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| Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre Holistic Vet - Homeopathic Vet - Acupuncture Vet - Herbal Vet - Natural Vet The Herbal Vet The work of a HERBAL VET explained Back to Herbal Medicine (Herbs)
Herbal vet medicine - Mullein A herbal vet (herbal veterinarian - herb vet) is one who uses herbs (herbal medicine - herbal treatment - plant medicine - phytotherapy) for his or her patients. This may or may not involve the use of Western herbs but more often does so, in the UK. Other possible forms are Chinese herbs, Indian herbs and Ayurvedic herbs or other indigenous natural medicines. The committed way of working also demands of the herb vet adherence to holistic principles, for correct application. This is a fundamental part of the traditional approach that is built into the methodology. The first consultation with a herbal vet differs from the conventional one, in some key areas and usually takes longer. It necessitates collection of more information, by wider and deeper enquiry, in order to allow for holistic application. In the traditional way of thinking, herbal medicine used whole herbs, parts of herbs (e.g. root or leaf) or various extracts of herbs, in unadulterated form. Modern herbal medicine is sometimes in danger of forgetting this important fact. Nowadays, there is a fashion for extracting and purifying or refining an assumed 'active ingredient', for use on its own. This has more danger of side-effect, as the extracted component is not balanced by other plant ingredients, in a whole-plant holistic context. Herb vet Chris Day believes that this is a parody of traditional herbal medicine. An even further extension of this is to modify that 'active' ingredient, to make a patent drug (modern conventional drug medicine). This is reductionism at work, usually with massive profit motivation to blur the science.
In the UK, many practices and individuals have started to use some herbs in their patient care. These practices will not all be working on holistic principles or providing essential diet work or may not be making sufficient use of herbs to merit the description 'herbal vet' but it is encouraging that there is increased usage of herbs in the veterinary profession and increased recognition of their worth in support of the health and welfare of our domesticated animals. Herbal vets may or may not use other forms of complementary and alternative medicine. If they do, the therapies should be properly integrated, for safety and efficacy. The Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre (AVMC) offers Herbal Medicine for animals carefully integrated with other therapies and holistic management To illustrate the scope of herbal medicine, we have prepared several pages for the major species:
Herbal vet medicine - Comfrey Horses Herbal Medicine - Ponies Herbal Medicine At the AVMC, we use exhaustive holistic methodology, with integrated alternative and complementary medicine methods. Chris Day, herb vet / herbal vet and holistic vet, has more than 38 years of experience with veterinary herbal medicine and is willing to share experiences, understanding and ideas with veterinary colleagues, veterinary students and animal owners.
Herbal vet at work: We see animals at the AVMC premises and we regularly visit an area stretching from Wales to London, from Devon to Kent, from South to North Midlands and from Bristol to the Wash and East Anglia. This is mainly to see horses but we can also arrange house calls (home visits) for domestic pets. We see many patients from London and visit London homes. Holistic, Alternative, Natural or Complementary? The work of a herbal vet explained
An information-only website drawn up to introduce readers to natural feeding for dogs, cats, horses & ponies
An overview of the work of a holistic vet & the therapies involved
The work of a chiropractic vet explained
www.equineacupuncturevet.co.uk The work of an acupuncture vet explained
'Phytotherapy' is another word for 'herbalism' or 'herbal medicine'
Chris Day is a vet who qualified from Cambridge in 1972 and whose parents were both extremely vocational vets. He therefore studied veterinary life and veterinary medicine from a very early age. He started to use homeopathy on himself, from about ten or eleven years of age. He bought books on veterinary acupuncture and on homeopathic medicine, while at veterinary school, in 1969. He studied these and started to use vet homeopathy in his first year as a vet. Herbal medicine and acupuncture followed soon after. He became fascinated by chiropractic treatment in the mid-nineteen-seventies. All this explains his holistic approach, his dedication to patient care and his integrated use of the different therapies, each having been carefully built on the previously-studied techniques. He thus has many years of experience in the various therapies and has been brought up in an environment in which patient care was always paramount. Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre Holistic Vet - Homeopathic Vet - Acupuncture Vet - Herbal Vet - Natural Vet Copyright © AVMC - November 2007 Also known as: herbal veterinary surgeon - herbal veterinarian - veterinary herbalist - herb vet Herbal vet / Herb vet at AVMC - Putting the patient first Page refers to: dog - cat - horse - pony - herbal vet - veterinary herbal medicine - veterinary herbs - veterinary herbalism - phytotherapy - holistic vets - herbal vets - herb vet - herbal veterinary medicine - herbal vet medicine - herbal vet med - herbal veterinarian - herbal veterinary surgeon - veterinary herbalist - vet herbalist - holistic vet - veterinary herbal medicine - equine herbs - herbs for horses - horse herbs - animal - animals - dogs - cats - horses - ponies - herb vets - herbs vet - herbs - herbal - herbalism - herb - medicinal herb - medicinal herbs - herbalist Herb Vet - Herbal Vet - Herb Vet - Herbal Vet - Herb Vet - Herbal Vet - Herb Vet |
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Herbal medicine is not homeopathy, although
*Herbal vets don't grow on trees but some important herbal
medicines do! Take salicylic acid, for instance, harvested from willow bark to
give us aspirin and the Hawthorn Berry (Crataegus) that is such an effective
cardiac (heart) support. At the AVMC, however, we
would give willow bark or meadow sweet (another plant that is rich in
salicylate), in the raw state, in preference to the manufactured chemical
extract. N.B.: Willow and Meadowsweet herbal medicines should not be given in conjunction with
conventional NSAIDs and vice versa. The veterinary herbalist should know this
but many conventional vets will not, hence the potential dangers.