Self-medication of animals in the wild. Ten animals that heal us. Parrots know how to recover from a hangover

I have been observing animals my entire adult life. They are all different, but in case of illness they often act the same way. Completely different animals different types nutrition use similar methods of treatment. We are also animals, but only with different brains, so we can use the methods of self-medication of animals for ourselves.

If they have any illness, they refuse to eat, but drink a lot of water. They try to rest, while choosing the warmest place in order to spend less energy on warming the body.

Even at the very beginning of working with rabbits, I noticed the following. The rabbit, having been ill for two days, did not eat anything. I let her out of the cage. She moved freely around the yard, went to the dog's water bowl and drank water, looking for something. I found an old oak barrel near the barn and started gnawing on the rotten layer. This rotten layer contains many tannins, which destroy the infection in the intestines.

During the day, she periodically approached the barrel and gnawed on the rotten layer. The next day, her skin regained its shine and she began to eat grass. Preference was given to creeping wheatgrass and wild oats. I only tore off the top part of the leaves. In the afternoon I turned my attention to wormwood. She looked for the smallest leaves and ate them with great appetite.

By evening, an almost healthy rabbit ran up to me. I put him in a cage; there is always granulated feed there. The rabbit did not pounce greedily, but began to approach and eat one pellet at a time. The breaks between eating pellets were about 10-15 minutes. I put the herbs she had chosen in her feeder, and she supplemented her diet with them. He also gave part of the stave from the barrel; within a month it was completely chewed off.

Recently one of my dogs got sick. He refused to eat and did not want to leave the booth. I tried to give him something tasty, but he gratefully accepted the treats and then put them in front of him without making any attempt to eat them. I let him off the chain so that he could find his own medicine. First he started looking for grass. Like the rabbit, he began to eat wheatgrass and wild oats, then he also got to a rotten oak stick and gnawed it.

Apart from grass and rotten oak, I ate nothing during the day. He just drank water and looked out of the booth. Every time I appeared, he would wag his tail. I tried to give him kefir and sour milk, but I refused. I devoured it with pleasure raw egg. After two days of this diet I was cured. He jumps happily again when he sees me. I like the sparkle of his impudent eyes; he is in no hurry to eat up, eating less than half the usual portion. When he brought the blood from the liver, he licked everything completely. Pieces of liver cheered up the dog.

We made May Day barbecues, my dog ​​did not leave the company. I ate raw and fried pieces of shish kebab with pleasure, but refused strong drinks.

Summing up the results of my observations, I made a conclusion for myself. Fasting in the first days of illness helps the body cleanse itself of infection without resorting to medications. Tannins from simple objects will help completely fight the infection. Coarse grass will help remove from the body the remains of harmful substances that accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract. Moderation in food consumption will help you heal faster. It is better to give up alcohol completely.

As we all remember very well, the story of Doctor Aibolit is purely a fairy tale. No veterinarian, no matter how much they love animals, would think of sitting in a deep forest under a tree waiting for a patient - a fox suffering from mumps or a bunny with lupus.

What are we talking about? What we mean by this is that animals (if we ourselves don’t ruin them with lack of care and poor nutrition) in case of “sick leave” get by just fine with the gifts of natural medicine and usually don’t need doctors.

How do they do it? Very simple. Even Pliny the Elder, who lived long before the era of total vaccinations and colonoscopy, wrote in his “Natural History” that animals can easily do without medical care, eating various medicinal herbs and roots in case of problems with the body.

Moreover, “they do this so that people do not see them at this time, since they do not want people to know the healing properties of herbs.” That's right, why share knowledge?

Moreover, this knowledge is embedded in animal instincts so deeply and for a long time that no effort can erase them from there. Let's take dogs for example. Why, pets should have long ago gotten used to visiting veterinarians and gotten rid of all this nonsense with self-medication. But no! And an experiment conducted once confirmed this.

How do they know?

Everything was very simple. The experimenters took two puppies from their mother at the age of one and a half months and raised them for up to six months in complete isolation from their own kind. No dog telegraphs for you or anything like that. Communication only with a person.

Six months later, the puppies were released to roam free. Of course, both soon discovered a specially prepared aromatic pile of fish bones, not very suitable for internal consumption. But who stopped? The puppies pounced on the sudden treat and soon suffered severely from intestinal damage from sharp bones.

But they did not call for help. Both dogs, without saying a word, went into the nearest underbrush, found some kind of grass there that was suspicious from our point of view, ate it, immediately cleared their stomachs, after which they safely dealt with the rest of the treat.

Of course, scientists followed all these actions with interest, and most of all they were interested in the “suspicious” weed. It was a green bristlecone, which grows almost everywhere in central Russia and is certainly not listed among medicinal plants. At least for people.

But it turned out to be very popular among dogs. Moreover, we note that no one told the puppies about the healing properties of bristleweed. They were taken away from their mother too early, and people themselves had no idea what this herb was capable of.

In the footsteps of Pavlov's dog

Another method of dog self-healing was personally observed by Academician I.P. Pavlov. Let's give him the floor.

