ROSES GIVE GIFT OF LIFE TO DOGS AT DEATH'S DOOR

Roses give gift of Life to Dogs at Death's Door

An ancient Chinese rosehip remedy can give new life to old dogs and may arrest or even cure canine cancer, local veterinarians have found.

Dr Gary Eckersley, professor of veterinary science at Medunsa, tested the rose tea remedy, called Cili Bao, on 11 canine patients for six weeks.

"It gives old dogs a new lease of life and improves their appetites", he said.

"It has anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing effects and is a good adjunct to conventional treatment".

The tea, made from the fruit of the wold Chinese rose, Rosa Roxburgii which grows in the mountains near Beijing, is used in China to pep up people.

It is used to treat stomach complaints, appetite and digestive disorders, bad blood circulation and blood pressure and is also used to slow ageing and to treat arthritis, stress and fatigue.

Among the other vitamins, minerals, fruit sugar and amino-acids, Cili Bao contains an enzyme called superoxide dismatusa that detoxifies the blood. Dr. Eckersley believes this may be the key ingredient.

While the tea has not yet cured dogs that Dr Eckersley is treating for cancer, it has "made them happier", he said.

However, another vet astounded by the tea's effects is Dr Rick Pryce, chairman of Animals in Distress and the Animal Emergency Centre.

As well as monitoring several elderly dogs who have started behaving like puppies on Cili Bao, Dr Pryce has documented three cancer cases - a Doberman, a Scottie and Weimaraner.

All three animals are healthy, lively and appear cured after rose tea was sprinkled on their food for a few months.

Dr Pryce and his wife, Jane, take the tea themselves. He said an old, painful rugby injury now felt easier while his wife had more energy and felt younger.

Dr Pryce, who had told the Doberman's owner the dog had just three months to live, found "a marked regression" of the bone cancer on x-rays. "Neither I, nor the referring veterinarian, have ever seen such a marked reversal", he said.

The Scottie's owner, Bronwen Davidson of Bramley, Johannesburg, was told nothing could be done when the dog developed cancer in its foot.

But in a last-ditch attempt to save her dog, Mrs Davidson used rose tea crystals, which cost about R60 for a month.

"after two weeks, she got better. Then the improvement was dramatic. The pain has gone and she seems completely well" said mrs Davidson. "She's like her own self".

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