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Article: Dear Dr. Fox: Although yo ...
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- July 20, 2004
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Dear Dr. Fox:
Although you've mentioned alternative remedies before, I just
wanted to offer you another anecdote in support of them.
I adopted a 2-year-old female cat who, according to the shelter,
had incurable chronic conjunctivitis. We also discovered that she had
regular seizures, about once every six weeks. After having blood work
done and rejecting anticonvulsant medications because of her age and
the infrequency of the seizures, I decided to try a holistic
approach.
For two weeks I regularly washed her eyes with a tincture of
eyebright (an herb), and the "chronic" conjunctivitis cleared up
right away; she hasn't had it in the four years since. With regard to
her seizures, we gave her ...