Veterinary Herbal Medicine

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Elsevier Health Sciences, Nov 29, 2006 - Medical - 728 pages
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.
 

Contents

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ROOTS OF VETERINARY BOTANICAL MEDICINE 33 5
33
THE COOKING
51
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES 59 PART
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SKEPTICAL VIEW OF HERBAL MEDICINE 121 PART
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MEDICINAL CONSTITUENTS
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CONVENTIONAL DRUGS 183 12
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Susan G. Wynn,Barbara Fougere
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Bibliographic information

TitleVeterinary Herbal Medicine
AuthorsSusan G. Wynn, Barbara Fougere
Editionillustrated
PublisherElsevier Health Sciences, 2006
ISBN0323029981, 9780323029988
Length728 pages
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Medical / Veterinary Medicine / General
  
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