An Integrative Approach to Allergic Dermatitis: Curing the Seven Year Itch

The immune system is complicated but our drugs for treating it are not. We rely almost exclusively on immune suppression as a treatment strategy, even as ongoing research identifies a myriad of other mechanisms that could serve as targets for intervention.

Traditional holistic medicine disciplines, on the other hand, do target some of these mechanisms, even though the words ‘immune system’ do not appear in their paradigms. This lecture will review three Chinese medical diagnoses and their associated treatments that can bring veterinarians closer to consistently resolving allergic dermatitis in their own practice. Case examples are provided.