Canine Liver Disease

An alternative remedy for canine liver disease isn't as far off as you may think. I will talk about the benefits of water-agrimony for the treatment of canine liver disease, but if you need a more holistic approach to canine liver disease, please click right here now. Although I will concentrate on water-agrimony and liver disease in humans here, the link just mentioned is essential viewing for alternative cures for canine liver disease.

In some countries, water-agrimony is also called water-hemp, bastard-hemp and bastard-agrimony. It may also be called eupatorium and hepatorium because it strengthens the liver.

The root continues a long time, having many long slender strings. The stalks grow up about two feet high. They are of a dark purple color. The branches are many, growing at distances the one from the other, the one from the one side of the stalk, the other from the opposite point. The leaves are winged and much indented at the edges. The flowers grow at the top of the branches, of a brown yellow color, patched with black spots, having a substance within the midst of them like that of a daisy. If you rub them between your fingers they smell like rosin, or cedar when it is burnt. The seeds are long and easily stick to any woollen things they touch.

They don't delight in heat and therefore they are not so easily found in the southern parts of the UK and the USA as in the north where they grow frequently. You could also look for them in cold grounds, by ponds and ditch-sides and also by running water. Sometimes you may even find them growing in the midst of waters.

They all flower in July and August (summer to fall) and the seed is ripe presently after. It is now you may observe dogs digging at these when their liver disease becomes pronounced.

It is a plant of Jupiter, as well as the other agrimony, only this belongs to the celestial sign Cancer. It heals and dries, cuts and cleanses, thick and tough tumors of the heart, and for this I find it inferior to few herbs that grow. It helps the cachexcia, or evil disposition of the body. It also remedies dropsy and yellow jaundice. It opens the obstructions of the liver; mollifies the hardness of the spleen. Being applied outwardly as a cure for canine liver disease, it breaks imposthumes. Taken inwardly, especially for dog liver disease, it is an excellent remedy for the third-day ague. Water Agrimony can produce urine and the runs as a side effect.

It cleanses kills worms and cleanses the body of sharp humors, which are the causes of itching, scabs and so on. The smoke of the herb, being burnt, drives away wasps, flies and other unwonted flying pests. It strengthens the lungs exceedingly. Country people give it to their cattle when they are troubled with a cough or broken-winded.

Good luck with your dog if he's suffering from liver disease and let me know about any positive results.

Author: Timothy Payn