For Pets/Cadence

For Pets

Cadence

A steady, well-supplied heart and even circulation — gentle daily support for the rhythm that carries your animal through every season.

This formula supports the everyday work of a well-circulated body: a heart that holds a calm, steady tone, blood that is richly nourished, and warmth that reaches all the way to the paws, ears, and tail. It is built for the long arc of an animal's life — the older companion slowing at the edges, the working dog or horse asking a lot of its engine, the cat you want to keep warm and well-supplied.

Where many circulatory ideas reach for harsh, high-aromatic spices, this one leans on nourishing tonic berries and roots first, with only a soft warming note to encourage movement to the extremities. That makes it gentle enough for cats and small animals, scaled to body weight, while still doing the real work of feeding the blood and supporting the warmth that moves it.

Taken steadily, it becomes a quiet daily companion — supporting circulatory tone, stamina, and a settled, even rhythm rather than chasing a single moment of need.

What it supports in the animal

CardiovascularImmuneBlood/CirculatoryEndocrineKidneyDigestive

The body systems the herbs in this formula are traditionally understood to nourish — resolved through our knowledge graph, where the classical record and modern biology are read together. Structure and function, never a claim of treatment.

For Pets

$20.00/ 1 oz / 12 g

Small-batch. Dual-extracted where it matters. Made by hand.

How to take it

A small amount of the dilute extract or powder stirred into food, scaled to body weight — start low and build gradually as your animal settles into it.

Whole plant, never isolated

Concentrated extracts of the whole botanical — the way the body recognizes it.

Cited to measured biology

Every action we describe traces to the compound and its measured target.

Structure & function

We describe what an herb nourishes — never a claim to treat disease.

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What you get

What this formula gives you

Supports healthy circulation and cardiovascular tone

Encourages warmth and good circulation to the paws, ears, and extremities

Nourishes the blood with gentle tonic berries and roots

Supports stamina and a steady, even pulse in active and aging animals

Gentle and food-grade — suitable for cats, dogs, and horses when scaled to body weight

How it works

The science of Cadence

Not buzzwords — the actual biology of the plants in this formula: their compounds, the targets those compounds are measured to engage, and the systems they nourish.

The blend draws on botanicals long honored in the East Asian tonic tradition for the heart and the blood. Longan is a classic nourishing fruit prized for feeding the blood and settling the heart; Reishi is the grounding tonic mushroom traditionally associated with the heart and a calm, settled center; and Rehmannia is one of the great blood-nourishing roots, the foundation many circulatory tonics are built upon. Together they supply the rich, nourishing base that healthy circulation is drawn from.

Around that base, Astragalus and Codonopsis lend gentle vitality and tone — the kind of steady, energizing support that helps the body carry its blood evenly and hold stamina without overstimulation — while a small measure of Ginger adds a soft warming character traditionally used to encourage circulation outward to the limbs and extremities. Each is food-grade and gently dosed, supporting the body's own circulatory tone and warmth rather than forcing it.

The molecules, measured

A formula is a community of compounds. Below are active molecules from the herbs in this blend and the proteins each is measured to engage — the precise points where the plants meet biology. So you see not just that it works, but how.

Longan Berry

Dimocarpus longan

Gallic acid

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Amyloid-beta precursor protein · EC50 1.7 nM

Measured to act on

3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase type-2

A mitochondrial enzyme involved in breaking down fatty acids and balancing steroid hormones.

Alpha-(1,3)-fucosyltransferase 7

An enzyme that adds sugar tags to cells, helping immune cells find their way through tissue.

Lysine-specific demethylase 4E

An enzyme that edits chemical tags on DNA-packaging proteins to regulate genes.

Ellagic acid

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Amyloid-beta precursor protein · EC50 1.7 nM

Measured to act on

DNA repair nuclease/redox regulator APEX1

A protein that repairs damaged DNA and helps balance the cell's oxidative state.

Casein kinase II subunit alpha

A constantly active signaling enzyme involved in cell growth and stress responses.

Pyruvate kinase PKLR

An enzyme in the liver and red blood cells that helps turn sugar into usable energy.

Reishi

Ganoderma lucidum

Ganoderic acid A

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1

An enzyme that locally regenerates active cortisol, shaping how tissues respond to the body's stress hormone.

11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2

An enzyme that quiets cortisol inside kidney and salt-handling tissues, helping govern fluid and mineral balance.

Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B1

An enzyme that converts glucose into sorbitol, part of how cells handle sugar.

