Heartworm Remedies

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Ubiquinol or CoQ10 for a Dog's Heartworm Treatment?

Andrew (Wellington, FL) on 02/18/2023

I see that many dog owners report that CoQ10 is great for heartworm. I know that for humans, Ubiquinol is the preferred form over CoQ10, so is Ubiquinol better for dogs, too?
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Heartworm Prevention Using Natural Remedies

Naomi (Missouri) on 05/21/2021

I have a 9lb. maltipoo. As a heartworm preventative, I've purchased black walnut and wormwood proprietary blend that also has cloves (It's the 3rd ingredient.) and Sweet Annie in the ingredients. I've read that cloves is dangerous for dogs? Is this safe for her and what dosage would I use and for how long? Thank you for your help.
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Ayurveda Parasite and Heartworm Remedies

Molov127 (Usa) on 09/09/2020
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Ayurvedic herbs are safe for dogs or cats and work slowly and gently. They can be given without needing to take a break at all until 60-90 days of dosing.

For Parasitic cleansing (including heartworm)

for 50-65lb dog..

Twice a day, give - 1/4t Vidanga, 1/8 t neem, 1/8t turmeric, and (optional for summertime; or if not summer then always for dogs with very oily skin or who are thirsty all the time)-> 1/4 t guduchi satva'

If premixing all herbs and storing in glass jar, then mix all herbs to ratio 2:2:1:1 vidanga/guduchi/turmeric/neem... simply take 3/4t or heaping 1/2 t and dump in food twice a day with food. give up to 3 times a day no more.

Cats give 1/4 tsp level of the mix once a day in food mixed well, no more

Continue 7 days

Then on 7th night give 1/4 cup ginger water boiled with 1/2inch ginger root sliced and boiled 10 min with 1 tbsp castor oil (organic).. with this give a little bread or food to soak it up if they think it's too spicy but most likely the castor oil will make them ignore spicyness (cats give 1 tbsp ginger water with 1/2-1 tsp castor oil in a bit of their food)

Provide a ready route in environment for animal to use the bathroom to expel the initial die off of parasites. leave dog door open, put cat box near where cat sleeps, etc. newspaper near animals beds

From here continue regimen cut in half for 60-90 days

1/8 tsp for cats once a day with food

heaping 1/4 tsp for dogs up to 3x a day with food

I like to make and add a splash parsley water (2 bunches boiled to a quart for 3-4 m)

or a splash of burdock and dandelion root boiled into tea I get from backyard chopped down (doesnt have to be diced small) and boiled for 10 m and left to steep 10 m.. use 2 roots from each plant for a quart of water

use these teas to keep the kidneys flowing so their body can keep up with detox . I give tea a week and stop a week. if water is clean enough, or the animals have an excellent diet (not kibble) or they have access to browse outside daily on grasses and herbs... then tea isnt totally necessary

sometimes I make a tea from all three parsley burdock dandelion. just a few tbsp for dogs and just a few tsp for cats

These herbs will cause less irritability than cloves and wormwood to the animals skin and liver. not that those herbs are not good. they can just be a little extreme over time. I personally used the wormwood walnut and clove remedy with sucess and several years of clean heartworm tests. if anything, rotate between the walnut/wormwood/clove cure and this cure when they get irritable from the clove base remedy(with kidney teas mention above)

These Ayurvedic herbs can be purchased relatively cheap online. please only buy organic or wild harvested powders... some companies grow these herbs in the non traditional way and use pesticides or GMO... could harm pet worse than doing nothing.

Once regimen concludes, take a break. I would research heartworm season in your area and dose steadily all season with one week breaks here and there.

Turmeric is optional in this remedy and is only included to balance out bad bacteria, and/or potentiate (amplify) the effects of the other herbs

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VRM2 for Heartworm

Chrisk (Port Republic, Md) on 05/20/2017
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In Jan 2017 my 20 pound beagles snap test was positive for heart worms. The year before it was negative. I saw the info here and called Systemic Formulas about the VRM 2. They suggested I give her 1 tablet once a day for 10 days. I did three rounds of 10 on 5 off. When I had her retested with a snap test in May 2017 it was now neg for heart worms!! Thank you for the info here.
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VRM2 for Heartworm

Jennifer (North Carolina) on 10/22/2016

I just started (Lexxi a 1.5 year old rescue who tested positive for heartworms) the VMR2 on Lexxi. She weighs 54 lbs. I was told 1 in the morning an 1 in the evening. I put the pills in peanut butter and she loves it. I'm also using CQ-10,2 a day, and Renagen DTX, 2 a day. No exercise, she's kept in a crate at all times, except to go to bathroom. I'll keep updating as we go through this journey.


