Herbs and Spices to Support Your Cat's Health and Wellness

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In this article:

1. Introduction
2. What Can Herbs and Spices Do For Your Cat? 
1. Help Maintain Your Cat's Good Health 
2. Treat Your Cat's Health Issues, Conditions and Chronic Disease 
3. How To Include Herbs and Spices in Your Cat's Diet
1. Introducing Herbs and Spices to Your Cat
   
4. Herbs and Spices for Cats
5. General Dosing Guideline

 

1.0 Introduction

There are many cat safe herbs and spices. Herbs and spices can be used to support good health and used to prevent, treat and remedy health issues, conditions and disease.  

 

I use many different herbs and spices on a daily basis to support the health of my client cats and dogs, and my cats and dogs.

 

This article provides examples of some of the many herbs and spices that can support a cat's health and wellness.

 

Prior to using an herb or spice for your cat make sure you check suitability for your individual animal's circumstances.

 

Many cats self-select what they need and decline items that don't suit. If your cat refuses an herb, listen to your cat. Never force your cat to take a herb or spice she does not want to take.

2.0 What Can Herbs and Spices Do For Your Cat?

2.1 Help Maintain Your Cat's Good Health

Herbs and spices provide natural support to maintain good health. For example, support for:

1. Brain function.
   
2. Bones, ligaments, tendons and muscles.
   
3. Detox.
4. Digestive tract.
   
5. Endocrine system.
6. Heart.
7. Kidney.
8. Liver.
   
9. Immune system.
10. Fur and skin. 
11. Teeth and gums.
    
12. Urinary tract.
13. Whole body support.
    
14. And more.

2.2 Treat Your Cat's Health Issues, Conditions and Chronic Disease 

Herbs and spices are used to naturally treat and remedy health issues and conditions. For example:

1. Food allergy symptoms.
   
2. Acid reflux.
   
3. Anxiety and stress. 
4. Bladder and kidney stones.
   
5. Ear infections.
6. Eye Infections.
7. Environmental allergies.
   
8. Depression.
9. Detox post vaccination.
10. Diarrhea.
11. Fatty Lipomas.
12. Fungal infections such as ringworm.
13. Fleas, ticks and mosquitoes and associated disease.
14. Intestinal parasites.
15. Oral health, gingivitis, infections, periodontal disease.
    
16. Toxicity.
17. Urinary tract infections 
18. Wounds.
19. Viral infections.
20. And more.

3.0 How To Include Herbs and Spices in Your Cats's Diet

3.1 Introducing Herbs to Your Cat

Prior to using an herb or spice for your cat, make sure you check suitability for your individual animal's circumstances.

 

Many cats self-select what they need and decline items that don't suit. 

 

If your cat refuses an herb you offer, listen to your cat. Never force her to take a herb she does not want to take.  

 

4.0 Herbs and Spices for Cats 

 

 

The following is a partial list of herbs and spices that are safe for cats:

 

❀ Alfalfa
❀ Aloe Vera Inner Fillet - go to this article.
❀ Anise seed
❀ Arnica Montana - go to this article.
❀ Astralagus 
❀ Bayberry
❀ Barberry Bark
❀ Bilberry
❀ Burdock
❀ Basil
❀ Beebalm   

❀ Black pepper - golden paste recipe.

❀ Black Walnut

❀ Bosweilla - go to this article.
❀ Calendula - treat ear infections, soothe skin issues., treat oral health issues.

❀ Catnip 
❀ Cat's Claw - go to this article.
❀ Cat Thyme
❀ Caraway Seed

❀ Chamomile - go to this article. 

❀ Chevril
❀ Chickweed

❀ Ceylon Cinnamon - go to this article.
❀ Cilantro (Coriander) - go to this article.
❀ Comfrey
❀ Curcumin - go to this article. 
❀ Cress

❀ Dandelion 

❀ Dill
❀ Dong Quai - go to this article.

❀ Echinacea - for ear infections, for oral care issues.
❀ Eyebright - go to this article.

❀ Fennel
❀ Galangal

❀ Ginger go to this article.
❀ Gingko

❀ Green Tea, decaffeinated - for eye infections, for a soothing rinse for skin.
❀ Golden Seal - for oral health issues,  for diarrhea.

❀ Hawthorn

❀ Hyssop
❀ Irish Moss
❀ Indian Strawberry - go to this article.
❀ Juniper Berries - go to this article.
❀ Lavender
❀ Lemon Balm
❀ Lemon Grass
❀ Lemon Verbena
❀ Licorice Root - go to this article.
❀ Lovage
❀ Marjoram - go to this article.
❀ Marshmallow root
❀ Milk Thistle seed - go to this article. 
❀ Mint - for oral care.

❀ Mullein - for ear infections, for environmental allergies.   

❀ Neem - for flea, tick, mosquito repellent.

❀ Nettle - for environmental allergies.

❀ Oat straw green top
❀ Oregano

❀ Oregon Grape - for ear infections, for ear mites, for oral health issues
❀ Parsley - for worming, for oral health issues.
❀ Passion Flower

❀ Plantain
❀ Red Clover

❀ Rooibos Tea - health benefits, serving recommendations, soothing skin rinse.
❀ Rosemary - repel fleas, kill fleas
❀ Sage
❀ Sarsaparilla
❀ Selfheal
❀ Skullcap

❀ Slippery Elm - health benefits, dosage. 

❀ St. John’s Wort
❀ Thyme
❀ Turmeric - a guide to using turmeric.
❀ Uva Ursi - urinary tract infections.
❀ Valerian
❀ Wormwood (a wormer that should only ever be used under the supervision of a holistic practitioner)

 

5.0 Herb and Spice General Dosing Guideline

The table below provides a general dosing guide based on your cat's body weight.

 

 

 

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Article and graphics by Karen Rosenfeld.