What is animal aromatics?

Animal aromatics describes the use of natural aromatic plant extracts to re-balance or maintain the physical and mental health of an animal. Animal aromatics stands for allowing the animal to select remedies that it may find similar or the same to those it would select in the wild. Caroline Ingraham is the leading practitioner in the UK of this work for the last 20 years in both domestic and zoo animals. Caroline’s work and teaching is based on the animal’s own ability to self select from nature’s pharmacy and she has built up an enormous wealth of knowledge which has grown through both observational and scientific research.

Philippa has trained extensively with Caroline and achieved a distinction in Caroline's diploma course. She has also trained with GEOTA (guild of essential oil therapists for animals) of which she is a full member after completing their diploma course. She has learned how to observe many species of animals which include, dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, wallabies, alpaca’s, iguana’s, guinea pigs, rabbits and snakes. She has also learned how to conduct full kinesiology testing of an animals meridian system, which is used to find out weaknesses in an animals energy field, and how to find the essential oils and products to balance the energy system. 

Animals that can benefit from aromatics

• Dogs
• Cats
• Horses
• Donkeys
• Rabbits
• Guinea pigs
• Birds
• Reptiles
• All mammals
 

Some conditions which have been helped by using aromatics

Wounds—infections, slow healing wounds, bruising, haemorrhage, inflammation and scarring.

Behavioural problems—aggression, nervousness, self mutilation, obsessive compulsive disorders, fear of confinement, sound sensitivity, fears and phobias, spooking, shying, separation, trauma, grief, vices, hormonal problems, and other behavioural problems associated with rescued or abused animals.

Skin complaints - allergic complaints, thrush, tumours, sarcoids, warts, itchy  skin, hot spots, eczema,  folliculitis

Respiratory disease– allergic disorders, copd, viral, bacterial, fungal infections, kennel cough, asthma

Aches/sprains - bruising, fluid retention, soft tissue damage, arthritis, tendon/muscle injury

Digestive disorders– diarrhoea, constipation, colic, infections, irritable bowel disorder

Urinary disorders – cystitis, bladder stones, kidney stones.

Musculoskeletal disorders – arthritis, rheumatism, old age, hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, osteochondritis, osteochondrisis

Endocrine disorders – hormonal problems, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, cushings disease, addisons disease.

Immune/autoimmune conditions

Typical examples of aromatics used

• Essential oils
• Macerated oils
• Fixed oils
• Dried rosehips
• Tubers of devil’s claw
• Clay
• Spirulina and other powdered products
• Floral water
• Aromatic plant extracts
 

What now? 

There are two options available to owners. The first option is to bring your animal to see me at my house in Binfield, for a face to face consult. I will offer your animal a range of specific remedies according to the  reason for you bringing your  animal to me. I will closely observe your animals reaction to everything that I offer them, which will help me to decide what remedies to send you home with. You will then need to take the remedies home and work with your animal on a daily basis (usually once a day), until your animal has ‘gone off’ the remedies. Full tuition into how to read your animal and offer the remedies to them is given, and full telephone support. 

If your are not able to come to my house for any reason, or you feel that your pet would not be happy leaving their home, then the other option available to you is a kinesiology consultation.

For either a face to face consult or a kinesiology consult, an aromatics form must be completed, which takes a full history of your animal, both physical and emotional. You are advised to inform your veterinary surgeon of the fact that you are hoping to use animal aromatics, and if  they wish to be informed of the consultation, this is not a problem. It is very important to fill the form  in completely, to include all medication or supplements that your animal is currently on.