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Okay, I got a great one for you today. It’s cheap, easy and safe, and it smells good too: ginger to help dogs with cancer.
Why Ginger? Here’s Why:
Sound too easy, too good to be real? It’s not. Ginger has some decent anticancer effects, and some major other benefits relevant to dogs tumors.
First the anticancer effects, which are pretty fair:
, a plus since dogs with cancer usually are immune suppressed. Chemo, radiation and surgery also weaken immunity. These are all nice effects, good stuff.
But, the real winner with ginger is that it decreases nausea. Decreased appetite caused by nausea is really common in dogs with cancer. Feeling sick to the stomach can be caused by the cancer itself, or by chemo, surgery or radiation. Ginger has been shown to decrease vomiting as much as the most popular injection to fight nausea on vets’ shelves, metoclopramide. There is also showing it fights vomiting caused by cisplatin, a common chemo drug, in dogs.
Not too shabby for an item sitting in the veggie section of the grocery store!
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How to Prepare Ginger for your Dog
Ginger can also be found in extracts and powders, but I like the raw stuff. Remove the skin of the root with a knife. The inside will be yellow and smell quite pungent. Using a heavy, sharp chopping knife, finely mince the yellow portion of the root.
- Dogs 10 pounds and under: give 1/4 teaspoon, ideally three times per day
- Dogs 10.1-35 pounds: give 1/2 teaspoon, ideally three times per day
- Dogs 35.1 pounds and over: give 3/4 teaspoon, ideally three times per day
When to avoid ginger:
Don’t use ginger within 10 days of surgery, as it may have mild blood-thinning effect. Avoid it if your dog is on aspirin, and discuss with your vet if your dog is on anti-inflammatory medication like Rimadyl, Metacam, Deramaxx, Etogesic, and others. Ginger may have blood sugar lowering effects and reduce the insulin requirement, so talk it over with your vet BEFORE starting, or simply avoid ginger if your dog is on insulin. Avoid using ginger in dogs with gallstones (rare) or ulcers. And finally, don’t use if your dog is on heart or blood pressure meds, as it may lower blood pressure slightly by itself.
Like any food, medication, or supplement, ginger can occasionally cause digestive upset in some dogs.
Hope it helps!!!!
Best to all,
Dr Dressler
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