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Welcome to South San Diego Veterinary Hospital!

The doctor and staff extend a warm welcome to you and your pets.
We are pleased you have chosen SSDVH to assist in providing loving health care.

At South San Diego Hospital, healing is considered in two ways: the traditional, 'Western' medical approach, as well as 'Eastern' techniques . We do whatever it takes!

You're probably familiar with the items on this list, and if you need any of these terms explained in further detail as it may relate to your pet, give us a call!

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT SERVICES AVAILABLE

Gemmotherapy

Gemma derives its name from the Latin for "bud." Gemmotherapy uses plant buds and rootlet extracts, freshly harvested from the growing plants, making it possible to obtain a more active medication without a need for large doses. It has been extensively researched in Europe through chemical analysis, study of pharmacological properties, and clinical experimentation.

Each Gemmotherapy solution is capable of improving many different conditions, and when taken in prescribed dosages and combinations have proved effective in altering toxic states within the body with an accompanying increase in well-being.

We should think about Gemmotherapy as being derived from the Gemmo or "bud" of trees and plants. The extracts of the buds and rootlets extracts contain more than a composite of vitamins and minerals. They contain the essence of life, from that tiny bud can grow a giant redwood or a mighty oak.

When the buds and embryonic plant tissues are harvested, they are soaked in a mixture of glycerin and alcohol, in a ratio where the basic medium corresponds to 1/20 of the dry weight of fresh plants used. After three weeks, the macerate is filtered and diluted to 1/10* with a mixture of water, alcohol and glycerin. It is this 1 /10th solution, Hahnemann's First Decimal, which is the medicinal form of Gemmotherapy remedies. Concentrations stronger than IX or 1DH risk causing some intolerance phenomena.