For Pets
Wellspring
For the steady, clean flow that keeps an animal feeling like itself.
Wellspring is built around the kidneys — the quiet organs that filter, balance, and clear. The blend leans on rehmannia and cistanche, the roots East Asian herbalism reserves for deep kidney support, paired with the gentle, water-moving character of dandelion. Together they encourage the body's natural rhythm of taking in, balancing, and letting go.
Day to day, that shows up as steady hydration and a body that handles its own fluid balance without strain. Eleuthero adds adaptogenic resilience so an older or harder-working animal holds its vigor, while goji — a kidney-and-eye berry in classical tradition — and licorice round the formula into something soft, palatable, and kind to a sensitive system.
Because it carries none of the heavy aromatic oils that overwhelm cats and small animals, Wellspring is made to be welcomed at the bowl rather than refused — a daily, food-grade companion for the kidneys and the flow they govern.
What it supports in the animal
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
Small-batch. Dual-extracted where it matters. Made by hand.
How to take it
Stir a small amount of the dilute extract or powder into food, scaled to your animal's body weight. Start low and build gradually.
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 the kidneys' natural filtering and clearing
Encourages healthy, steady fluid balance and hydration
Adaptogenic support for resilience in older or active animals
Gentle and palatable — kind to sensitive cats and small pets
Food-grade and body-weight-scaled for everyday use
How it works
The science of Wellspring
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 formula's backbone is the kidney-tonic tradition of East Asian herbalism. Rehmannia is the classical root for nourishing the kidney and the body's deep reserves, and cistanche is its warming counterpart, long used to support the lower body and steady vitality. Dandelion root, drawn from Western kitchen-and-field herbalism, is one of the oldest gentle supports for the body's movement of water, traditionally valued for encouraging healthy passage of fluid without depleting it.
Around that core, eleuthero contributes adaptogenic balance — helping an animal's system hold steady under the ordinary wear of age and activity — while goji and licorice bring softness and palatability. Licorice is the great harmonizer of East Asian formulas, smoothing the blend so it sits gently in the bowl and in the body. The result is structure-and-function support for the kidneys and fluid balance, grounded in the real character of each botanical rather than any disease claim.
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.
Rehmannia glutinosa
Acteoside (Verbascoside)
PubChem ↗Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Beta-secretase 1 · IC50 6.3 nM
Measured to act on
A family of signaling enzymes that relay messages controlling cell growth and activity.
Aucubin
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
An enzyme that makes prostaglandins for everyday housekeeping like stomach lining and blood flow.
The enzyme that drives the body's inflammatory response by producing prostaglandins.
The receptor through which estrogen signals, governing many reproductive and tissue functions.
Cistanche deserticola
Echinacoside
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
The enzyme that makes melanin, the pigment that gives skin and hair their color.
Acteoside / Verbascoside
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
An enzyme in brain cells that cuts certain membrane proteins as part of normal cellular processing.
An enzyme that processes the amino acid arginine, governing nitrogen handling within cells.
A signaling enzyme that relays messages inside cells, influencing growth and communication.
Taraxacum officinale
Luteolin
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
A receptor that helps guide immune cell development and daily metabolic rhythms.
A major liver enzyme that processes and clears a large share of dietary and plant compounds.
An enzyme that breaks down purines, producing uric acid as a byproduct.
Apigenin
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
A major liver enzyme that processes and clears a large share of dietary and plant compounds.
The enzyme that converts androgens into estrogens, balancing the body's hormones.
An enzyme that breaks down serotonin and other mood-related brain messengers.
Eleutherococcus senticosus
Eleutheroside B (Syringin)
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
An enzyme that makes prostaglandins for everyday upkeep like protecting the stomach lining.
An enzyme that breaks down fatty-acid signals involved in blood vessel tone and inflammation.
Sesamin
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
The sensory channel that detects cold and the cooling feel of menthol.
The receptor through which vitamin D guides calcium balance and gene activity.
A signaling enzyme that helps coordinate cell division.
Lycium barbarum
Betaine
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
An enzyme that recycles the amino acid homocysteine back into methionine using betaine.
Scopoletin
PubChem ↗Measured in the lab: binds tightly to Carbonic anhydrase 9 · Ki 960 nM
Measured to act on
An enzyme that helps cells balance acidity by managing carbon dioxide.
Glycyrrhiza glabra
18beta-Glycyrrhetinic acid (enoxolone)
PubChem ↗Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 · IC50 1.2 nM
Measured to act on
An enzyme in tissues like fat and liver that activates the stress hormone cortisol.
A kidney enzyme that switches off cortisol, helping the body manage salt and fluid balance.
A signaling enzyme involved in skin cell growth and how cells respond to their environment.
Liquiritigenin
PubChem ↗Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Estrogen receptor beta · EC50 37 nM
Measured to act on
A receptor that reads the hormone estrogen, helping govern reproductive and other tissues.
The building-block protein of the internal scaffolding that gives cells shape and moves their parts.
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 dogs, cats, and other companion animals whose people want gentle, daily support for kidney function and fluid balance. A good fit for seniors and hard-working animals whose systems benefit from steady, food-grade care.
How to use it
Stir a small amount of the dilute extract or powder into your animal's food once daily, scaled to body weight. Begin with a low amount and increase gradually as it settles into the routine.
Measure · Stir a small amount of the dilute extract or powder into food, scaled to your animal's body weight. Start low and build gradually.
What’s inside
Inside you'll find rehmannia and cistanche, the deep kidney-tonic roots of East Asian tradition, alongside dandelion's gentle water-moving character, the steadying lift of eleuthero, and goji and licorice to round it soft and palatable at the bowl.
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 Wellspring's botanicals
Built from overlapping herbs, these reinforce Wellspringalong the same lines — the shared-botanical kinship our genome engine maps.