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Empowering Pets to Heal Themselves Through Self-Medication

Zoopharmacognosy is the study of how animals self-medicate in the wild, and now you can learn to bring this natural healing power to your own pet.

Analysis by Dr. Karen Shaw Becker

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Caroline Ingraham on animal self-medication

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STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • Caroline Ingraham is the founder of Applied Zoopharmacognosy. Zoopharmacognosy is the study of how animals self-medicate in the wild
  • In Applied Zoopharmacognosy, Caroline and other practitioners bring remedies to animals that don’t live in the wild, providing them with a wide range to choose from to bring themselves back into health
  • Caroline provides multiple examples of dogs she has helped heal through self-medication, and offers insights into why a particular animal might select a particular remedy
  • Empowering animals to self-medicate often results in a swift and complete cure
  • Caroline’s latest book will be a step-by-step guide to communicating with dogs through aromatics, which is their language, helping to bring them back into physical or mental health

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