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Alternative Medicine for Animals

What is Alternative Medicine? The meaning is neither clear nor universal.

See Holistic, Alternative, Natural or Complementary?

However, forgetting semantics, at the AVMC, Christopher Day (holistic vet or alternative vet) offers a real medical alternative to mainstream veterinary services, encompassing veterinary acupuncture, veterinary homeopathy, veterinary herbal medicine, veterinary chiropractic manipulation, natural feeding and other therapies, in an attempt to stimulate the body's innate healing capability. This approach is entirely different from that employed in modern conventional medicine and it is a source of constant wonderment how competent the body is, given the correct stimulus and guidance. The result is an alternative assessment, emphasis and prognosis, although Mr Day is still open to conventional methodology, when necessary and will readily work on a case alongside a conventional vet.

Extract from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/425999.stm:

The US has the most thorough definition (of Alternative Medicine).

A recent European Commission report says the accepted definition in the US is: "A broad domain of healing resources that encompass all health systems, modalities and practices, and their accompanying theories and beliefs, other than those intrinsic to the politically dominant health system of a particular society or culture in a given historical period.

"It includes all such products and ideas self defined by their users as preventing or treating illness or promoting health and well-being.

"Boundaries within complementary and alternative medicine and between complementary and alternative medicine and the domain of the dominant system are not always sharp or fixed."

natural vet - complementary vet - alternative vet - holistic vet

Acupuncture - Herbs - Herbal medicine - Homeopathy - Holistic medicine - Chiropractic - Bach flowers - Tissue salts - Aromatherapy - Natural feeding

CAM-CAVM

Main Treatments offered (see Therapies):

Homeopathic treatment

Acupuncture treatment

Herbal treatment

Aromatherapy treatment

Chiropractic treatment

Nutritional advice - Feeding advice

LASER treatment

Ultrasound treatment

Back manipulation - Back treatment

Bach Flowers

Holistic medicine - Holistic veterinary medicine

Flower Essences

Tissue Salts

Holistic therapy - Holistic treatment - Holistic care

Holistic advice

Natural medicine - Alternative medicine - Complementary medicine

CAM - CAVM

Natural Feeding - Natural Diet

 

These approaches represent a philosophy that is alternative to the current conventional norm but the use of alternative therapies does not do away with the need for a thorough examination and assessment. Nor does it preclude the use of modern diagnostic techniques where necessary. A holistic vet will take into account all these things, in addition to closely scrutinising lifestyle, diet, environment, riding, tack, shoeing, grazing, stabling, management etc., depending upon the species.

Copyright © AVMC - March 2009

Associated websites: http://chris-day.blogware.com/ - www.acupuncture-animals.co.uk - www.holistic-vet.co.uk - www.homeopathic-vet.com - www.veterinary-acupuncture.co.uk - www.veterinary-homeopathy.co.uk - www.veterinary-herbal.co.uk - www.veterinary-holistic.co.ukwww.alternativeveterinarymedicine.co.uk - www.alternativeveterinarymedicinecentre.co.uk - www.avmc.co.uk - www.naturalfeeding.co.uk - www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~avmc - www.chinhampublications.co.uk - www.equineacupuncturevet.co.uk - www.christopherday.co.uk - www.holisticvetmed.co.uk.

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