Veterinary herbal medicine / [edited by] Susan G. Wynn, Barbara J. Fougère

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Why Use Herbs? -- Historical Relationship Between Plants and Animals -- Zoopharmacognosy -- Ethnoveterinary Medicine: Potential Solutions for Large-Scale Problems -- The Roots of Veterinary Botanical Medicine -- Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Cooking Pot Analogy -- Ayurvedic Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practices -- Herbal Medicine Controversies -- Evaluating, Designing, and Accessing Herbal Medicine Research -- Regulation and Quality Control -- A Skeptical View of Herbal Medicine -- The Plants -- Medical Botany -- Plant Chemistry in Veterinary Medicine: Medicinal Constituents and Their Mechanisms of Action -- Herbal Medicine: Potential for Intoxication and Interactions With Conventional Drugs -- Herbal Energetics: A Key to Efficacy in Herbal Medicine -- Herb Manufacture, Pharmacy, and Dosing -- Designing the Medicinal Herb Garden -- Commercial Production of Organic Herbs for Veterinary Medicine -- Conserving Medicinal Plant Biodiversity -- Safe Substitutes for Endangered Herbs: Plant Conservation and Loss of Our Medicines -- Veterinary Clinical Uses of Medicinal Plants -- Approaches in Veterinary Herbal Medicine Prescribing -- Veterinary Herbal Medicine: A Systems-Based Approach -- Herbal Medicine in Equine Practice -- Phytotherapy for Dairy Cows -- Clinical Practice: Getting Started -- Materia Medica -- Weights and Measures Conversions -- Training in Herbal Medicine -- Herbal Terminology -- Client Handout: Hints on Administering Herbs to Animals