Veterinary folk remedies in Japan.
The author reviews Japanese veterinary folk remedies through an examination of the literature. Animal husbandry and the development of veterinary medicine are considered briefly, and a number of early veterinary texts are described. Details are given of folk remedies--including herbal medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion, and incantation--which were still in use twenty years ago.
Katsuyama
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Kanagawa, Japan.
D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D007564:Japan; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods*