# ? from an old post

Since I am relatively new to the forum, I've begun to read older posts (for those who know about my OCDness - yes this is probably part of that) and I feel I'm learning alot (therefore justifying my need to have all of the posts show in one color).  There was a post a year ago (by Britain) that sai…

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In Health · started by ljowen123 · 7 replies
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## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2008-05-01T18:13:05.000Z
Since I am relatively new to the forum, I've begun to read older posts (for those who know about my OCDness - yes this is probably part of that) and I feel I'm learning alot (therefore justifying my need to have all of the posts show in one color).  There was a post a year ago (by Britain) that said "One more thing;I give both of my dogs powdered or pstled nettles as that's a non invasive way to promote antihistamine soothing."  This was in relation to vaccines and allergies within dogs.  Jazz has been sneezing a fair amount - the vet feels it's due to lovely pollen season here in the South.  I take a prescription for my allergies & sinus problems. 

My question is - has anyone here tried the powdered nettles with their dogs for spring/fall allergies?  How do you give them this powder?  What dosage?  What kind of success have you had?  Where do you get this?

## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2008-05-01T18:17:17.000Z
http://thebark.com/ezine/living\_health/Vet\_Advice\_Scratching\_000.html

i have nettles and thyme for a skin condition on a dog in the past - but not a shiba. I would add them (nettles) to their meal every other day and use thyme (boiled thick and cooled) on skin for flakes.

## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2008-05-01T18:26:59.000Z
Where did you find the nettles?

## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2008-05-01T18:30:23.000Z
a mom and pop country store called Everything Natural.. I'm sure you can track some down with a health foods place reference or something??? Thats how I found it.

## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2008-05-01T18:52:22.000Z
Cool - I'll give it a try and see if it helps - she's not really scratching, just sneezing alot - then again oak pollen is very high right now and we have a lot of old oaks around our house - in fact, I chose the color of my house (pale yellow) so that pollen wouldn't show so bad during the spring.

## brada1878 (admin) · 2008-05-01T19:08:07.000Z
Britain was an active and very knowledgeable member here for a while, she has since become inactive - she has been slammed with work (on location somewhere). If you have any questions for her specifically I still keep in touch with her and I can ask her for you.

Tho it sounds like Jen may have this Q covered.  :c)

## _dlroberts · 2008-05-01T19:17:04.000Z
When I first read LJ's question I saw "nettles" as "nestles" and I was about to chime in....

## brandon_w (admin) · 2008-05-01T19:35:31.000Z
This place is:

http://www.jeansgreens.com/

Is a good source for all sorts of natural healing herbs and what not.  For making teas or medicinal applications, you know, whatever.

LJ - Whole Dog Journal is really into this type of stuff also (where do you think I found out about Jeans Greens), so you might want to try a word search in their back issue database.

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