Lassie is a fire dog to boot, vocal, playful, with some liver tendencies of putting other dogs in place, being the dominant female. She was feral for at least 1 year of her life prior to me adopting her about about 2 yrs. She does have chronic partial brachial plexus on LF from HBC prior to adoption. She started to have waxing and waning ALT enzyme around 10 years of age, worked up ( u/s and bx) to find inflammatory hepatitis probably due to ingestion of something toxic when young. She has chronic history of LS stenosis, disc collapse L6-L7 which leads to limping/discomfort on RH, Partial CCL LH and OA in R tibiotarsal joint from injury playing ball. She has always been a "hot dog" I have used different herbal formulas/diet/acupuncture to address the OA/Heat and mild hyperactivity but no real change. She has been on Shen Calmer, Liver Happy, Di Gu Pi San, Yi Guan Jian, and Rehmannia 6. no changes in behavior/ movement.
Currently her tongue color on the edges is red, more lavender center. Still good moisture. Warm to touch. Pulses are weaker on R vs L, to me they feel slippery cannot get a good "grip" on them. Pulse is thinner bilaterally.She is obsessed with food. She has her "witching" hour from 7-9 pm where she is whining, chirping, restless when we are sitting couch/table, time of Pericardium/Triple Heater. She does not stare at walls, gets lost, etc. seen with other stages of CDS. Very quick to hear commands or words she likes and responses, but over the top ie jumping over things to get to treat/toy and the expense of self preservation. New change in the past 2-3 weeks is having urinary leakage at night either when sitting with us in evening or over night. Negative for UTI, ok during the day even when sleeping. She does fall asleep, stays asleep. No dreaming observed.
Currently she gets homecooked meals/Just Food for Dogs, probiotics, Omega3, joint supplements, Adequan. I did start her on Voltrex/Lumbrex this fall, just on Voltrex now due to great response. This has brought her liver enzymes down to normal range now, just on once a day dosing now... big help! She is on Haliscion since before the New Year, was thinking that by helping internalize the Yang would be the ticket, since I have done a lot of Yin tonics over the years but yet to see calmness at night on Haliscion.
Now I am thinking there could be a Phlegm-Heat, Phlegm-obstruction pattern? To help the urinary side and the heart/shen adding in Sang Piao Xiao San be an option? She is doing great on Voltrex, just figuring out how to tie other formulas in to help.
Thank you!
Sarah