
What Dr. Steve Marsden’s AHVMA presentation brought into focus about tick-borne disease, immune function, Chinese herbal medicine, and the dogs behind the bloodwork By Timea R. Bodi By the time I sat down to listen to Dr. Steve Marsden at AHVMA, I had already accepted that my notebook was going home heavier than it arrived,…
Someone recently posted in a group asking for thoughts on Western versus Eastern holistic medicine. My mind immediately went to conventional Western medicine because that is what most of us understand when we hear the word “Western” used in a healthcare discussion. We think about bloodwork, imaging, pharmaceuticals, surgery, specialists and a diagnosis attached to…
There comes a time in every dog lover’s journey when the standard answers stop making sense. When the kibble-fed, vaccine-stacked, vet-dependent model begins to crack… and something ancient within us starts to stir. You begin to wonder:What if health isn’t found in products, but in patterns?What if nature didn’t fail our dogs—we just stopped listening?…
Introduction: The Cooking Pot of Life Imagine your pet’s body as a cooking pot. The flame underneath represents energy (Yang), the water inside symbolizes nourishment and cooling (Yin), and the ingredients are the nutrients and functions that sustain life. If the flame is too high, the pot boils over; if it’s too low, nothing cooks…