Dandelion tea for dogs with a heart murmur? Dr. Randy Aronson answers a critical question from pet parents about using dandelion tea as a natural diuretic to supplement or potentially replace conventional medication like furosemide.
Learn how holistic approaches can support your pet's cardiac health. Dr. Randy and his cohost, Olivia Sacci, explain why dandelion tea is incredibly safe and discuss other essential heart health supplements like ubiquinol (CoQ10), omega-3s, and the benefits of hawthorn and dehydrated heart treats. Discover the integrative steps you can take today to protect your pet's heart and improve their quality of life.
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Episode Transcript
Hi, Dr.
Andy here, and today we're gonnaanswer a question about
dandelion tea.
SPEAKER_00 (00:13):
Perfect.
So this question actually comesfrom Janine on YouTube.
Um, and the question is (00:17):
is it safe to use dandelion tea?
And can I use it instead offerrosamide in my dog with a
heart murmur?
SPEAKER_01 (00:24):
You know, uh Janine, that's a that's a really great
question.
Um, I love herbs, teas, Chineseherbs.
Uh, dandelion tea is one ofthose.
So dandelion tea acts like amild diuretic.
What does that mean?
So that means it will actuallyuh pull some fluid out of the
animal and um and hydrate thekidney uh a little bit and also
(00:44):
remove fluid if we have a heartsituation that often can be
complicated uh as fluid is aresult of congestive heart
failure as the heart continuesto fail.
So dandelion tea can work verywell.
Here's the thing it's not asubstitute for your your
medication.
Okay.
Okay.
Now, we have had um some of ouranimals that are on those
(01:04):
medications, like ferosamide,like sporanolactone, which is
another diuretic, that weactually could start moving them
off and use the dandelion teainstead, uh, which is great.
But we have to do that veryslowly, and we have to make sure
the body doesn't uh react poorlyto not having that medication.
SPEAKER_00 (01:21):
So it's kind of a supplemental thing or a gradual
shift from one to the otherinstead of an instant
replacement.
SPEAKER_01 (01:27):
Right.
Okay, that's it.
But it's very like her questionwas is it safe for the heart
murmur?
Oh, it's incredibly safe.
In fact, for those heart murmuranimals, I immediately will put
them on something calledubiquinol, which is a very
powerful Pro Q10.
Uh we know that that helps tostrengthen the mitochondria, the
work cell in the heart muscle.
Uh, we also put them onomega-3s, right?
(01:48):
Because those omega-3s can bevery uh naturally
anti-inflammatory andsupportive.
And a lot of times I'll usesomething called heart health,
which is uh uh a situation wherewe have a number of amino acids
with a little bit of hawthorn,which is also very, very helpful
for the heart.
SPEAKER_00 (02:03):
It's called Hawthorn.
SPEAKER_01 (02:04):
Hawthorn, H Hawthorn A-W-T-H-O-R-N-E.
Um, that's an herb.
And actually the last thing isum I'll often use uh something
like beef or turkey dehydratedheart.
We know that heart that likesupports like, right.
So doing those freeze-driedhearts can really add uh
something to your heart patient.
So all of those are great uhpreemptive strikes for heart
(02:26):
murmur and preventing that fromgetting it worse.
SPEAKER_00 (02:28):
Perfect.
And how would you administerthat dandelion tea if they
wanted to add it?
Would you just kind of add it tothe food, like put a little bit
of that tea in with it, or whatwould your recommendation?
SPEAKER_01 (02:37):
Yeah, I mean, I think it depends on the animal.
Some animals will just you canmake it and actually just offer
them a little bit of it byitself.
Okay.
Sometimes they they won'tspecifically do that, and you
can add it to their food.
So it really depends on your peton how how the administration
would go on that.
SPEAKER_00 (02:52):
Okay, perfect.
Well, thank you so much, Janine,for your question.
Absolutely.
So getting us all to learn alittle bit about herbal
medicine.
It's always a treat.
Absolutely.
Um, and thank you guys forjoining us.
You can follow us on socialmedia at Dr.
Randy PetFit on both YouTube andInstagram at Dr.
Sachi on Instagram.
Um, and you can subscribe,follow, and then you can also
comment any questions that youguys have uh and would like
(03:12):
answered on this podcast.
SPEAKER_01 (03:13):
Yeah, we love the questions because that's where
these come from, and we'll bringmore in future episodes.
Thanks for listening, guys.
SPEAKER_00 (03:19):
Thank you guys.
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