It is important for any athletic pet to be balanced, particularly a senior pet. In Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory, the energy of an athletic pet is yang, active and outward. An excess of yang, natural in an athletic pet, can create an imbalance with your pet's yin, or fluids. Herbsmith Athlete helps to maintain healthy levels of fluid in the body and harmonizes your pet's yin and yang. In addition, Herbsmith Athlete promotes blood flow which can help to ease pain or soreness associated with high levels of activity and help with your pet's recovery post-activity.
Herbsmith Calm Shen is for dogs exhibiting nervousness, hyperactivity or separation/travel anxiety. In Chinese theory the heart is the home of the spirit. In a healthy dog or cat, the heart (a fire element) and the kidney (a water element) are in harmony. Emotional distress (and aging in a senior pet) can lower kidney function, leading to an inability to equalize heart shen, often resulting in stress, anxiety and unhappiness. The herbs in this formula help to maintain calmness and balance by supporting the healthy function of heart and kidney.
An allergy is defined as a hypersensitive reaction to an allergen, such as a type of food or a type of plant. This hypersensitivity often causes extreme heat in the animal, seen as reddened skin, lesions, restlessness and skin that may be hot to the touch. The theory of Chinese medicine believes that the liver is a pump which regulates the flow of energy in the body, called Qi. Allergies can disrupt this natural flow, allowing liver Qi to stagnate. The imbalance this creates can cause the liver to over heat and produces excess heat, often seen as hot skin. Herbsmith Clear AllerQi® has Chinese herbs that cool heat and harmonize the body's defenses to help support normal skin functions.
Herbsmith Comfort Aches is a blend of blood-moving herbs. In Traditional Chinese Medicine theory pain and discomfort are often caused by a stagnation of Qi, or energy flow, in a certain area of the both. A stagnation of Qi can lead to pain and discomfort and unfortunately any number of variables in every day life can cause this imbalance. To reduce pain and increase the flow of Qi in the body, Herbsmith has created an herbal formula that increases blood flow in the body, in turn reducing pain and inflammation. This formula can be used on a regular basis, but is also fast acting and can be used on an as needed basis as well.
Milk thistle has many health benefits such as containing powerful antioxidants and promoting cellular reproduction. Primarily, however, milk thistle is used for preserving and regenerating the liver. Improving and/or preserving liver function is particularly important during the senior years of a pet's life, when the body can begin to degenerate. Milk thistle also strengthens liver cell resistance to the negative effect of toxins and can be an alternative to pharmaceuticals. Herbsmith Milk Thistle supports healthy liver function and maintain balance in your senior pet's body.
Many senior dogs experience some level of degradation of joint tissue. Maintenance of healthy joints requires proper functions of the joint capsule, cartilage on the bone endings and viscous joint fluid. Maintaining the joints of an active dog is paramount to a healthy life. In the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, joint pain is due to a disruption in the flow of Qi, or energy through the body and the introduction of harmful wind, cold or damp factors. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, joint pain can be reduced and mobility increased with herbs that encourage blood flow to bring Qi back to joints, allowing for harmony to be maintained. Herbsmith Soothe Joints assists in the maintenance of healthy joints with herbs that encourage blood flow, expel wind and dampness and helps to remove the disruption of Qi flow to joints. Herbsmith Soothe Joints is complimentary and compatible with glucosamine products - a step beyond glucosamine supplementation.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, the immune system, referred to as Wei Qi, is essential for the over all health and defense of the body from pathogenic variables. The stomach and spleen are closely related to Wei Qi, in that they are necessary for the functioning of the over all Qi, or energy, of the body. The stomach begins the digestion of food and the spleen absorbs nutrients, both processes mandated by the body to maintain proper Qi balance and health. The root of many problems of Wei Qi can be sourced back to the stomach or spleen. Herbsmith Support Immunity is a blend of herbs to aid in digestion, absorption of nutrients and blood flow. By aiding in the proper functioning of the spleen and stomach, Herbsmith's Support Immunity harmonizes Wei Qi, helping the body help itself to stay healthy
