Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats (88 page)

G

• Garlic
  
  • for easing switch to natural diet,
    1
    
  • as flavoring,
    1
    
• Gastric dilation (bloat),
  1
  
• Gastritis
  
  • acute,
    1
    
  • chronic,
    1
    
• Gelatin capsules, herbal,
  1
  
• Grains in natural diet,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Grief, from death of pet,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Grooming,
  1
  
• Guilt, over death of pet,
  1
  
• Gunshot wounds, first aid for,
  1
  

H

• Hair abnormalities, in cats,
  1
  
• Hair balls, in cats,
  1
  
• Hair contact, diseases from,
  1
  
• Hair loss,
  1
  
• Hash, Quick Canine,
  1
  
• Hazards
  
  • environmental (
    see
    Environmental hazards)
    
  • in home,
    1
    
• Healing crisis,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Healing discharges,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Health problems.
  See also specific health problems
  
  • causes of,
    1
    
  • expectations of recovery from,
    1
    
  • guide to treatments for,
    1
    
  • healing discharges when treating,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • how to locate, in Quick Reference Section,
    1
    
  • signs of progress in treating,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
  • underlying, lowering natural resistance,
    1
    
• Healthy Powder
  
  • ingredients in,
    1
    
    • analysis of,
      1
      
  • recipe for,
    1
    
• Heart Massage Technique, External,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  
• Heart problems,
  1
  
• Heart stopped
  
  • with breathing stopped, first aid for,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • first aid for,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Heartworms,
  1
  
• Heat stroke,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Heavy metals, contaminating pet foods,
  1
  
• Hemorrhage
  
  • first aid for,
    1
    
  • pressure bandage technique for,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Hepatitis,
  1
  
• Herbal medicines,
  1
  ,
  2
  .
  See also
  Herbs
  
  • administering,
    1
    
  • for illnesses and diseases (
    see specific conditions
    )
    
  • preparing,
    1
    
  • schedules for,
    1
    
• Herbs.
  See also
  Herbal medicines
  
  • added to pet food,
    1
    
  • dried,
    1
    
  • for easing switch to natural diet,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • fresh,
    1
    
  • obtaining,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • in tinctures,
    1
    
• Hering’s Law of Cure,
  1
  
• Hernias
  
  • in cats,
    1
    
  • in dogs,
    1
    
• Hip dysplasia,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  
• Holistic therapies
  
  • author’s introduction to,
    1
    
  • vs. contemporary medicine,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• • determinants of success with,
    1
    
  • healing perspective in,
    1
    
  • how to practice,
    1
    
  • modern physics supporting,
    1
    
  • specific
    
    • acupuncture and Oriental medicine,
      1
      
    • chiropractic and other manual therapies,
      1
      
    • flower essences,
      1
      
    • herbal medicine,
      1
      
    • homeopathy,
      1
      ,
      2
      
    • naturopathy,
      1
      
• Home care
  
  • for dying pet,
    1
    
  • for sick pet,
    1
    
• Homeopathic treatment
  
  • administering,
    1
    
  • author’s involvement in,
    1
    
  • avoiding, with prescription drugs,
    1
    
  • cases treated with,
    1
    
  • for dying animal,
    1
    
  • for emergencies,
    1
    
  • evaluating response to,
    1
    
  • for illnesses and diseases (
    see specific conditions
    )
    
  • obtaining,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
  • preparation of medicines in,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • principles of,
    1
    
  • research on,
    1
    
  • schedule for
    
    • for acute disease,
      1
      
    • for chronic disease,
      1
      
  • used alone,
    1
    
• Home remedy kit,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Hookworms,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  
• Hospital care
  
  • for dying pet,
    1
    
  • for sick pet,
    1
    
• Hot spots,
  1
  
• Housebreaking issues,
  1
  
• Hyperthyroidism,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Hypothyroid conditions,
  1
  

I

• Iatrogenic diseases,
  1
  
• Identification for pets,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  
• Illnesses.
  See also
  Health problems;
  
  • specific conditions
    
  • underlying, lowering natural resistance,
    1
    
• Immune system, factors weakening,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Inbreeding,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Infectious enteritis,
  1
  
• Infectious peritonitis,
  1
  
• Inflammatory bowel disease,
  1
  
• Infusions, herbal,
  1
  
• Ingrowing eyelids,
  1
  
• Insect bites, first aid for,
  1
  
• Intervertebral disk disease,
  1
  
• Invisible electric fences, for confining dogs,
  1
  

J

• Jaundice,
  1
  
• Juices, in liquid fasts,
  1
  

K

• Kennel cough,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Kennel stays,
  1
  
• Kibble booster mixes,
  1
  
  • Cottage Cheese Supplement for Dog Kibble,
    1
    
  • Fresh Egg Supplement for Dog Kibble,
    1
    
  • Fresh Meat Supplement for Dog Kibble,
    1
    
• Kidnappings,
  1
  
• Kidney failure,
  1
  
  • canine diet for,
    1
    
  • crisis therapy for,
    1
    
  • feline diet for,
    1
    
  • symptoms of,
    1
    
  • treating,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Kidney missing, in cats,
  1
  
• Kitten Formula,
  1
  
• Kittens
  
  • feeding schedule for,
    1
    
  • flea treatment in,
    1
    
  • orphaned
    
    • diarrhea and constipation in,
      1
      
    • feeding,
      1
      
• Kitty Catnip Cookies,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Kitty or Doggie Crunchies,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Kneecap dislocation,
  1