Skin Problems in Pets Increasingly Common
Having a pet with skin issues is an increasingly common problem today for many pet owners and guardians. Whether it’s due to a proliferation of food allergies (just like their owners!) or environmental factors; it seems commonplace these days to have an itchy pet or one with some kind of skin or fur issue. Maybe your golden retriever gets hotspots when they’re overheated, maybe your cat is having spots of eczema or pimples. Perhaps your dog's nails split when they are trimmed or have little spots of balding. Maybe they just stink!
Some Notes to Consider Before Beginning:
- The nature of your pet’s health complaint: If your pet has a chronic complaint, are on prescribed medication for their condition, and/or have multiple conditions that require medical supervision; you should consult with their health practitioner before trying cell salts.
- Type of health complaint: Generally, it is safe to try cell salts for your pet's skin and fur, digestion, and musculoskeletal health.
- Dosage forms to AVOID: Liquid forms with ethanol or alcohol in them. Alcohol is a poison to your cat and dog and should be avoided. If your pet has food allergies, avoiding lactose based tablets can help assess the effect of the cell salt’s active ingredient without an unnecessary allergic reaction to the compounding base.
Top 5 Cell Salts for Skin, Fur, and Nails
Once you have determined it is appropriate to give cell salts to your pet, consider these top 5 cell salts for skin, fur, and nails:
- #12 Silica 6X – think of Silica for fur and nail complaints; thinning, balding, unhealthy texture of fur. Nails that split, peel.
- #3 Calcarea sulphurica 6X – skin eruptions; eczema-like eruptions, pimples. Skin eruptions are red, itching, flaking, looks inflamed. Hot spots. Skin complaints that started when they were young, adolescent, during growth phases. Pimples keep discharging.
- #7 Kali sulphuricum 6X – skin eruptions; white, grey flaking, eruptions around the joints, psoriasis like eruptions
- #9 Natrum muriaticum 6X – skin eruptions from allergies, from exposure to cold air, itching from cold air. Eruptions around the mouth, face. Skin eruptions of small vesicles, discharge a clear liquid and are itchy. Pet might have a tendency to sneeze a lot, lack of thirst, general allergic disposition.
- #6 Kali phosphoricum 6X – Fur, skin complaints. Stinky! Skin complaints that come on from stress or has a history of trauma, extended stressful period.
For dosage and administration of cell salts to your pets please read Cell Salts for Pet Part One: The basics of how and when to give cell salts to your cat or dog.
References for this article can be found at: https://jacksonsnaturals.com/blogs/news/traditional-homeopathic-references-for-schuessler-cell-salts
Disclaimer:
This information is just for minor, acute ailments that don’t require the supervision of a health practitioner, and/or a doctor. Always consult with one for your pet's health concerns and then once you have that advice, consider cell salts to help support and work with whatever is else is recommended. What’s wonderful about cell salts as a natural health adjunct, it that they won’t interfere with conventional medications or supplements. Cell salts are low dose homeopathic remedies. They are also designed to help your body regulate and balance the levels of essential minerals. If you are concerned or have chronic poly-health complaints, always consult with your health practitioner before taking.