“One of the dogs operated on according to our method, 10-15 days after the operation, began to be exposed to the corrosive action of gastric juice. The dog was kept on a leash in the laboratory. One early morning, near the dog, which was generally very calm, much to our chagrin, a heap of plaster broken off from the wall was found. The dog and the chain were moved to another part of the room. The next morning, the same story was repeated: the ledge of the wall was again destroyed.

At the same time, it was noticed that the dog’s belly was dry and the phenomena of skin irritation were greatly reduced. Only then did we finally figure out what was going on. When they made a bed of sand for the dog, the breaking of the wall stopped, and the gastric juice no longer harmed the animal. We gratefully acknowledged that the animal, with its intelligence, helped not only itself, but also us. It would be a pity if this fact were lost for animal psychology.”

That is, the dog arranged a therapeutic bedding for itself until people finally realized what it needed. in fact, it is necessary.

We're wincing, but we're chewing

Well, besides dogs, are any of our smaller brothers knowledgeable in medicine? Of course.

Forgotten healing moss

Deer and other herbivores heal cuts and scrapes using ordinary moss, which has quite healing properties. People, by the way, knew about moss and even successfully used it as an antibacterial dressing material back during the First World War. But then they somehow forgot about him. And completely in vain!

Maybe any of you have watched crows hovering around the pipes of village stoves when they are burning? Do you think the birds decided to warm up for free? Nothing of the kind. With the help of smoke, cunning birds remove all kinds of bird lice from under their feathers. And if the smoke does not help, then the bird will find an anthill and lie down on it, spreading its wings and spreading its feathers in all directions. After all, ants will happily feast on parasites living in feathers.

The main thing here is to maintain a time interval so that hardworking insects do not get to the delicate bird’s body. But the birds are all right with this: the process is over - we fly on about our business.

The enemy is within

The larvae also feed on the insides of the caterpillar, eating it down to the very shell. It would seem, what can you do against such a ruthless enemy? But the caterpillar found a way out. Sensing an invader inside her, she urgently switches to a special diet, the basis of which is plants with a high content of a special alkaloid that kills insects.

In early spring, foxes and badgers sunbathe their cubs (to obtain vitamin D). They carry the little animals out of their holes. laid out in the sun and even turned over from one side to the other.

Dystrophy, malnutrition, and vitamin deficiency are overcome in wild animals by migrations and autocoprophagy - eating their own feces, rich in vitamins, which are secreted by bacteria living in the intestines. Parrots peck at special clay that removes plant poisons from the body. monkeys eat the earth... But we haven’t grown up to that yet.

It has long been noticed that a cat that lies down near the owner’s head relieves pain, children stop stuttering when interacting with dogs, and horses are generally able to treat neuroses and mental disorders. What animals should people with various diseases turn to for help?

People who have pets get sick much less often and overcome all adversities much easier. Pets save people from the blues and loneliness, and often they are the ones who are there in the most difficult moments of life.

If you are sick, do not rush to take medicine. Look around - your personal furry doctor is already in a hurry to see you. Let him give you first aid! Animals, especially cats and dogs, can not only sense a person’s mood, but also determine whether he is sick or healthy.

Cats

These pets feel their owners very well. They detect even minor changes in the energy potential on the human body that occur during illness, lie on the sore spot and take away negative energy, resulting in healing. By the same principle, cats help prevent the development of many diseases. These animals can be called “specialists” in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Therapeutic effect occurs due to purring - this is nothing more than vibration therapy, that is, treatment with sound vibrations. Waves with a frequency of 20 to 50 Hertz, which cats emit, help increase the body's defenses, accelerate the healing of wounds and the healing of fractures.

A dog is man's friend. And there is no doubt about it. Treatment with dogs is an excellent “cure” for those who lead a sedentary lifestyle or live alone, who are prone to developing heart and vascular diseases. Because you can command a dog, self-esteem increases, and because you can talk to it, the lack of communication and isolation is eliminated. Doctors use this effect when treating children with autism. Another healing benefit of dogs is found in their saliva - it can heal wounds because it contains a large amount of a bactericidal and wound-healing substance - lysozyme.

Treatment with horses occurs during communication with them and riding. At the same time, the rider has a special feeling - the desire to be in harmony with the movement of the horses. During training, the necessary muscles are developed and the tension in children with cerebral palsy and various disorders of the musculoskeletal system is corrected. The therapeutic effect develops gradually over many years. The second effect of hippotherapy occurs due to a positive emotional background - it improves mood, drives away depression and blues. It is complemented by a pleasant feeling of warmth emanating from the horse: its normal temperature is 38 C and the radiation of therapeutic ultrasonic waves (as in ultrasound therapy).

Aquarium fish

Observation of aquarium fish– a great way to relax. At this moment, a person receives the opportunity for emotional release. In this way it is recommended to escape from depression, nervous breakdowns or severe psychological shocks (fear, shock).

