Veterinary Herbal Medicine
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Veterinary Herbal Medicine

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Veterinary Herbal Medicine

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This full-color reference offers practical, evidence-based guidance on using more than 120 medicinal plants, including how to formulate herbal remedies to treat common disease conditions. A body-systems based review explores herbal medicine in context, offering information on toxicology, drug interactions, quality control, and other key topics.

  • More than 120 herbal monographs provide quick access to information on the historical use of the herb in humans and animals, supporting studies, and dosing information.
  • Includes special dosing, pharmacokinetics, and regulatory considerations when using herbs for horses and farm animals.
  • Expanded pharmacology and toxicology chapters provide thorough information on the chemical basis of herbal medicine.
  • Explores the evolutionary relationship between plants and mammals, which is the basis for understanding the unique physiologic effects of herbs.
  • Includes a body systems review of herbal remedies for common disease conditions in both large and small animals.
  • Discusses special considerations for the scientific research of herbs, including complex and individualized interventions that may require special design and nontraditional outcome goals.

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Publisher
Mosby
Year
2006
ISBN
9780323070379
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Veterinary Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Front Matter
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Table of Contents
  9. CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Why Use Herbs?
  10. PART I: HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
  11. PART II: HERBAL MEDICINE CONTROVERSIES
  12. PART III: THE PLANTS
  13. PART IV: VETERINARY CLINICAL USES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
  14. APPENDIX A: Weights and Measures Conversions
  15. APPENDIX B: Suppliers
  16. APPENDIX C: Training in Herbal Medicine
  17. APPENDIX D: Herbal Terminology
  18. APPENDIX E: Client Handout: Hints on Administering Herbs to Animals
  19. Index