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VRM2 Did Not Cure Heartworm

Mymadame ( Lafayette, Louisiana ) on 11/28/2015
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I have administered the VRM2 treatment three or four times now in the last year; so many days on followed by so many days off. (10/5 program, and 14 days straight program) My Catahoula Pits weigh 60 to 65 pounds. I used six pills per day.

At the annual check up this summer, the male dog infection was about the same; the female is worse.

Do you have reports from people that say this doesn't work for their dogs?

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VRM2 Worked Heartworm But Need Help With Fluid Buildup

Faye (Tennessee) on 09/06/2015
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I have used the VRM2 for my small dog and it has worked to get rid of the heart worms.

Has anyone had any success with eliminating the fluid buildup around the tummy area? I have used Lasix without success. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

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VRM2 Treatment for Heartworms

Ginny (Memphis, Tn) on 07/02/2015
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Hello,

I've been giving my dog HeartGuard as heartworm prevention ever since she was a pup. Her last vet visit indicated a heartworm positive test. She isn't in the advanced stages, but I already knew giving her the "traditional" treatment was not going to be an option for me. She's on a predominantly raw food diet and is eating fine. She's almost 10 years old too.

After reading this website, I felt intuitively I should start with the VRM2 that so many talked about here. So I ordered 2 bottles from the chiropractor and started her 3 days ago. I'm also giving her a clove of garlic in her food every day.

This morning I took her out and noticed she was acting a little strange - sitting in the middle of the yard, not running around as usual. When I looked closer, I noticed she had what I thought was just some leftover grass/poop hanging on her butt (sorry - I know kind of gross! ), and she totally freaks out when something is hanging there so I grabbed a leaf to take care of it. What I noticed were these long strings hanging there. At first I thought it was just long pieces of grass but after researching a bit further I now realize these are heartworms coming out of her. After only 3 days on the VRM2!!! I was amazed. Now she's not completely comfortable so I think more are going to be coming out, but I honestly believe giving her that VRM2 is working. When this happens again I'm going to put it in a baggie to show my vet just to be sure. I'm convinced that what's happening though so I wanted to share here.

I'm going to make a spray of tea tree or melaleuca oil and water to use on her anus area for relief too. I'll continue the VRM2 treatment for 11 more days as suggested here and I'll have her tested again after.

Dosage I'm giving her is 1 capsule in food (taking contents out of capsule and putting directly in food). She's 65 lbs.

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Black Walnut/Wormwood Tincture for Heartworm

Teriinttown (Tacoma, Wa) on 08/27/2014
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I adopted a dog that was heartworm positive and used Black Walnut hull and Wormwood treatment on her. It tastes bitter so you have to put it in some yummy moist food. No negative reactions at all to the treatment but the heartworms disappeared. I treated my other dog and myself to get rid of any parasites and we are all better for it. A great alternative to the traditional take the dog to the brink of death $1000 treatment! Thanks Earth Clinic.
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Re: Does VRM2 Take Care of Wolbachia When Treating Heartworm?

Denise (Ga, US) on 07/14/2014

In my reading I am seeing that the Wolbachia associated with Heartworm has to be treated at well. Does the VRM2 take care of that as well or do I still need to treat my dog with Doxycycline?
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Re: Dog With Possible Heartworms

