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About Gold Standard Herbs
People who rescue senior dogs are true heroes, taking in countless sick and elderly animals and giving them the love and care they need. In today’s world, the cost of veterinary care is enormous. A few years ago, holistic veterinarian Dr. Steve Marsden felt compelled to get involved and help where he could.
He volunteered his time with rescues in the San Diego area, reasoning that if he could save them money, they could help even more animals. This was during the waning years of COVID, when the number of pets in need was overwhelming.
Each week, Dr. Steve examined and treated the most desperate cases at no cost. Maddening itch, severe pancreatitis, crippling lameness, complete paralysis, and profound stress—Dr. Steve found herbal solutions for all of them, cutting veterinary bills in half. These herbal formulas were true game changers, and the rescue organizations continue to use them to this day.
Dr. Steve soon realized that the problems affecting these foster dogs were common everywhere. If rescuers could use the formulas safely and effectively, so could the general public. This realization led him to share his formulas with our like-minded animal loving founders, which ultimately led to the birth of Gold Standard Herbs.
The skill and wide range of therapies offered by veterinarians will always be essential. When Gold Standard Herbs are added to a treatment plan, it becomes a winning combination for pets and the people who love them
Game Changing Supplements
Helping you help your pet!
Description
Supports normal circulation to relieve back, neck and hind leg stiffness, weakness, numbness and spasm.
It’s heart-breaking to see an older dog struggling to get to its feet and not be able to go on its walks. At night, they may scrabble ineffectively to rise, becoming agitated and soiling themselves in the process.
Worse still is the small dog that becomes paralyzed from intervertebral disc disease. Some dogs can get out for their walks but have hunched stiff backs that make them stagger; or they may have to hop on one leg because of sciatica or a luxated patella.
All of these dogs suffer from diminished circulation to their spinal column that gets even worse in cold wet weather and especially at night, when they often wake their owners with their panting and pacing just to get the blood flowing through their aching joints. Some dogs even wake screaming at night if the stiffness has progressed to neck vertebrae fixations and spasms.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, pain relievers and steroids are often tried for these dogs, but if the pain or paralysis can’t be managed or they go on to become incontinent, many of them end up getting put to sleep.
Anti-inflammatory drugs work like icepacks, drawing blood away from an area, but these dogs need increased circulation to halt the degeneration and inflammation, restore suppleness, and relieve nerve and spinal cord impingement. Physical therapies like acupuncture, chiropractic and PEMF along with a real food diet help greatly to improve blood flow to the spine and so do formulas like Lumbrex, which has been used for these purposes for over 1400 years.
As circulation improves, older dogs become stronger within the first several days to weeks, allowing drugs to slowly be discontinued. Disc dogs may take a few months to walk again but chiropractic, acupuncture and PEMF expedites and improves results.
Once the maximum benefit of Lumbrex is seen, consider adding Voltrex to spark fruther improvements. For FCE cases or disc dogs where surgical repair was attempted but now the dog is worse, use Voltrex first. Transition to Lumbrex only once initial improvements are finally seen. Reduce dose in the event of loose stools.
Ingredients
- Ginseng root
- Cinnamon bark
- Prepared Rehmannia root
- White peony root
- Ligusticum rhizome
- Pubescent angelica root
- Eucommia bark
- Ledebouriella root
- Poria
- Licorice root
- Cyathula root
- Notopterygium root
- Large Leaf Gentian root
- Loranthus
- Curculigo rhizome
- Natural flavoring
Dosing
Lumbrex is an organically grown concentrated herbal extract in powdered form. Lumbrex acts more quickly and completely if your pet is fed a real food meat- and vegetable-based diet, and if they receive physical therapies like chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, and PEMF
To use, just fold the herbs into your pet's real food diet or shake them up with broth or water and pour them over top if using canned or kibble.
As a suggested starting dose, give twice daily as follows:
- Up to 15 pounds: 1/8 tsp
- 15 to 40 pounds: 1/4 tsp
- 40 to 70 pounds: 1/2 tsp
- 70 to 110 pounds: 3/4 tsp
- Over 110 pounds: 1 tsp
If benefits are not seen, the dose can be safely doubled.
One bottle of Lumbrex lasts over a month for dogs 50 lbs and under; and for two weeks for 100 lb dogs