. These approaches can be used

in combination, and can help each other, but they can also negate each

other. They can all stimiulate and reduce vital energy,

and also work to redirect the flow of energy to bring an individual back

into balance.

Don’t confuse the patient when combining approaches. You need to wait

for a response from the patient. If you bombard them with too many

things, neither you nor the animal will understand what is happening.

If using Western medicine, you can use acupressure and acupunture, but

the response won’t be as strong.

Massage is OK with all other approaches.

Flower essences can alter the response to homeopathic remedies.

Auric field therapies, can alter responses to other treatments.

Chiropractic treatments are good with herbs, supplements, and Western

medicine. She has some recommendations supplements to use after a

chiro treatment, (homeopathic and nutritional), but the use needs to be

based on how often the chiro treatments are being given, etc.

Introduce one thing at a time and wait for a response. For chronic

problems, if using acupuncture on day 1, then use homeopathy on day 2.

If using homeopathy on day 1, then use acupuncture on day 8.

If using acupuncture on day 1, then add herbs in on day 2 or 3.

It’s OK to do acupressure at home, though, without waiting. But, you

should always avoid using these acupressure points in combination

with homeopathy: LI11, BL40, GB20, and GB30. The acupuncture

point ST36 can be used with any other approach,

though, and increases stamina, appetite, blood flow, and muscle

strength.

Use different modalities at different times to peak the vital sources.

If homeopathy is no longer working, try acupuncture, etc.

She suggests that if you're using allopathic medications in addition

to using acupuncture, that you give medications at least one hour prior

to acupuncture, or 2 hours after acupuncture.

 

If acupressure is OK with the dog, you can use it to

enhance any of these:

herbs, supplements, chiropractic, homeopathy, Western

medicine. Use ST36 to enhance. Response: increases

stamina, appetite, blood flow, muscle strength.

ST36 can be used with any other approach. ST36 can

be used to relieve pain or inflammation (used as

a sedation point.)

GB30 can be used to relieve pain, anxiety,

hip dysplasia, used to calm the body down.

Don't use GB30 with homeopathic remedies.

 

Chiropractic:

Good with herbs, supplements, and Western medicine.

The homeopathic remedy Arnica Montana is good to

use after an adjustment to help keep the

muscles from clogging up. Use in a 30CC potency

one time. Don't use every time if you're doing

weekly adjustments, though.

Just as helpful as Arnica Montana is high doses

of Vit. E and selenium.

 

For vomiting:

Use Acupressure or Homeopathy initially.

Herbs and supplements later, when stomach is

less upset.

 

Muscle/Bones:

Use: Herbs, supplements, homeopathy,

acupuncture/acupressure, chiropractic,

Western medicine, electro magnetic.

Don't use supplements for dogw with GI problems.

 

Emergency:

Use: Homeopathy, flower essences, auric field

therapy. (These are not invasive to the body.)

Use Arnica to stop bleeding.

 

Usual first response to acupuncture:

Increased energy, stamina, appetite.

Jeri kurvenal

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