Barbra Bynum (Fort Worth, Texas) on 05/07/2014

I am scared to death, the vet called me today and told me that my dog is anemic and may have heart worms. I had taken him in back in February because he broke his toe/toe nail. They took care of it no problem, he also had a growth on the back of his leg, I asked about it at the time. The doctor looked at it and said several times, no that isn't anything to worry about......so I didn't. However, now the end of April, my dog had developed another one on his front leg/elbow. He kept licking it, and our other dog bites it...so it would bleed. After about a month of trying to keep it covered, and puting bandages on it, and him taking them off, I called the same vet. They said can you come in now, of course I can. I got him in the car and took him right in. The same guy who saw him not even two months prior said wow, I'm not sure what that is, but you need to put a collar on him and we will schedule a surgery time on Tuesday to take it off. I said wow, ok, what about the other one on the back leg? He looked at it again, and said oh I need to biopsy that it looks bad (keep in mind that it had not changed at all since the last time he saw him two months ago) so he took a biopsy and came back and said yep that is cancer it has to come off Tuesday. I need to do some labs to make sure his liver is ok to put under. (I'm thinking really? You didn'd do that last time either) he then said go to petsmart and get the good collar, because the little plastic ones we have here won't work. So we did, but when we walked into the store, my husband and I both looked at the Banfield sign in the back of the room looked at each other and went for a second opinion. They got us right in without an appt, took very good care of us, they even called to check on Bear. Turned out the lab lost the lables to the biopsies they did so we had to go back and re-do them (free of charge this time) I'm still waiting for the results, but I'm freaking out about what to do. I purchased something online to try, I cant afford thousands of dollars for treatment, and I love my Rottie he's my furry baby. Please can anyone please help me or send me into the right direction????? Tahnk you!!!
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Re: Dog Coughing And Panting After Taking VRM2

June (Pa.) on 03/20/2014
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I gave my cocker spaniel her first dose of vrm2-sm, 1/2 capsule, in less then half an hour she started coughing and panting worse then ever, is this a normal reaction maybe that it`s working? Thank you for any feed back.
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Re: Advanced Heartworms

Abigail (Austin Tx) on 03/15/2014

I have never cried so hard in my life then I did today...

My baby (almost 8yr old german shepard mix) had began losing weight but yet still ate and drank her food like normal(in fact was always first to eat but never or has ever been a goobler down my food in one whole sitting kinda of lady).So I thought she had what my other child maribelle had (not enough fluids)I pulled her in a gaver her pedilight and made sure she got fattey foods like raw meat and cooked chicken which did help for a bit.I then noticed that her stomach began to buldge wich bothered me alot.(keep in mind her personality never changed nor her eating and drinking habbits. She has "alot of spunk considering"-the vet)So I decided that she had to go to the vet ASAP. When I got there the vet said I can tell you right now she's got the classis traits of worms.(which I began to tear up from) Upon further blood test and stool samples I found out my little girl not only had worms but ADVANCED heartworms.(my heart broke! My little baby girl who I raised as a pup was sick and all I could hear the vet tell me was "yes, very serious case..not many make it") He gave her a shot to help her release the fluids that had been building up and me some pills to help continue while we wait till tomorrow to get the result on how much damage the worms have done. So I took her home and decided what I was going to do basically they told me she was going to die and all I could think about was how could I just put down my child! MY baby! (by this time I was a dam wreck and going through the greiving stages like a idiot)but then my sister told me about her husbands friend who's dog had adavance heartworms and he gave him garlic and BOOM no more worms.(which didnt sound crazy I mean garlic and hearts go hand in hand)So I did some research and came across this site via youtube video and knew from other testimonies I could say my baby or sure as hell try! So I'm doing this deworming thang!!

Now I am giving her the pills ( LASIX) to help her relive the fluids(from the vets today).My question is before starting the deqorming proccess does it matter if her liver and stuff is damage?And should I still go to the vet just to have her tummy pumped to get the fluids out and THEN began the deworming treatment?

Also should I still give her Lasix while on her natural treatment or wait till the fuids gone then stop giving lasix and then begin the treatment?

THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH FOR YOU HELP!!!!! Xoxox

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Re: Dog With Suspected Heartworm

John (Lillian,alabama) on 03/12/2014

Hi, I have an 11 year old Catahoula/Foxhound mix that I think has heartworms. He started having a short dry cough but still had energy and wanted to play all of the time. Fast forward to two weeks later and the cough has worsened to the point that any activity at all causes a coughing and wheezing fit. I lost my job and don't qualify for any welfare programs whether human or animal and have no relatives or friends that can lend me any money. I saw on here that fresh garlic has been proven to help so I crushed up 2.5 fresh cloves and split it up between three meals. He hasn't shown any improvement, But he hasn't gotten any worse either. But this is the first day that I have given to him. He weighs 75 lbs and is in great shape. He has routinely received fresh vegetables, fruits and chicken in his diet since he was a pup. It breaks my heart to see my little boy in such distress and I am willing to try anything to help him. I plan on keeping the garlic treatment up because I was given a whole bag of fresh cloves and I also give him 1.5 tablespoons of unrefined Coconut oil mixed with 1 tablespoon of Turmeric in every meal. Is there anything else that I can do ? Any advice will be greatly appreciated!
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Best Remedies for Heartworm?

