This ‘Alternative Veterinary Medicine’ ebook explains how natural medicine is relevant for our animals and offers an introduction to common therapies that fit under that banner.
It is in EPub format so it is readable on most machines (including your computer if you use Adobe ADE free download).
We seem to have a series of rhymes about herbal medicines, over at www.facebook.com/AVMC.UK
Six medicines so far: comfrey, blue cohosh, dandelion, milk thistle, peppermint and marigold.
It is not a widely advertised fact that a great deal of modern medicine has derived more or less directly from herbs (herbal medicine, herbalism, phytotherapy). The modern drug derivatives from herbs are ‘unique’ chemicals, manufactured in the laboratory, so they can be patented and make their ‘inventors’ a fortune. Nonetheless, although it seems to be fashionable to demonise natural and indigenous medicine, drug companies (multinational pharmaceutical giants) have to study traditional indications for herbal medicines in order to have some idea what their new drug may be able to do!
The foxglove that indirectly gives us Digoxin
Examples of ‘older’ modern medicines derived from herbs and still in use are ASPIRIN (from Meadowsweet – Filipendula ulmaria or Willow – Salyx alba), DIGOXIN (from the Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea) and ATROPINE (from the Deadly Nightshade – Atropa belladonna).
The powerful chemotherapy drug Vincristine was derived from the Madagascar Periwinkle – Catharansus roseus formerly Vinca rosea). A modern veterinary liver drug called Denamarin contains Silybin, derived from the Milk Thistle – Silybum marianum). Morphine-type drugs (opioids) were originally derived from the Opium Poppy – Papaver somniferum). The list rolls on.
In my opinion, making patented drugs from our natural plant medicines is not necessarily a wise or safe route to follow. Certainly, side effects from drugs and deaths caused by modern drugs are legion (it is estimated that 100,000 Americans die each year from adverse effects of prescription drugs), whereas traditional herbal medicine is not plagued with such troubles.
Just remember, when modern medical folk make disparaging remarks about traditional and natural medicines, that modern medicine owes its origins, in great part, to the very medicines they deride.
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www.alternativevet.org/herbs.htm
www.alternativevet.org/herbal_vet.htm
The Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre was founded by Chris Day MRCVS in March 1987. He had already been using alternative medicine for his clients’ animals since 1972.
The AVMC is a second opinion and referral practice, in alternative medicine for animals. Chris Day operates totally independently of all commercial connections. He receives no kick-backs, retainers or percentages from any company or interest, whether it be involved in medicine, foods, saddling, insurance or other activity. In this way, he is able to retain his independence and the advice offered is the very best he can give at the time, free from commercial influence.
At the AVMC, our work has two main prongs – firstly, stimulation of the body’s own healing ability and secondly, removal of the potential obstacles to recovery. This is the meaning of holistic medicine. It means that for each species and each individual patient, we have to study lifestyle, feeding, housing, management etc.
The route to wellness for animals.
AVMC on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AVMC.UK
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http://www.alternativevet.org/acupuncture.htm
http://www.alternativevet.org/homeopathy.htm
http://www.alternativevet.org/herbs.htm
http://www.alternativevet.org/holistic_vet.htm
http://www.alternativevet.org/holistic_cure.htm
http://www.alternativevet.org/alternative_vet.htm
I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a few minutes on the beach, yesterday morning.
Here is the haul of easily picked up rubbish that I collected from a very small patch of beach.
This is not just ‘one of those things’, this is dirty, slovenly, lazy, anti-social and dangerous. This is our world, chaps. Let’s not keep on abusing it!
The fluorescent light strip is most likely not from beach litter but has probably been washed ashore and may be the result of accidental or intentional loss from a boat. However, these things contain Mercury powder – deadly if it were to break!
Stop polluting our world and endangering wildlife. Take your rubbish home.
www.alternativevet.org/litter.htm
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Main website at: www.alternativevet.org
also: www.veterinary-homeopathy.co.uk – www.veterinary-acupuncture.co.uk – www.veterinary-herbal.co.uk - www.holistic-vet.co.uk – www.homeopathic-vet.com - http://www.alternativevet.org/homeopathic_vet.htm -
http://www.alternativevet.org/acupuncture_vet.htm -
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We have been blessed with some summer this year – there may be more.
While the sheep in the picture seek the shade, it is worth thinking about some of the special challenges summer can bring to our animals:
www.alternativevet.org/summer.htm
The Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre has a large website (over 600 pages) of information and opinion on alternative medicine, holistic medicine, animal welfare and other animal-related topics.
Links: veterinary homeopathy – veterinary acupuncture – veterinary herbs – veterinary holistic
This was the question posed by the landmark BBC QED television programme that went out in January 1991, produced by Tony Edwards. I was proud to be a part of it (but it’s hard to believe how young I looked then!).
This programme looked at homeopathy, veterinary homeopathy, sceptical views and rational opinions. It was and still is an important and powerful piece of television and has now been uploaded onto Dailymotion. It’s well worth a watch:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk45kr_homeopathy-medicine-or-magic_tech
visit our main website with over 600 pages of opinion and information on alternative medicine and animal welfare: www.alternativevet.org
You might like to look at our Dailymotion video channel: http://www.dailymotion.com/dogwoch2#video=xs13c3 or our YouTube video channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/dogwoch2
also: www.homeopathic-vet.com – www.veterinary-homeopathy.co.uk – www.veterinary-acupuncture.co.uk - www.veterinary-herbal.co.uk – www.holistic-vet.co.uk - www.chiropractic-vet.co.uk - www.acupuncture-animals.co.uk – www.equineacupuncturevet.co.uk – www.veterinary-holistic.co.uk
Nice reports not only make life worthwhile, they also put a spring in your step.
Here’s a great one from yesterday, setting me up a treat for the weekend:
“Most gigantic difference in him – totally different horse – no longer so tricky – absolute joy to work with him now – brilliant!”
Work isn’t work when it’s such fun!
www.alternativevet.org/cases.htm for selected case histories
The image is of a different horse, of course, to protect the innocent!
www.alternativevet.org/horses.htm
www.alternativevet.org/acupuncture_vet.htm – www.alternativevet.org/homeopathic_vet.htm – www.alternativevet.org/herbal_vet.htm – www.alternativevet.org/holistic_vet.org – www.alternativevet.org/chiropractic-vet.org
While we can usually reckon on mid-July to mid-August as being a reasonably quiet time for lush grass growth, this year anything could happen! We’ve had so much wet and now warm weather is forecast, so we may have an abnormal grass spurt.
Be on the lookout for stiffness, short stride, difficulty turning tightly or unwillingness to walk on hard surfaces.
Homeopathy is a wonderful stand-by treatment for laminitis. Acupuncture may also be useful. We advise feeding no cereals or sugars and, in some cases, even hay can also provoke laminitis or obstruct its resolution. We rely on herbs to supplement nutrition.
www.alternativevet.org/horse_diseases.htm#laminitis
Even chronically mis-shapen hooves may be able to improve with judicious trimming and long-term homeopathic treatment by an experienced homeopathic vet.
Main website (over 600 pages of information and opinion): www.alternativevet.org/index.html
At last, I appear to have revived my blog! This has involved harder work and more stress than it should have done, owing to my computer naivety!
I shan’t dwell on it further, as it bugs me – but here’s the outline gen – my old blog worked perfectly well but my web host rendered it obsolete, as it was on an out-of-date operating system etc. Progress! They even shifted the domain . . . .
Anyway, here we are with, yes, bigger and better but the motto should always be: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
Rest assured, this blog will have no distressing language or ‘adult’ material. Family viewing only.
It’s called Chris Day’s Blog 2 – that’s novel.
If you don’t already know it, why not take a look at my main website: www.alternativevet.org?
Other links of possible interest:
Natural Feeding (Horses/Dogs/Cats): www.naturalfeeding.co.uk
Facebook – Chris Day: http://www.facebook.com/christopher.day.336333
Facebook – AVMC: http://www.facebook.com/AVMC.UK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisDay2012
YouTube video uploads: http://www.youtube.com/user/dogwoch2
Dailymotion video uploads: http://www.dailymotion.com/dogwoch2
The old blog (redundant/quiescent now and at a new domain): http://chris-day.live-blog.net/