Last year when one of my own cats was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, I too, needed to find a fast and efficient way to administer his herbal formula twice a day. Place the mug in the microwave for 3-3 minutes. The vegetables come out in a soft consistency that can be mashed up with a fork and mixed with the herbal formula and your pets own food. My Dixie's favorite combination is a piece of red potato and two small baby carrots. I usually make enough for his evening meal and keep it covered in the refrigerator.
Some Chinese herbs can have very potent tastes and be very aromatic.
This will be appealing to some of our pets and not to others. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the taste and temperature of a medicinal substance partly determines its therapeutic function. Gou Qi Zi and Fu Ling are neutral. Long Yan Rou is warm. The Chinese herbalists realized that the characteristics of each herbal plant were influenced by the climate, location and soil that it was nurtured in.