Opis
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.
Szczegóły produktu
Indeks
37351
EAN13
9780323029988
ISBN
9780323029988
Opis
Rok wydania
2006
Numer wydania
1
Oprawa
twarda
Liczba stron
728
Wymiary (mm)
216 x 276
Waga (g)
2200
1. Why Use Herbs? I. Historical Relationship between Plants and Animals 2. Zoopharmacognosy 3. Ethnoveterinary Medicine: Potential Solutions for Large-Scale Problems 4. The Roots of Veterinary Botanical Medicine 5. Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Cooking Pot Analogy 6. Ayurvedic Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practices II. Herbal Medicine Controversies 7. Evaluating, Designing and Accessing Herbal Medicine Research 8. Regulation and Quality Control 9. A Skeptical View of Herbal Medicine III. The Plants 10. Medical Botany 11. Plant Chemistry in Veterinary Medicine: Medicinal Constituents and their Mechanisms of Action 12. Herbal Medicine: Potential for Intoxication and Interactions with Conventional Drugs 13. Herbal Energetics: The Key to Efficacy in Herbal Medicine 14. Herb Manufacture, Pharmacy and Dosing 15. Herbal Materia Medica 16. Designing the Medicinal Herb Garden 17. Commercial Organic Herb Production for Veterinary Medicine 18. Conserving Medicinal Plant Biodiversity 19. Safe Substitutes for Endangered Herbs: Plant Conservation and Loss of our Medicines IV. Veterinary Clinical Uses of Medicinal Plants 20. Approaches in Veterinary Herbal Medicine Prescribing 21. Herbs for Hematologic and Immunologic Disorders 22. Herbal Medicine in Equine Practice 23. Phytotherapy for Dairy Cows 24. Organic Management of Food Producing Livestock 25. Clinical PracticeV. Resources A. Client Handouts a. How to Administer Herbs b. How to Report Adverse Events B. Training in Herbal Medicine C. Suppliers D. Websites and Other Texts