04-24-2019, 09:30 AM
(04-23-2019, 01:06 PM)Catherine Wrote: More likely they couldn't get grant money to do more because it is a natural medicine and not a chemical compound.
I hate to be suspicious, but western medicine favours drastic treatments that are very expensive.
It would be sad if this treatment was lost when it could benefit so many.
Yes Western medicine is greatly based on profit, sadly. It is a multi-billion dollar industry.
However....the clue is there! And a qualified herbalist, or Chinese medicine practitioner would know exactly what to use.
Now the big question would be: would the whole mushroom as used in traditional herbal medicine (rather than the active principles extracted from it) -be toxic or harmless to dogs?
Mushrooms, generally are not good for dogs.
That does not mean those active principles would necessarily be harmful to them, but maybe some other part of the whole mushroom.
I think it would take the skill of a herbal veterinary practitioner to know; and in what amounts and dosages.
But hemangiosarcoma (The "Silent Killer") takes so many lives, quickly and with hardly any warning. So extending survival times, to many months, or even a year or more, is a great advance. Not a 100% cure but very good indeed.
I have been following the studies into hemangiosarcoma in dogs. So far, there has not appeared to be much advance in combating this disease. So this is very interesting!
But the knowledge is there and can be utilised, even if due care is required.
