CHAPTER 11 Plant Chemistry in Veterinary Medicine: Medicinal Constituents and Their Mechanisms of Action Eric Yarnell Botanical medicines owe their activity to their multitude of constituents. These constituents are generally…
CHAPTER 10 Medical Botany Robyn Klein WHAT IS MEDICAL BOTANY? Medical botany is an expert field of study once consigned to the past and now summoned to serve the herbal…
CHAPTER 14 Herb Manufacture, Pharmacy, and Dosing Barbara J. Fougère, Susan G. Wynn Aplethora of products is available on the market. Why wouldn’t we simply recommend that our clients go…
CHAPTER 8 Regulation and Quality Control William Bookout, Linda B. Khachatoorian REGULATORY STATUS OF HERBAL MEDICINE WORLDWIDE The regulatory status and quality control of herbs worldwide are as diverse as…
CHAPTER 3 Ethnoveterinary Medicine: Potential Solutions for Large-Scale Problems? Cheryl Lans, Tonya E. Khan, Marina Martin Curran, Constance M. McCorkle*, WHAT IS EVM? Also sometimes called veterinary anthropology (McCorkle, 1989),†…
CHAPTER 7 Evaluating, Designing, and Accessing Herbal Medicine Research Kerry Martin Bone An ongoing debate among herbalists and natural therapists involves what role, if any, science must play in the…
CHAPTER 6 Ayurvedic Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practices Robert J. Silver INTRODUCTION TO AYURVEDIC VETERINARY MEDICINE In recent years, there has been increased interest by the pharmaceutical industry in discovering…
CHAPTER 2 Zoopharmacognosy Cindy Engel Folklore asserts that animals instinctively know how to medicate their ills from the herbs they find growing wild. Traditional herbalist Juliette de Bairacli Levy writes…
CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Why Use Herbs? Susan G. Wynn, Barbara J. Fougère “Plants are nature’s alchemists, expert at transforming water, soil, and sunlight into an array of precious substances, many…
CHAPTER 5 Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Cooking Pot Analogy Steven Paul Marsden In Nei Jing Su Wen, the 2000-year-old seminal classic that gave rise to all of Chinese…
