Description
Herbal medicine is considered fringe, unorthodox, alternative and hocus pocus. But what if it was orthodox and the basis for much of veterinary medicine in the UK? We have forgotten our herbal roots and its time to acknowledge them and move on to the potential of medicinal plants. Medicinal plants are composed of phytochemical constituents with varied phytochemistry and physiological actions with many such plants having significant antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-neoplastic, anti-fibrotic and circulation improving properties. There are clear examples where their potential for preventing, modifying and delaying chronic disease in small animals can be exploited. This webinar will describe the potential therapeutic role of medicinal plants in the adjunctive treatment of chronic disease in small animals such as degenerative myelopathy, hyperadrenocorticism, and congestive heart failure.