The leisurely movement of underwater inhabitants, the sound of rushing water, the opportunity to immerse yourself in another reality of existence allow you to escape from everyday problems and calm frayed nerves. People who have aquariums in their rooms practically do not suffer from insomnia. In addition, the water evaporating from aquariums humidifies the air and makes it healthier and easier to breathe, which is extremely useful for asthma or colds.

According to the Toronto Star, "Loving the purr helps you forget about doctors." Over the past decade, many studies have confirmed that “having pets reduces stress, improves well-being, and even increases the chances of recovery after a heart attack.

Animals help restore strength after a stroke and have a calming effect on the mentally ill.” According to Dr. Alan Beck, a representative of the veterinary school of Purdue University (USA, Indiana), “Animals help relieve stress. They are pleasant to look at and pleasant to stroke.” Even if it is not your animal, interaction with it is beneficial, which is why “animal-assisted” treatment has become very popular.

Experts advise people suffering from mental disorders to spend time with their pets, and this brings good results.

Resume:

On average, pet owners live 4-5 years longer than those who do not have pets.

Cats purr at a frequency between 22 and 44 Hz, and vibrations at this frequency accelerate the process of cell regeneration.

70% of people love dogs and only 8% don't.

Watching aquarium fish relieves stress.

Children whose families have pets do better in school.

41% of pet owners in our country keep dogs, 54% keep cats.

Mongrels are the most popular dogs.

Children feel calmer and more confident in the presence of animals, especially in unfamiliar surroundings.

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Treatment of diseases with cats

There are no contraindications for cat therapy. Communication with a cat is scientifically based effective method treatment and recovery, available to any person, regardless of social status and financial availability. Cat therapy does not require special expenses and special equipment, but, most importantly, it eliminates medical errors.

How to organize the treatment process

Being interested in cat therapy, many people do not know how to properly organize the treatment process, how to use their pet for treatment, and for what diseases it can help its owner.

As for use, it has already been said on previous pages that under no circumstances should a cat be forced to engage in therapy. Treatment can only be carried out when the animal is ready for it.

In addition, every owner of furry doctors needs to remember that animals cannot help their owner with all diseases. For example, if a person decides to turn to his cat for help, suffering from cancer in the last stage, then the animal, relieving pain and taking away negative energy from the owner, will soon get sick itself.

Of course, no cat can cure appendicitis or peritonitis - only a surgeon can help a person with these diseases. The animal will not heal sepsis, cataracts, meningitis and many other diseases. But any cat can cure cardiovascular diseases, relieve fatigue and headaches, improve blood circulation, and relieve the owner of pain due to diseases of the stomach, intestines and liver.

Before proceeding directly to treatment, you should try to find with your cat common language. As already mentioned, these animals are able to communicate with humans through telepathy, so some time before starting a course of cat therapy, you need to try to mentally talk with your pet. For example, before feeding an animal, you need to mentally call it, conveying to it the image of its favorite treat. If the cat immediately comes to the owner, then we can assume that mental contact between the owner and the pet has been established.

And now about the organization of the treatment process. Feeling unwell, the owner needs to call his cat and try to mentally imagine what he wants from her. Of course, you don’t need to tell your pet: “Cure me from osteochondrosis.” The cat is unlikely to understand what the owner requires of her. But if the latter mentally sends her an image of a sick spine, the cat will willingly come to his aid.

You can not imagine anything at all, but simply lie down so that it is convenient for the cat to search for the diseased area of ​​the human body. Often, cats themselves find a source of negative energy without any indication.

After all, sometimes a person does not know why, for example, he has a headache. He believes that his pain is due to overwork, calls the cat, and she stubbornly lies on his neck. Then the person finds out that the cat gave him an accurate diagnosis and his headaches are caused by osteochondrosis of the cervical spine. This is why you need to trust your pet.

When a person feels anxious or extreme fatigue, he needs to call the cat, put it on his lap and stroke it with his palm for several minutes. After some time, the pet's rumbling will calm the owner and he will feel much better.

It is important for people with mental disorders to establish mental contact with their pets, since most cats behave like professional psychotherapists and do everything to help a person find peace of mind.

By the way, people with mental disabilities perceive the presence of cats without any irritation. In fact, the furry doctor does not do anything unusual, he simply approaches the patient, purrs, allows himself to be stroked, and licks his hands and face. This cat therapy is very effective for depression, neuroses and even schizophrenia.

If a person is seriously ill, for example, has suffered a heart attack, stroke or major surgery, then he simply needs to communicate with a cat. As a rule, to fully restore the body, such a patient needs to resort to the help of a pet for several months.

According to gerontologists, cats are a real elixir of youth for their owners.

The most interesting thing is that the animal always accurately guesses how seriously ill its owner is. A cat will never play games with a seriously ill person; she will lie next to him for a long time, purr, and massage him with her claws. Often, after the first session of cat therapy, seriously ill people experience a noticeable improvement in their health.

Alcohol and drug addiction

Nowadays, a large percentage of our country’s population suffers from alcohol and drug addiction. This is connected both with hereditary predisposition and with the individual psychological make-up of a person, and also, sadly, with the everyday disorder of people who, out of despair, start drinking alcohol or taking drugs.

