Thanks so much for the skin seminar you did for VBMA. It was awesome! I know you covered all of those herbs in our basic seminar but the way it was organized and the chart comparison at the end was very helpful.
Anyhow, I am reviewing several of my skin cases that haven't improved and have one that I am still not sure about.
The dog is a 4 yr old FS Boxer that has had moderate erythema and pruritus on the undersides of her feet for about 5-6 mths now. No response to traditional Western meds. She is overweight, lethargic and recently aggressive with another dog. She likes lying in the sun, has a great appetite, low energy level and occasionally dreams and is a deep sleeper. She originally was on Purina One, then switched over to Wellness Core. I am in the process of switching her to Innova Evo food.
Started her on San Ren Tang because her pulse is deep and slippery and tongue is dark pink, slight lavender. No improvement after 2 weeks. So I switched her to Si Miao San. After 2 wks, pulse and tongue are the same and pruritus has improved somewhat. I then changed her to Qing Ying Tang (as you can see I am impatient and this was before the skin teleseminar!). I talked to her owner the other day and no changes yet. I remember the comment that you made that if the patient doesn't respond to SRT and you think it should then use SMS and Chu Shi Wei Ling Tang together. What do you think?
Thanks again!
Erica