Holistic medicine is inclusive of every facet of your companion animal s life including your relationship to the animal. It s preventative as well as curative in nature. Holistic medicine, by its very nature, is a humane science. The systems used in holistic medicine are gentle, minimally invasive, and focus on the patient well-being and stress reduction. Holistic thought is based on love, empathy and respect.
Holistic medicine attempts to address disease through a series of analytic observations.
When treating the animal, the goal of the holistic veterinarian is to find the root cause of the pathology. Even the most basic illness may have several layers of causation. Only when the true source of the ailment has been found is there the possibility for a long-term recovery. After discovering the foundation of the illness the holistic veterinarian prescribes the most effective, least invasive, least expensive, and least harmful treatment for your pet. In more extreme situations surgery and drug therapy from conventional medicine may be integrated with alternative techniques to provide a complementary whole.