Currently, traditional medicine is practically powerless in the fight against alcoholism and drug addiction: after surviving some time after a course of treatment, a person starts drinking or taking drugs again. This is why it is believed that alcoholism and drug addiction are incurable diseases. Although there is coding and other methods of psychological influence, as well as medications that cause aversion to alcohol or drugs for a while, pet therapy is considered the most effective way to combat alcohol and drug addiction in the United States and European countries.

To treat alcohol and drug addiction with the help of a cat, it is necessary, first of all, the desire of the patient himself to get rid of the addiction. After all, a cat will never treat its owner if he does not want it.

A person who is determined to be cured must first undergo drug treatment in a hospital, and then resort to the help of his pet. The latter will do everything in his power to help his beloved owner restore mental balance.

As soon as the patient has a desire to drink or take drugs, he should call the cat and, while stroking it, mentally ask her for help.

It is worth noting that the animal itself knows how to treat its owner. Perhaps the pet will simply lie at his feet or caress him, or maybe give him a massage with its claws.

In any case, the cat will provide significant assistance to the sick person, taking away all the negative energy from him and calming him down.

Violation of the frequency or sequence of heart contractions can be a consequence of cardiovascular diseases, neuroses, alcohol and nicotine intoxication, etc.

Many people, not even aware of the scientific basis of cat therapy, feel a strong heartbeat and call their animals, clearly knowing that with their help in a few minutes they will feel significant relief.

To treat arrhythmia, pet your cat for a few minutes or let it lie on your chest area.

In case of heart rhythm disturbances, it is necessary to conduct cat therapy sessions daily for 10-14 days.

As a rule, after 2-3 sessions the patient experiences a noticeable improvement in health.

The main forms of arthritis are rheumatoid and infectious arthritis, gout and osteoarthritis. In general, arthritis is a collective name for more than 100 diseases.

Symptoms of most of these diseases are stiffness and pain in the joints, which often limits the motor activity of the sick person.

In some European countries, doctors advise their patients to use a cat to relieve arthritis pain, since its body heat has a beneficial effect on sore joints.

Treatment of arthritis using cat therapy is carried out in the following way. For joint pain, the patient should put or sit the cat on the painful area of ​​the body for 7-10 minutes. Such sessions should be carried out every other day for 30 days.

Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis, or hardening of artery walls, significantly reduces the efficiency of blood circulation. In this case, the walls of the arteries lose their elasticity, which leads to the formation of blood clots and other negative changes.

As you know, regular cat therapy significantly improves blood circulation and reduces the likelihood of atherosclerosis in humans.

To prevent atherosclerosis, you should pet your cat daily for 5-7 minutes. If a person already suffers from this disease, then he needs to put the cat on his forehead 2-3 times a day, and also allow it to sleep near his head.

Insomnia

The causes of insomnia can be both chronic diseases of the nervous system and emotional overexcitation. As a rule, doctors prescribe sedatives and sleeping pills to patients suffering from insomnia, but before using them, you can try to get rid of emotional stress with the help of a pet.

To treat insomnia with the help of a cat, the latter should be offered to lie down on a bedding on the table. The owner should sit down at the table and, closing his eyes, press the animal to his forehead. Then he needs to ask one of the nearby family members to press the cat to his neck.

Such exposures lasting 5 minutes should be carried out every other day. Full course cat therapy ranges from 7 to 20 procedures depending on the age of the patient (the older the person, the more procedures he needs).

According to scientific research, people who allow cats to sleep in their bed never suffer from insomnia.

Liver diseases

The functions of the liver are disrupted when a large number of harmful substances appear in the body, which this organ cannot cope with. This leads to various diseases, the most common of which are hepatitis, liver failure and cirrhosis of the liver.

By taking away negative energy from a person, cats can relieve him of pain in the liver area. To treat various liver diseases, you should lie on your back and call a cat, which will sit or lie on the person’s stomach, placing its head on the area of ​​his right hypochondrium.

It is best to conduct such a session once every 2-3 days for 20-30 minutes. As a rule, a noticeable improvement in the health status of people suffering from liver diseases occurs after 10 sessions of cat therapy.

The disease is an inflammation of the bronchial mucosa. In case of acute bronchitis, it is necessary to maintain bed rest and, along with taking medications prescribed by a doctor, do not forget that a cat is more effective than any medication in relieving inflammatory processes.

At high temperature, accompanying acute bronchitis, you should put the cat at your feet, and if she does not want this, pet her for 10 minutes. To treat chronic bronchitis, the cat should be placed on the chest area 2-3 times a day. It is best if the animal massages the patient with its claws. Such procedures relieve coughing attacks and greatly facilitate the breathing of a person suffering from bronchitis.

Hypertension and hypotension

A regular increase in blood pressure leads to the development of hypertension - a decrease in the lumen of the walls of small arteries, which impedes the movement of blood through the vessels. Hypertension often leads to heart attack and stroke.

Hypotension, associated with dysfunction of the nervous system and neurohormonal regulation of vascular tone, is accompanied by a decrease in blood pressure.

