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| The Natural Vet The work of a Natural Vet explained
The Natural Vet uses natural medicine? Natural vet is a comfortable title but it is worth looking a little deeper, so that we understand what is behind the name. It probably indicates to the modern reader that the vet uses one or more forms of 'natural medicine' or 'alternative medicine'. It is a tricky term, however, as it can be argued that many of those so-called 'alternatives' are NOT exactly natural. Of course, there are many that are (e.g., herbs, when not extracted and purified). Acupuncture can hardly be called 'natural', in that it involves needling. However, it does exploit a natural response in the body. Aromatherapy pushes the boundaries, in that it uses volatile distillates of plants, a method of preparation not found in nature. Homeopathy uses extreme dilutions which, it may be argued, are not found in nature. It certainly uses many natural substances as source material for these dilutions but it also uses some remedies that are not 'natural' in their origins, rather being derived from man-made substances (e.g. a potency of a drug or chemical). These therapies are none the worse for that fact and homeopathy certainly exploits a natural response phenomenon, without risk of toxicity or side effect. At the AVMC, while obviously deeply respecting (and depending on and using) the therapies mentioned above, we prefer not to use this term, to describe our work, as it is so open to argument what constitutes 'natural'. Anyway, sad to say, commerce has hi-jacked and abused the term until it has almost lost its meaning. The words 'nature' and 'natural' are used as a selling gimmick, with greater or lesser respect for the truth. There is a serious issue behind this, in that many commercial interests have hi-jacked the term 'natural', and bent its meaning beyond breaking point. Be on the lookout for this trend in product advertising and labelling. Arguments aside (see 'holistic, alternative, natural or complementary'), we get on with the important daily business of delivering holistic care to our patients (Services). Holistic, Alternative, Natural or Complementary? An information-only website drawn up to introduce readers to natural feeding for dogs, cats, horses & ponies
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