Replied by Joyce (Joelton, Tn) on 10/11/2008
To Christa from Decatur with the ll pound dog with heart worms. Hi Linda, There are several natural remedies that you might try for those heart worms. If you know what sweet Annie weed or artemesia is, that is one herbal remedy for parasites. Tincture of black walnut hulls is another. If you know what wormweed (also called Jerusalum Oak) or vermifuge is, the seeds is the part of the plant used for parasites and it definitely should have seeds on them now. Cloves (yes, your kitchen spice) is another natural substance that kills parasites. One other thing that is said to kill parasites is MMS which should certainly hit heartworms because it travels in the bloodstream. If you go this route, the dosage would only be l drop daily for ll pounds. Hope you find this useful and your little doggie gets rid of those heart worms. Also be very careful yourself, and if you have young children, caution them about letting the doggie kiss them until the heartworms are history. The reason for this warning is I read about a man catching heartworms from his dog l0 or 15 years ago. I don't remember the name of the journal I read it in but it was one of the medical journals.
