I have tried in these articles to make a very complex subject as simple as I can without losing some of the necessary technical information. One word of encouragement I can give you regarding vaccination protocols is that finally the conventional community, including the American Veterinary Medical Association, is seriously reviewing the subject and coming to the conclusion that present practices are probably flawed. Veterinary Medicine Speaking of veterinarians, let's move on to the subject of veterinary medicine. Modern science has provided some outstanding tools for diagnostic purposes. Conventional medicine views the body as a mechanical device and seeks to put a label on a problem through symptomatic description.
Treatment is generally by surgery or drugs.
The D.V.M. of today is superbly schooled in the use of these modalities. Over vaccination and over use of antibiotics and steroids are common. In general, drugs for suppression of symptoms are rarely used. Instead the holistic practitioner seeks to determine the underlying cause of the symptom and may use one or several modalities to support and revitalize the body's own method of healing. One of the challenges for the newcomer is the sheer quantity of unfamiliar terms and labels used to describe the various modalities.