30. Chinese Medicine for Dogs with Dr. Ruth Roberts
Traditional Chinese Medicine is a valuable tool for healing your pets naturally, especially when paired with cannabis, mushrooms, and a healthy diet. In this episode, Dr. Ruth Roberts explains a few of the basic principles of TCM and shares some amazing success stories of dogs and cats she’s treated with these methods. Dr. Ruth has been a holistic and integrative vet for over 30 years, and she’s also the creator of The Original CrockPet Diet, a balanced, home-cooked diet for pets.
Episode Recap:
- It’s important to find a great integrative vet you can consult, even if it’s virtually (1:09)
- Don’t just take the first recommendation a vet makes; know your options (8:52)
- How did you discover traditional Chinese medicine? (13:22)
- Chinese medicine for dogs with cancer (16:19)
- Chinese food medicine: Hot and cold foods for dogs (18:40)
- Cancer has 12 pathways, and TCM can treat all 12 (21:17)
- As dogs age, they may struggle with raw or freeze-dried foods (25:45)
- How to know if a dog needs cooling or warming foods (29:47)
- How to use the Crockpot Cookbook (34:13)
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Resources:
- “The Original Crockpet Diet” Book
- Dr. Ruth’s Website
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- Angie’s Website
- CBD Dog Health
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Creators and Guests
Host
Angela Ardolino
Angela Ardolino is a holistic pet expert who has been caring for animals for over 20 years. Angela owns and operates Fire Flake Farm, her animal rescue farm, as well as her two locations of a natural pet salon and shop, Beautify the Beast, and is founder of CBD Dog Health, which offers high quality, all-natural medical cannabis products designed specifically for pets and MycoDog, a line of mushroom extract and adaptogen tinctures for dogs. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Angela also founded the House of Alchemy, LLC, Miami Children’s Theater, and Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine. In 2013, Angela was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and knew that she needed to find alternatives to the toxic medications being offered to her. After hearing of the benefits of CBD oil and experiencing the life-changing results first hand, Angela set out to destigmatize medical cannabis and CBD oil so she could spread awareness around its holistic healing powers.
