Hello from Dr. North! The main content here has been reposted with permission from Hanna at Evermore Pet food. This company does an AMAZING job at making a human grade, lightly cooked, responsibly sourced pet food. I have tried…
How to Clean Wounds: The Myths of Hydrogen Peroxide by Judy Morgan November 28, 2019 For years, people have used hydrogen peroxide to clean out wounds. It’s also still one of the most commonly used solutions for wound irrigation and…
Happy Lung Cancer Awareness month everyone! This will be a big one for me. If I had to pick a moment that I took the fork in the road towards holistic medicine, it was the day I looked at my…
In traditional Chinese veterinary medicine (TCVM), the term for infection is 'damp heat'. When this is the diagnosis, I often use foods that "drain damp" according to food therapy. Examples of damp heat include: Urinary tract infection is damp…
What is the problem with Grain Free Foods? This is a question that does not have a simple answer. As a matter of fact, we don't have a direct answer. So I will do my best to break it down…
Probiotics: Gut health, the immune system and anxiety. It’s not easy to narrow down this topic. Its importance is barely known but what we do know is impossible to ignore. As early as birth, we are ingesting probiotics. In a…
Coconut oil: So many benefits, so many choices… By now we have all heard about the benefits of coconut oil. I do think it’s important to note that not all products are created equally. There is plain coconut oil that…
This includes a lot of reference articles for any of you research gurus out there. I am also attaching a question/ answer session from another veterinarian who has been using DoTerra essential oils for years here: Living+Magazine+Winter+2018+doTERRA+Living+Magazine The…
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food" Hippocrates, The Father of Medicine, c. 400 BC Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine has 4 branches: Acupuncture, Herbal medicine, Tui-nai (Chinese massage) and Food Therapy. I received a certification in…
How do you start a blog about the thing you are the most passionate about? I guess you start at the beginning... I remember visiting CROW (the Center for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife) in Sanibel Island, Florida when I was…