Integrative Veterinary Medicine

A combination of western veterinary medicine and complementary or holistic medicine gives us additional tools to treat your pets with the aim of providing better outcomes. Woodside Pet Hospital offers integrative veterinary medicine where we provide evidence based modern medicine combined with holistic veterinary medicine (acupuncture &  herbal medicine, homeopathy & food and vitamin therapy) . In most cases, these treatments will work in synergy leading to enhanced treatment response and rapid improvement in patient health and in chronic diseases,  provide support for a better quality of life. 

Holistic Veterinary Medicine

Pet owners /guardians can also elect the use of stand alone holistic therapy modalities such as acupuncture or herbal medicine as the treatment of choice for their pet's condition. Acupuncture is a powerful modality incorporating the use of sterile acupuncture needles used to stimulate points in the animal body to create balance in the internal environment ( homeostasis) and strengthen the immune response to cope with disease-causing  external pathogenic factors.  Herbal Medicine whether used with acupuncture or alone, tonify and strengthen the body to help fight disease, clears toxins and correct internal imbalances and create conditions where healing can occur naturally.

Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine are used to address a wide variety of diseases such as cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, digestive, neurologic, dermatological, autoimmune, liver and kidney diseases , etc.