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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.

1. CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Why Use Herbs? - p. 9 2. PART I: HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANTS AND ANIMALS - p. 12 3. CHAPTER 2: Zoopharmacognosy - p. 13 4. CHAPTER 3: Ethnoveterinary Medicine: Potential Solutions for Large-Scale Problems? - p. 22 5. CHAPTER 4: The Roots of Veterinary Botanical Medicine - p. 36 6. CHAPTER 5: Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Cooking Pot Analogy - p. 52 7. CHAPTER 6: Ayurvedic Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practices - p. 57 8. PART II: HERBAL MEDICINE CONTROVERSIES - p. 76 9. CHAPTER 7: Evaluating, Designing, and Accessing Herbal Medicine Research - p. 77 10. CHAPTER 8: Regulation and Quality Control - p. 87 11. CHAPTER 9: A Skeptical View of Herbal Medicine - p. 103 12. PART III: THE PLANTS - p. 116 13. CHAPTER 10: Medical Botany - p. 117 14. CHAPTER 11: Plant Chemistry in Veterinary Medicine: Medicinal Constituents and Their Mechanisms of Action - p. 133 15. CHAPTER 12: Herbal Medicine: Potential for Intoxication and Interactions With Conventional Drugs - p. 150 16. CHAPTER 13: Herbal Energetics: A Key to Efficacy in Herbal Medicine - p. 167 17. CHAPTER 14: Herb Manufacture, Pharmacy, and Dosing - p. 178 18. CHAPTER 15: Designing the Medicinal Herb Garden - p. 190 19. CHAPTER 16: Commercial Production of Organic Herbs for Veterinary Medicine - p. 199 20. CHAPTER 17: Conserving Medicinal Plant Biodiversity - p. 204 21. CHAPTER 18: Safe Substitutes for Endangered Herbs: Plant Conservation and Loss of Our Medicines - p. 210 22. PART IV: VETERINARY CLINICAL USES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS - p. 217 23. CHAPTER 19: Approaches in Veterinary Herbal Medicine Prescribing - p. 218 24. CHAPTER 20: Veterinary Herbal Medicine: A Systems-Based Approach - p. 228 25. CHAPTER 21: Herbal Medicine in Equine Practice - p. 348 26. CHAPTER 22: Phytotherapy for Dairy Cows - p. 372 27. CHAPTER 23: Clinical Practice: Getting Started - p. 381 28. CHAPTER 24: Materia Medica - p. 385 29. APPENDIX A: Weights and Measures Conversions - p. 589 30. APPENDIX B: Suppliers - p. 590 31. APPENDIX C: Training in Herbal Medicine - p. 591 32. APPENDIX D: Herbal Terminology - p. 592 33. APPENDIX E: Client Handout: Hints on Administering Herbs to Animals - p. 593 34. Index - p. 594

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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.

1. CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Why Use Herbs? - p. 9 2. PART I: HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANTS AND ANIMALS - p. 12 3. CHAPTER 2: Zoopharmacognosy - p. 13 4. CHAPTER 3: Ethnoveterinary Medicine: Potential Solutions for Large-Scale Problems? - p. 22 5. CHAPTER 4: The Roots of Veterinary Botanical Medicine - p. 36 6. CHAPTER 5: Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Cooking Pot Analogy - p. 52 7. CHAPTER 6: Ayurvedic Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practices - p. 57 8. PART II: HERBAL MEDICINE CONTROVERSIES - p. 76 9. CHAPTER 7: Evaluating, Designing, and Accessing Herbal Medicine Research - p. 77 10. CHAPTER 8: Regulation and Quality Control - p. 87 11. CHAPTER 9: A Skeptical View of Herbal Medicine - p. 103 12. PART III: THE PLANTS - p. 116 13. CHAPTER 10: Medical Botany - p. 117 14. CHAPTER 11: Plant Chemistry in Veterinary Medicine: Medicinal Constituents and Their Mechanisms of Action - p. 133 15. CHAPTER 12: Herbal Medicine: Potential for Intoxication and Interactions With Conventional Drugs - p. 150 16. CHAPTER 13: Herbal Energetics: A Key to Efficacy in Herbal Medicine - p. 167 17. CHAPTER 14: Herb Manufacture, Pharmacy, and Dosing - p. 178 18. CHAPTER 15: Designing the Medicinal Herb Garden - p. 190 19. CHAPTER 16: Commercial Production of Organic Herbs for Veterinary Medicine - p. 199 20. CHAPTER 17: Conserving Medicinal Plant Biodiversity - p. 204 21. CHAPTER 18: Safe Substitutes for Endangered Herbs: Plant Conservation and Loss of Our Medicines - p. 210 22. PART IV: VETERINARY CLINICAL USES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS - p. 217 23. CHAPTER 19: Approaches in Veterinary Herbal Medicine Prescribing - p. 218 24. CHAPTER 20: Veterinary Herbal Medicine: A Systems-Based Approach - p. 228 25. CHAPTER 21: Herbal Medicine in Equine Practice - p. 348 26. CHAPTER 22: Phytotherapy for Dairy Cows - p. 372 27. CHAPTER 23: Clinical Practice: Getting Started - p. 381 28. CHAPTER 24: Materia Medica - p. 385 29. APPENDIX A: Weights and Measures Conversions - p. 589 30. APPENDIX B: Suppliers - p. 590 31. APPENDIX C: Training in Herbal Medicine - p. 591 32. APPENDIX D: Herbal Terminology - p. 592 33. APPENDIX E: Client Handout: Hints on Administering Herbs to Animals - p. 593 34. Index - p. 594

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