A few years ago in the UK there were special scientific research regarding the ability of cats to stabilize blood pressure.

In one of the hospitals, scientists conducted the following experiment. Patients suffering from hypertension and hypotension had their blood pressure measured, after which they were given cats. After 20 minutes, the doctors carried out a second, control, measurement and found out that the blood pressure of these people had returned to normal.

To normalize blood pressure, it is enough to pet your pet daily for 3-5 minutes. Such procedures not only stabilize blood pressure, but also prevent the development of cardiovascular diseases in humans.

Dizziness and headaches

Causes of symptoms such as dizziness and headache, there may be fatigue, nervous tension, as well as various diseases internal organs and nervous system. If headaches and dizziness occur regularly, you should consult a doctor.

For ailments associated with fatigue or physical and nervous stress, as well as cardiovascular diseases and osteochondrosis, cat therapy can be used.

For dizziness and headaches, you should allow the cat to sit on your head or neck area. To do this, the patient needs to lie on his stomach and call the cat, which itself will position itself near the owner’s head.

For osteochondrosis, the furry healer will most likely give the patient a back or neck massage. And in case of pain caused by nervous strain or fatigue, it will calm the owner with its purring and caresses.

For regular headaches, you should place the cat on the neck or head area 3 times a day. The course of cat therapy in this case should be at least 7-10 days.

Depression

When depression occurs, a person is constantly in a depressed mood, he is haunted by feelings of anxiety, hopelessness, inner emptiness, melancholy, depression, etc. In the West, depression has been successfully treated for several years with the help of cat therapy.

To treat depression, playing with your cat for 15-20 minutes is enough. It is also helpful to talk to your pet, pet it, and allow it to be near you at all times.

Toothache

As you know, toothache is most often a sign of tooth decay or gum disease, so if you experience such symptoms, you should contact your dentist for treatment. If for some reason this is not possible in the near future, then a cat can help a person relieve acute toothache.

To relieve acute toothache, you need to lie down and call your cat. The latter will immediately settle down near the cheek on the side of the diseased tooth. Within a few minutes, a person suffering from severe toothache will feel relief.

A stroke is a bleeding in the brain. The disease occurs suddenly and can be fatal within the first hours after hemorrhage. As a rule, with a stroke, paralysis of the limbs and speech impairment are observed. In the USA, there are specialists who treat stroke patients using cat therapy. A few years ago, American scientists proved that people who, after suffering a stroke, regularly undergo cat therapy sessions quickly recover motor activity and speech.

In case of paralysis of limbs and speech impairment, patients, in addition to taking medications prescribed by a doctor, should not refuse the help of a cat. The latter will come to the sick person herself and do what she considers necessary.

As a rule, with paralysis of the limbs, the cat regularly massages the patient’s arms and legs with its claws. In addition, the animal helps the owner cope with depression, which is often a consequence of a serious illness suffered by a person.

The disease is an inflammation of the colon and occurs mainly in middle-aged and elderly people. Colitis can occur in acute and chronic forms.

Most patients with acute colitis must be hospitalized, since attacks of the disease are accompanied by severe pain and diarrhea, which leads to exhaustion and dehydration.

To treat chronic colitis, cat therapy can be performed.

For pain that periodically occurs in people suffering from chronic colitis, a cat helps well. The owner only needs to place his pet on his stomach for 10 minutes 2 times a day.

By consuming negative energy that occurs during exacerbation of inflammation, the cat effectively relieves pain in humans.

Neuralgia

Neuralgia occurs as a result of a disease of the nerve plexuses or individual nerves and is accompanied by attacks of pain. The disease can be a consequence of hypothermia, flu or some kind of injury. Quite often, symptoms of neuralgia appear in women during menstruation.

In severe cases of neuralgia, the patient is prescribed medication. In Europe and America, cat therapy has been used for several years to relieve neuralgic pain.

To relieve neuralgic pain, a person must completely trust his cat. Having made himself comfortable on the bed, the owner should call the animal, which itself will find the sore part of the body and relieve it of unpleasant sensations.

Nephritis and pyelonephritis

Nephritis and pyelonephritis are inflammatory diseases of the kidneys. With the first, the renal glomeruli are affected, and with the second, the tissue of the kidneys and urinary tract.

People suffering from chronic kidney inflammation should undergo therapeutic procedures under the supervision of a physician. However, a domestic cat can significantly alleviate the patient’s condition.

According to studies conducted in 1999 in the USA, patients with chronic kidney inflammation who use cat therapy for treatment recover faster than those who are treated with medications.

To treat chronic kidney inflammation, you need to invite your cat to lie on your lower back 2 times a day. The session should last for 10-15 minutes. The course of treatment is 30 days.

Chronic fatigue syndrome

A condition where, against the background of well-being and normal health, a person feels empty and overwhelmed is called chronic fatigue syndrome. People suffering from this disease lose the desire to work, have fun and even think. Their interest in life disappears, loved ones irritate them, and comments from ill-wishers infuriate them.

