Naturopathic treatment for common ailments is not just for people anymore.
Naturopathic veterinarian Dr. Autumn Drouin visited with Balance Television host Dr. Marla Shapiro to talk about natural ways to get your pet up and running again.
Drouin graduated from the University of Guelph in 1977 and practiced conventionally for a while. Later on she graduated from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1989 and combined the two, she explained.
So why, after a dozen years of practicing conventional veterinary medicine, did Drouin decide to incorporate naturopathy in her profession?
"Well, just watching, observing animals and noticing that all I had to do was give them the building blocks, give them what they needed in terms of support and stimulation and they do the healing."
Drouin admits that when she studied naturopathy it was geared toward humans and adaptations had to be made in relation to animals.
"Because the substances are generally very safe, then it's safe to extrapolate," Drouin said. "But not in every case. I have to be very careful with herbs but with homeopathy for example, it's pretty well the same. We use the same remedies."