Luli (Bucharest, Romania) on 08/13/2013

Our friends' dog has hearworm, stage 3, maybe even 4. From all the natural remedies I read about, what would you suggest? Thank you in advance!
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Black Walnut Extract and Garlic for Heartworm

Lynn (Venice, Florida) on 08/05/2013
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I adopted a lab mix with a heavy load of heartworm. He was showing symptoms of advanced heartworm disease (coughing, etc) and was not expected to live. I was determined to heal him and that was the end of it. And heal him I did. I purchased from my local health food store a LIQUID form of antiparasitic herbs: wormwood with black walnut extract, together. At the grocery store I purchased one of the little glass jars of garlic that is already mashed up. (In Ohio Marc's has it cheapest). My boy is about 110 lbs. In each of his 2 daily meals I put 15 drops of the liquid antiparasitic (per bottle instructions) and added approx 1 Tablespoon of the garlic. This is a lot of garlic, by the way. I did this for 2.5 wks. And then omitted the liquid antiparasitic for 2 wks, whilst continuing the garlic. The bottle states that you must take a break from the antiparasitic as it is a strong and serious remedy. Symptoms very slowly began to subside. After 3 or 4 mos I had his heartworm load tested at the vet only to find THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY HEARTWORM. Or it was low enough to not be detected by the testing.

The heartworm "remedy" currently offered by the vets is, in my view, utter NONSENSE. My vote is that no dog should EVER be subjected to this medieval hocum that you must mortgage your home to afford. Common sense indicates that this business of injecting toxic poisons into the dog, then mandating that the dog must be forced into non-movement for months (months! ) is insanity. This treatment needs to be made illegal. Many dogs die from this and the cruelty involved is hard to think about.

It is now 5 yrs. later and my boy is doing great! My advice would be to get the dog off the Sentinel yesterday. It is simply not needed and is not innocuous, but rather, overtly harmful.

I have treated several dogs since then following this natural prescription excepting now I also add Goldenseal. I believe that any antiparasitic natural herb/substance/food can be put into the mix so long as it is palatable to the dog. I have had 100% success with all dogs so far. I do not promise it to heal any dog, but I would be surprised if it didn't.

I would like to add that during this treatment, especially at the beginning, I do pray to my Higher Power asking for the worms to leave my dog and I pray as often as I possibly can.

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Help Requested for Suspected Heartworm

Scott (Lakeland Florida Polk) on 05/11/2013

My dog is losing weight and I believe its heart worms. I can't afford a vet but I love my dog. What can I do for them on a home remedy.
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Artemisia for Dog With Heartworm

Linda (Springfield, Massachusetts) on 03/12/2013

Artemisia Combination may have cured my dog's heartworm! I looked online for a natural heartguard alternative and I read about this supplement. I was so happy when my dog had a negative heartworm test!
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Black Walnut, Garlic, Wormwood for Heartworms

Lisa (Tulia, Tx, Usa ) on 03/27/2012

My cocker spaniel has recently be diagnosed with heartworms. I am in the third week of giving him garlic, 10 drops of Sweet Wormwood, and 10 drops of Black Walnut twice daily on an empty stomach. My questions are: Will he continue to cough through out the time I am giving him this medicine? If so, is there something I can give him to help the cough? How quickly do the worms begin to die after I start this medicine? and, Should I try to keep him calm and quiet as much as I can through out this time?
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Remedies Worked for Heartworm

Tina (Kissimmee, Florida) on 03/02/2012
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I just wanted to say thank you to everyone on this page for all the info. Posted. I have a Pitbull and was diagnosed with advanced heartworms. The vet wanted to put him on the arsenic treatment but I could not afford it, he also offered to put him down but I decided to give the black walnut and wormwood a try and its been two months now and he is doing great. My husband and I have been giving him a combination of the BW, the WW and Dandelion plus Vitamin B12, parsley water and since his platelets were very low we have been giving him raw eggs with honey and thank God he is doing awesome. I will keep him on this treatment for another month and then retest him and see what happens. I will keep everyone posted. Thank you again for all the feedback. Ps: we also give him raw garlic every day.
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