Siew Mais Cuisine-Therapy For His Skin Problems
AnimalCare 
Aug 12, 2015 
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Do you remember Siew Mai (or Mai-Mai)? We shared his story last year when his owner, JC, was at her wits’ end trying to find a cure for Mai-Mai’s skin problem.
I visited JC and Mai-Mai today and was so happy to see a very happy and jolly Mai-Mai, without the skin problems!
Disclaimer: The following account is a sharing by JC and is not intended as professional advice. If your pet has any ailment, kindly consult a veterinarian for diagnosis and treatment.
A quick flashback: Mai-Mai was initially on western medicines, including steroids. JC had brought Mai-Mai to see at least three vets. It was a very stubborn non-specific skin problem whereby the skin would turn red and darken till almost black at times. It was inflamed and itchy, or it would become flaky and bald. This took a toll on Mai-Mai’s wellbeing. With the allopathic medication, the problem was somewhat “under control” now and then, but it wasn’t healing.
After about 3 months being on western medicine, we heard about TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) in veterinary practice and there was a vet who was practising this. So, JC brought Mai-Mai to this vet and the healing began! This was also round about the time when I brought Bunny to see the same vet for his vomiting problem (X-rays, blood tests and medicines couldn’t help Bunny too, but he finally recovered after taking Chinese medicine for more than a month).
Under TCM treatment, Mai-Mai’s skin started healing significantly after a week. JC still brought Mai-Mai back to see his first vet and the first vet was so impressed with the progress that he gave his blessings and encouragement for Mai-Mai to continue with the TCM treatment. JC speaks very highly of the first vet, especially at his willingness to allow Mai-Mai to seek alternative treatment with another vet and to cheer Mai-Mai on when he saw the progress. The first vet then gradually tapered off the steroids and Mai-Mai was totally on TCM. His treatment included Chinese medicine and a specially tailored diet for him. Wait till you see photos of Mai-Mai’s therapy cuisine (below), which JC has continued for him until now.
Besides the Chinese medicine and the special diet, JC also rubbed organic virgin coconut oil all over Mai-Mai’s body – this helps and JC continues to do this even now. There is another cream, popularly known as “Bao Fu Ling” (it’s from China, a very effective cream for burns in humans) that JC used only on the sores and according to JC, it works very well in Mai-Mai’s case and his vet also said it is okay to use it.
All in, Mai-Mai’s healing took 6 months. In between, Mai-Mai underwent one acupuncture session too.
Here’s Mai-Mai today, as happy as a lark!
And JC provided photos of Mai-Mai’s therapy-cuisine!
Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food?
And doesn’t this “medicine” look absolutely delicious?!!
JC pampers Mai-Mai with organic food as far as possible. His specially tailored diet consists of brown rice, tofu, green veges (celery, broccoli and spinach – blended) and salmon. Mai-Mai is normally very fussy with food, but he loves his special cuisine (who wouldn’t?).
Please note that this diet is specially prescribed for Mai-Mai only, for his needs.
JC says Mai-Mai occasionally still gets a few red spots, but the virgin coconut oil and the Bao Fu Ling takes care of this. The vet stopped the Chinese medicine after 6 months. Looks like Mai-Mai does not need it anymore.
So, all is well with Mai-Mai now and we are very glad!!
The purpose of sharing this real-life story is to illustrate that with proper diagnosis, treatment and caregiving, we can all give our animals a good chance at healing from their ailments. Vets and medicines play an important part, but so does caregiving, commitment, dedication and love. It’s the caregiving part that we like to share here.
Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2015/08/12/siew-mais-cuisine-therap..
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