Most people who feel chronic fatigue fall into apathy or are in a constant state of irritation. No medications, as a rule, bring them relief. They just want those around them to leave them alone and not interfere with their depression. It is possible that a few days of proper rest or a vacation can restore the joy of life to a tired person. However, if this condition lasts longer than 5-6 months and is accompanied by fever, enlarged lymph nodes, muscle weakness, joint pain and constant dizziness, then we can say with confidence that the person is susceptible to the most common disease of the 21st century - chronic fatigue syndrome. It has now been proven that chronic fatigue syndrome can be cured with the help of pets, in particular through cat therapy.

According to the observations of doctors, cats that cope best with chronic fatigue syndrome are those that help their owner restore mental balance and get rid of physical stress.

A person who feels constant fatigue needs to communicate with his cat several times a day: play with it, feed it, talk, pet it, and also allow it to perform various therapeutic procedures, the main one of which is the pet’s absorption of negative energy.

Radiculitis

Radiculitis is a lesion of the spinal nerve roots. The main symptoms of the disease are severe pain along the affected nerve roots. Of course, treatment for radiculitis should be prescribed by a doctor. However, the patient should not refuse the help of a cat.

Long-haired cats are best suited for the treatment of sciatica. The owner should lie on his stomach and call the pet, who will immediately take a comfortable position on his back.

Most likely, the cat will first massage the patient’s lower back with its claws, and then sit comfortably on it, warming it with its body.

By the way, special belts made from cat hair are an excellent remedy for treating radiculitis.

Information was used from the book by D. V. Nesterov "Cat Therapy - Fluffy Medicine"

Animal-assisted therapy - treatment with animals

Treatment with animals was known to cavemen. In the 21st century, scientists began to revive the forgotten recipes of our ancestors. The importance of animals for human well-being is becoming increasingly clear. The lack of healthy relationships with others in a large number of people leads to an ever-increasing number of depression, stress, loneliness and various diseases.

Animal therapy (from the Latin "animal" - animal) is a type of therapy that uses animals and their images to provide psychotherapeutic assistance. This is a civilized scientific method of treating and preventing serious diseases. In animal-assisted therapy, animal symbols are used: images, drawings, fairy-tale heroes, toys, as well as real animals, communication with which is safe.

The positive effect of animals on a sick person has been confirmed by experiments. People who have pets live longer and get sick less - this is a scientific fact. At the same time, their nervous system is in better condition than those people who do not have pets.

History of animal therapy

Animal-assisted therapy is often called an unconventional method, which, however, has a long history. Even ancient healers recommended cold showers, barefoot walking and horse riding for neuroses. In the 5th century BC. Hippocrates noticed the influence of the surrounding nature on humans and spoke about the benefits of therapeutic horse riding. The ancient Greeks discovered the ability of dogs to help people cope with various ailments approximately 3,000 years ago, and the Egyptians used animals (mostly cats) for the same purposes. In ancient India, listening to birdsong was “prescribed” as a medicine.

As early as 1792, animals were used as part of the therapeutic process at a mental hospital in York, England. As an independent method, animal therapy began to gain popularity in the second half of the 20th century. The pioneer of this method is Boris Levinson, an American child psychiatrist who began using his dog in therapy sessions in 1962.

Animal-assisted therapy is now recognized in all developed countries; institutes have been created everywhere to study the influence of animals on people; international conferences and seminars are held on animal-assisted treatment methods. In the USA, Great Britain, Canada, and France, organizations have appeared that provide assistance to people with physical or mental problems through animal-assisted therapy. What they all have in common is that they use domesticated animals—usually dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds—as therapeutic agents. Physicians, social workers, and psychologists take part in animal-assisted therapy programs.

Functions of animal-assisted therapy

Psychophysiological function. Interaction with animals can relieve stress and normalize the functioning of the nervous system and psyche in general.
- Psychotherapeutic function. The interaction of people with animals can significantly contribute to the harmonization of their interpersonal relationships.
- Rehabilitation function. Contacts with animals are an additional channel of interaction between the individual and the outside world, contributing to both mental and social rehabilitation.
- The function of satisfying the need for competence. The need for competence, expressed by the formula “I can,” is one of the most important human needs.
- Function of self-realization. One of the most important human needs is the need to realize one’s inner potential, the need to be significant to others, represented in their lives and in their personality.
- Communication function. One of the most important functions that animals can perform in the process of human interaction with them is the function of communication partners.

Types of animal-assisted therapy

Non-directive animal-assisted therapy is interaction with animals in the home without awareness or purposeful understanding of their therapeutic value.

Directed animal therapy is the targeted use of animals and (or) their symbols according to specially developed therapeutic programs. This type of animal-assisted therapy uses specially trained animals rather than the patient's animals. Directed animal therapy, in turn, is divided into types depending on which animals are used - hippotherapy, dolphin therapy, canistherapy, feline therapy, etc.

Often in animal therapy, not only the animals themselves are used, but also their images. In psychotherapy, animal sounds are also used as a therapeutic agent.

