I am seeing a 10 year old Sheltie with both a dorsally located crusty dermatitis and a ventrally locared red, edematous dermatitis for the last oh, 6 months. She used to have very elevated triglycerides and cholesterol as well, but these have responded great to herbs and acupuncture 9srt and SMS mostly). The skin however, has been more difficult for me.
He has historically had a strong, slippery pulse with Damp heat points most noticeable and treated as such. SMS and SRT were the main formulas used. He has also been on a dose of prednisone which correlates to about 0.18 mg/kg BID for the last few weeks.
Last week I saw this dog again. The inflammation to the belly was smoldering. Warm, puffy, red skin. There were also areas of crusty dry patches with large flakes peeling off the skin. These were only slightly red and very superficial. He also had a clear, white ocular discharge bilaterally.
Pulse was again superficial, forceful and slippery. Tongue: thin pink purple. Sedating BL-40 improved his pulse most. I went ahead and treated BL-40, ST-36 (sedate), BL-18, and SP-6 (sedate)
So, I believe I am looking a formula which dispels pathogens from the tai yang and drains heat.
Does SRT fit the bill being an aromatic formula? Or would you consider another formula for wind pathogens since he is already on SRT? Does the eye discharge correlate to dampness?
I thank you for all of your help!!
Kevin