Enzymes are important in promoting digestion and assimilation of nutritional components in the food. Therefore, common sense indicates that if our pet's cousins in the wild survive and flourish on raw foods and indeed prefer raw foods, then perhaps our own pets may be better off eating raw food rather than processed foods. Although the ancestors of our contemporary family of pets hunted and ate their prey raw. The digestive tract of domesticated animals has adapted to cooked foods over the centuries. Our cats and dogs readily readapt to raw foods as if their system never experienced cooked foods.
Alternative veterinarians recommend raw meat and raw fish in lieu of cooked meat and fish.
Caution using herbal applications is highly recommended, although with the proper guidance of a knowledgeable practitioner, herbs can be a powerful alternative treatment. Pet owners who are able to allow their pets to roam freely in the outdoors especially wooded and grassy areas are likely to observe their pets sniffing and tasting a variety of plant life, especially grasses. When their system tells them that a particular substance such as a specific type of grass is needed, which they come across, you'll see them eating small portions. Actually if you observe very closely, you will see them recognize certain grasses from a distance and actually go directly to the grass and start eating. From this vantage point a person can readily see the advantages of using verbal products on a therapeutic level.