Conventional therapies tend to “take over” and corrupt the natural healing function of the body, actually decreasing the body’s ability to heal itself. Likewise, stopping conventional therapies, such as corticosteroids, just about always results in the problem remaining just as bad or getting even worse. Pets can become dependent upon medications that are not good for them.

Our pets’ bodies have systems that keep them healthy and work to prevent disease. Certain conventional medications disrupt these systems in order to alleviate the allergic symptoms. And, in fact, alleviate is all that they do—they don’t in any way, shape, or form cure allergies. It’s important to know that these medications alleviate symptoms by impeding important protective functions that keep our pets safe from other diseases, including cancer.

Today, terms like conventional, holistic, alternative, and complementary abound in medical literature. These words are used so often and in so many contexts that one begins to wonder what these terms really mean.

The body’s cells are always working at a furious pace toward order and health. They are well acquainted with the actions necessary to continue in their pursuit of life. 

Holistic therapies only help them in their endeavor.

Holistic care contains therapies that make up powerfully healing combinations.

Conventional is used to describe the use of pharmaceutical drugs and surgery. 

Holistic is used for a wide range of

approaches, but, in its most basic sense, it refers to working with the body’s innate intelligence,

promoting balance, strength, and restoration. 

Alternative means using methods other than the

conventional approaches of pharmaceuticals and surgery.

By far, my favorite term is complementary, and I hope we are

approaching a time in history when we can use this term to fully

describe the nature of medicine. Complementary means that the wonderful medley of healing styles, both new and ancient, can be