Coughing Satchmo, Mindboggling Medication

[Leslie]

Sorry it's taken a few days to get back with you on the specifics, but...well, you'll see.

 

My vet emailed me back about the herbs in Satch's asthma powder.  I'll cut and paste from her email, then include links to Google searches that I did next to the ingredients - all text is hers, but anything within "<   >" are my additions.  I think that Eastern medecine is fascinating...in part because it all sounds like a kung fu movie, and I like to visualize the "minor blue dragon" kicking ass in Satch's bloodstream.  Click on a few of these, I learned a lot, hopefully you guys will find it interesting:

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"Hello.
So how well do you know pin yin names of chinese herbs?  It's part Xiao Qing Long Tang

 

<http://tcm.health-info.org/formulas/singles/Xiao-qing-long-tang.htm>

 

(minor blue dragon combination) and eight other singular herbs:

Huang Qi

        <seems like this is just astragalus: http://alternativehealing.org/huang_qi.htm>

Dong Chong Xia Cao

        <http://www.heritage.com.sg/monograph/prod32.htm>

Lian Qiao

        <http://alternativehealing.org/lian_qiao.htm>

SHeng Jiang

        <this looks like it's ginger root: http://www.herbalists.on.ca/resources/freeman/ZINGIB.html>

Shan Yao

        <http://alternativehealing.org/huai_shan.htm>

Shan Zhu Yu

        <I don't know about the whole invigorating the "yang of the loins" bit, but: http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Cornus+officinalis >

Chen Pi

        <this one has very interesting info under the "Pharmacology" section: http://content.nhiondemand.com/moh/media/TCMH1.asp?objID=100823&ctype=tcmh >

Zi Su Ye

        <http://tcm.health-info.org/Herbology.Materia.Medica/zisuye-properties.htm>

Hope this helps!"

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Indeed. 

 

Leslie
 

From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Asthma

Hee hee.  It's rare that anyone gets away with being vague about
treatments around here.  We're always so anxious to see what anyone else
is trying and if it seems to be working.  How wonderful that you've
found a holistic vet that you like.  I have one that's about an hour
away from me.  She's the best vet I've ever found for dealing with
reluctant patients, but she isn't that good at all the 'not so common'
problems that are always so abundant around my house.  She's also very
expensive and hard to get an appointment with.  I used to say Bruce
would be perfect if only he had a trust fund, now I'm wishing he'd spent
his expensive education in veterinary school as well.
Take notes when you talk to your vet :-) ,
N