Ganoderic acid B

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

Acetylcholinesterase

The enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine, resetting nerve and muscle signals between pulses.

Cholinesterase

A blood enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine and helps clear certain compounds from circulation.

Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B1

An enzyme that converts glucose into sorbitol, part of how cells handle sugar.

Astragalus

Astragalus membranaceus

Formononetin

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Apoptosis regulator Bcl-2 · Ki 10 nM

Measured to act on

Cytochrome P450 2C9

A liver enzyme that breaks down many compounds the body takes in.

Apoptosis regulator Bcl-2

A protein that helps decide whether a cell continues living or undergoes natural turnover.

Protein deacetylase HDAC6

An enzyme that edits proteins to manage cellular cleanup and the cell internal scaffolding.

Calycosin

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

High mobility group protein B1

A protein that helps organize DNA and acts as an alarm signal during tissue stress.

Rehmannia

Rehmannia glutinosa

Acteoside (Verbascoside)

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Beta-secretase 1 · IC50 6.3 nM

Measured to act on

Protein kinase C

A family of signaling enzymes that relay messages controlling cell growth and activity.

Measured to act on

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1

An enzyme that makes prostaglandins for everyday housekeeping like stomach lining and blood flow.

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 2

The enzyme that drives the body's inflammatory response by producing prostaglandins.

Estrogen receptor

The receptor through which estrogen signals, governing many reproductive and tissue functions.

Codonopsis

Codonopsis pilosula

Syringin

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1

An enzyme that makes prostaglandins for everyday housekeeping like stomach lining and blood flow.

Bifunctional epoxide hydrolase 2

An enzyme that breaks down fatty-acid signals involved in blood vessel and inflammation balance.

Atractylenolide I

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

Polyunsaturated fatty acid 5-lipoxygenase

An enzyme that converts fatty acids into messengers of the inflammatory response.

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1

An enzyme that makes prostaglandins for everyday housekeeping like stomach lining and blood flow.

Cellular tumor antigen p53

A guardian protein that watches over DNA and helps cells decide when to repair or stop dividing.

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

6-Gingerol

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds to Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 · EC50 3.3 µM

Measured to act on

Cytochrome P450 3A4

A major liver enzyme that processes a wide range of compounds the body takes in.

Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1

A repair enzyme that resolves certain DNA damage so the strand can be restored.

Cytochrome P450 2C9

A liver enzyme that helps break down and process many compounds and natural substances.

6-Shogaol

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds to Cytochrome P450 1A2 · IC50 2.5 µM

Measured to act on

Cytochrome P450 3A4

A major liver enzyme that processes a wide range of compounds the body takes in.

Cytochrome P450 2D6

A liver enzyme that processes many compounds, including some the body forms naturally.

Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1

A nerve-ending sensor that responds to heat and to the pungency of chili pepper compounds.

Measured molecular activities drawn from public scientific databases (PubChem, ChEMBL), shown as the characterized chemistry of the plants in this formula — every edge traced to its source record. This describes the molecules, not the product. Structure and function only; these statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

In practice

Who it’s for, and how to use it

Who it’s for

For animal companions you want to support at the heart and circulation — the aging dog or cat slowing at the edges, the working dog or horse with a hard-asked engine, and animals who tend to run cool in their paws and ears. Gentle enough for daily, long-term use across cats, dogs, and horses.

How to use it

Stir a small amount of the dilute extract or powder into your animal's food, scaled to body weight, starting low and building gradually. Best given consistently as daily support rather than for a single moment.

Measure · A small amount of the dilute extract or powder stirred into food, scaled to body weight — start low and build gradually as your animal settles into it.

What’s inside

Inside: nourishing Longan berry and slow-grounding Reishi at the heart of it, with blood-feeding Rehmannia, the gentle vitality roots Astragalus and Codonopsis, and a soft warming note of Ginger to carry circulation outward. We chose this circle because a well-circulated body asks for two things at once — a richly nourished blood and the steady warmth that moves it — and these botanicals, drawn from the East Asian tonic lineage, hold both gently enough for the animals we love.

Structure-and-function support for animal nutrition and vitality. Introduce gradually and watch how your companion responds. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If your animal is pregnant, nursing, or on medication, consult your veterinarian first.

Pairs well with

Formulas that share Cadence's botanicals

Built from overlapping herbs, these reinforce Cadencealong the same lines — the shared-botanical kinship our genome engine maps.