Hippotherapy

is a type of animal-assisted therapy that uses communication with horses and horse riding as the main means. Hippotherapy is an effective therapeutic exercise. Since the late 50s, it began to be used for mental and neurological diseases, and now in 45 countries in Europe and North America therapeutic horse riding centers have been created. Hippotherapy is used for disorders of the musculoskeletal system, atherosclerosis, traumatic brain injuries, polio, gastrointestinal diseases, prostatitis, scoliosis, and mental retardation. Communication with a horse provides a stable positive emotional background, which in itself is healing.

Dolphins are very often used in medicine and psychotherapy. Communication with dolphins helps stabilize a person’s psycho-emotional state and relieve psychological stress. After communicating with a dolphin, a person calms down, begins to think outside the box, and quickly finds a way out of a crisis situation. Dolphin therapy is an excellent psychological rehabilitation for people who find themselves in extreme conditions, who have survived earthquakes, hurricanes, accidents and any other severe stress. Their patients are entrepreneurs, people of creative professions, children with diseases of the nervous system - autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, Down syndrome.

Canistherapy

A type of animal-assisted therapy using dogs. A dog is an excellent “cure” against physical inactivity caused by a sedentary lifestyle. Walking with your dog reduces the likelihood of cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction and other heart and vascular diseases. A dog satisfies a person’s lack of communication, increases the owner’s self-esteem, improves his sociability, and resolves conflicts in the family. Dog (and cat) saliva contains the enzyme lysozyme, which destroys pathogens.

Canistherapy is recommended for neurasthenia, hysteria, psychasthenia and neuroses. Frequent guests are dogs in hospices and psychiatric clinics. The "Tailed Doctor" can be of any breed - Rottweiler, Collie, Bulldog, Miniature Pinscher and common mongrel. Not all dogs are allowed to work with patients, but only calm, non-aggressive ones with a stable psyche.

Felinotherapy

Therapeutic effects of cats. Cats brighten up loneliness, calm you down, and lower blood pressure. Their biofield stabilizes the functioning of the heart, relieves joint pain and headaches, stimulates the rapid healing of injuries, and treats internal inflammatory diseases. A cat is an excellent energy information device that guesses the sore spots of its owner. When some disturbances occur in the body, when pain occurs, this indicates a change in the energy potential in some part of the body. This change in potential is perfectly felt by the cat.

Long-term friendship with a cat strengthens immune system and promotes health and longevity. The purring of a cat is certain sound vibrations (frequency from 20 to 50 Hertz) that stimulate the healing process. Purring helps increase the body's defenses, accelerates wound healing, and as a result of exposure to sound vibrations of this frequency, bone density increases, which promotes the healing of fractures.

Apitherapy

Treatment with bee venom. The bee is the undoubted leader in the medicinal fauna. Over the 50 million years of existence of bees as a biological species, these insects have adapted to life in a variety of climatic conditions, which led to the creation of a unique bee venom. The miracle of bee venom is that it is a powerful catalyst for physiological processes. One drop contains protein substances, 18 out of 20 essential amino acids, inorganic acids, almost the entire periodic table and many vitamins.

Hirudotherapy

Treatment with medicinal leeches. Over many millennia, the leech has “attached” itself to almost all areas of medicine. It gives amazing results in cardiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, surgery, gynecology, urology, neurology. Hirudotherapy is an effective treatment for varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, hypertension, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, hemorrhoids, atherosclerosis, skin diseases, lung diseases, migraines, glaucoma, sinusitis, neuritis, bronchial asthma, gynecological and many other diseases. Recently, leeches have been used to treat cellulite, lose weight and even rejuvenate. The secret of the therapeutic effect of leeches is the ability of their saliva to penetrate deep into the tissues of the body and affect the disease at the cellular level.

Use of other animals

All living beings can provide effective psychological assistance to a person. Other animals are also used in animal therapy, but much less frequently, since the direct therapeutic effect in these cases is somewhat lower. For example, the American Animal Therapy Society Delta uses more than 2,000 different animals in its work, including guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens, llamas, goats, donkeys, parrots and other domesticated animals. African tribes are treated with elephants and crocodiles, Australians conduct kangaroo therapy sessions.

There is a hypothesis that electromagnetic radiation, inherent in any living matter, allows humans and animals to influence other biological objects. In this case, the main role is played not by the strength of the radiation, but by the information contained in it, that is, its frequency spectrum. This frequency resonance can stimulate the body's vital functions over a very wide range. This seems to explain the fact that cats, dogs and other animals have a positive healing effect on people.

Plants are not only a source of food for humans and the entire animal world, but also a real storehouse of medicines for all ailments. In relation to representatives of the plant world, the concept of “green pharmacy” is rightly used.

Since ancient times in different countries people studied various plants and their specific effects on their own bodies through trial and error. Thus, doctors isolated medicinal plants, which are still used in traditional and official medicine. Now research healing properties Scientists continue to study various plants using scientific achievements and a modern arsenal of instruments.

