Signalment
- Age: 9 years
- Sex: female spayed
- Breed: Great Dane
- Species: dog
Disease Notes
- Certainty: tentative
- Comments: June 2015 traumatized tail and needed amputation, was done with spay (8yr old); May 2016 skin growth removed and dental done - clear chest rads; breath was persistently bad after dental; bloated in Fall just prior to Halloween, again chest rads done - clear;
July 2016 swelling distal radius - radiograph consistent with OSA - no biopsy done
Small build for a Dane, good weight, good energy and affect - walking fine on affected leg but does not want it touched; tongue red pink - draped and thin; could only assess pulse standing, pulse on the thin side, deeper, a little thrill/tone to it; BL 21, GB 34, ST 40, SP 9, LI 11 - pulse fuller and moderate and no thrill (still standing)
assessment - fall bloat suggests shao yang/TB issues, steaming bone heat - damp heat/toxic neoplasia;
pulse not clearly superficial full as would expect for a CHJLGMLT option, but not confident of my pulse interpretation standing or response to acu;
started XCHT 1 tsp BID with XFZYT 1/2 tsp BID, Qin jiao 1/4 tsp BID, wu wei zi 1/4 tsp BID; hoxsey with boneset 4cc tincture BID, vit a/d 1cc 2x/week, symphytum 30 C SID - Final Status: Deceased from this disease on day 28
Treatment and Outcome
Treatments
- Modified Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
- Xiao Cahi Hu Tang
- Six Gentlemen Combination
- Symphytum 30C
- Wu Wei Zi
- Qin Jiao
Day 28
Notes: Owner cancelled follow up visit due to work, reported some increase in mass size as of 8/27 but doing ok, then called to say they put her down at regular vet 9/3/16. had been taking all the herbs prescribed as of initial visit, picked up refills once.