Thermogenesis is how your dog’s body makes heat. Here’s the science, how Chinese medicine sees it as yang, and the signs I watch to keep that fire burning.
Digestive
Antibiotic Side Effects in Dogs and How to Rebuild the Gut
Gut Health Antibiotics Save Lives. Then the Gut Needs Rebuilding. What antibiotics do to your dog’s gut, why it takes weeks to recover, and how …
Fiber vs Probiotics for Dogs: What the Gut Needs
Your dog’s colon runs on butyrate, and gut bacteria make it from plant fiber. Here’s why I feed fiber and sweet potato before probiotics or a transplant.
Spleen Qi Deficiency in Dogs: How Digestive Illness Progresses
How digestive trouble in dogs moves from food stagnation to spleen qi deficiency, and the patterns it can turn into if left alone.
High E. coli in Dogs: What Your Gut Panel Missed
A high E. coli reading on your dog’s gut panel is one data point, not a diagnosis. See how TCM reads the pattern behind the number.
Why I Do Not Recommend Probiotics for Dogs With Gut Issues
What the research actually shows about probiotics in humans and dogs, why the newest strain is not the answer, and the two cases where I would still use one.
Dog Anal Glands Keep Filling: The TCM Pattern
A fruity smell on your dog’s kiss and anal glands that fill on schedule are often one pattern, not two. How Chinese Medicine reads the center, and what to feed.
Bone Broth For Dogs: The Peptide Repackaging
Collagen peptides and glycine capsules for dogs are bone broth, extracted and marked up. Why the whole pot beats the one compound, plus the method to make it.
Fecal Transplants for Dogs: What Evidence Shows
FMT is pitched as a fix for canine diarrhea and allergies, but the evidence is thin and the terrain matters more. A nutritionist and TCM view on what to do first.
Dog Spring Flare-Ups: The Wood Element Pattern
Every spring, Wood-element dogs flare the same way: picky appetite, itchy paws, restless nights, sudden diarrhea. The Shao Yang pattern, and how to support it.
TCVM Herbs: Why “Natural” Doesn’t Mean “Safe to Guess”
TCVM herbs aren’t supplements. Why the wrong formula can make your dog worse, the signs to watch for, and how pattern diagnosis works.
Ruling Out Parasites
Fecal PCR testing, seventeen signs that warrant a vet visit, and the four routes parasites actually take, from livestock to your dog’s own backyard.