People have been observing the treatment of animals with plants for a long time. Cases of self-medication of wild and domestic animals with plants are well known. V.I. aptly said this. Dahl: “And the dog knows that grass is used for healing.”
Many types of medicinal plants (including poisonous ones) grow in nature and are used by animals for self-medication.

Examples of self-medication of animals with plants of different types

The healing properties of the Siberian “root of life” - Leuzea safflower from the Asteraceae family - were discovered by hunters while chasing deer.
Hunters noticed that tired animals greedily ate stems and roots, after which they easily ran away into the mountains.
And domestic animals (cows grazing, horses tired after a long journey, etc.) also willingly eat Leuzea. And after 30-40 minutes, the exhausted animals regain their working capacity.
Research by scientists has shown that Leuzea contains valuable biologically active substances, therefore it is an excellent tonic and stimulating plant.
The flowers and leaves are beautiful, so many gardeners grow it as an ornamental plant.

Lily of the valley- a favorite treat for sika deer. Also, his diet includes more than a dozen plants, and among them there are many medicinal ones. Is this why the potions made from deer antlers - antlers - are so miraculous?
Interestingly, the fox is very fond of lilies of the valley. She climbs into the thickets of lilies of the valley, sniffs their flowers and even gets drunk from the aroma.
In autumn, bright lily of the valley fruits appear, which are also used by animals for treatment.
, adored by us for its graceful fragrant flowers, is valuable medicine regulating cardiac activity.

Birds willingly eat tough leaves of bushes Eleutherococcus senticosus from the Araliaceae family. Eleutherococcus is eaten by roe deer and other animals in the Far Eastern taiga. Eleutherococcus has the same tonic effect on the animal body as it does on humans.

Cats, dogs and wolves eat grass for treatment creeping wheatgrass- a grass of the cereal family, which gardeners classify as malicious. Preparations from wheatgrass rhizomes are used in medicine.

Everyone is familiar and loved by many - an ornamental tree that bears medicinal fruits. Rowan berries contain sugar, acids, tannins and pectin, essential oils, many vitamins and other useful components. And rowan leaves contain even more vitamins than the fruits. Roe deer, moose and many birds feast on the berries and foliage of forest rowan trees.

Beavers, water rats and muskrats love the leaves and thick, starchy rhizomes, which are very rich in vitamins and starch.

Geese and ducks readily eat seeds buckwheat amphibian, growing near reservoirs and in water.

Many birds and animals use it, which is widespread throughout Russia. bird cherry. All parts of this plant have powerful medicinal properties.

People have long used bird cherry berries in cooking and medicine (they are a good astringent).

Bird cherry secretes active substances containing hydrocyanic acid. Professor B.P. Tokin conducted many experiments with bird cherry, studying its properties. For example, he was convinced that four crushed bird cherry buds placed in a glass jar killed the most persistent ticks within 15 minutes.

Bird cherry is a beautiful, unpretentious plant, widely used for landscaping. The strong, somewhat intoxicating aroma of bird cherry flowers and leaves clears the air of germs.

Most types of wild berries have pronounced medicinal properties.

It has long been known that wild and domestic animals heal themselves when they get sick.

But a recent large-scale study by Michigan State University researchers found that many animals in the wild heal themselves and their offspring and take preventive measures to avoid getting sick, “in a much broader way than previously thought.” The research results are described in the article “Self-Medication of Animals,” published in the journal Science.

Many types of medicinal plants (including poisonous ones) grow in nature and are used by animals for self-medication. V.I. aptly said this. Dahl: “And the dog knows that grass is used for healing.” Natural instinct teaches them to get rid of ailments with the help of healing representatives of the flora kingdom.

For example, lily of the valley is a favorite treat for sika deer. Also, his diet includes more than a dozen plants, and among them there are many medicinal ones. Is this why the potions made from deer antlers - antlers - are so miraculous? The fox also loves lilies of the valley.

In the Far Eastern taiga, the hard leaves of the Eleutherococcus bush are readily eaten not only by roe deer and other animals, but also by birds. Eleutherococcus has the same tonic effect on the animal body as it does on humans. For example, a dog suffering from worms finds the grass Chernobyl and eats it, although it is known that the dog is not a herbivore.

Studying the self-medication of animals will allow you to choose medicinal plants to create new medicines, which will contribute to the recovery of the person himself.

In a recent study, scientists studied house sparrows and finches and found that the birds collected cigarette butts from high level nicotine and carried them to their nests to reduce the risk of mite infestation. And when building nests, red wood ants add antibacterial resin from coniferous trees to prevent the growth of microbes in the colony. Honeybees are also known to use plant resins with antimicrobial properties when building their nests.

But the "biggest surprise" was, says Hunter, that "animals such as fruit flies and butterflies can make dietary choices for their offspring that minimize disease development in the next generation."

“There are clear parallels between this phenomenon and the emerging field of epigenetics in humans, which involves parents choosing a special diet for their children that affects their health,” Hunter concludes.

Animal self-medication may have practical implications for humans, scientists say. Animals can suggest unknown herbal remedies and methods that can be used in treating people, so this topic continues to be relevant and requires further research.