This is a detailed guide to medicinal herbs for horses and how they can help in the treatment of a wide range of common ailments. The guide provides an A to Z of common ailments - from allergies to wounds - which can be effectively and safely treated using herbal medicine. It draws on research in herbal medicine as well as in traditional plant-based remedies. Throughout, the author underlines the importance of veterinary consultation, explaining how herbs can be used to complement conventional methods. To provide background information, a materia medica lists the properties of 50 readily obtainable herbs, giving details on habitat, collection, actions and uses, along with folklore and case histories. The author also discusses several non-herbal products, such as vinegar and yoghurt. There are guidelines on how to make herbal preparations, and how to use herbs in compresses and poultices. Advice is given on how remedies are selected and dosages determined, bearing in mind that most herbs take time to bring about a healing reaction. In the final part of the handbook the author describes a range of alternative therapies which can be used alongside conventional or herbal medicine.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times} span.s1 {font: 11.0px Helvetica} span.s2 {font: 13.0px Times; color: #0033ff} span.s3 {font: 11.5px Times} HOMEOPATHY is a system of complementary medicine based on the principle of like cures like. In regular use for over two hundred years, this safe and effective system of medicine works equally as well in animals as it does in people. Of all the species, horses often respond exceptionally well. With the careful selection of the right remedy, homeopathy will often succeed where conventional or allopathic medicine has failed. It can work where conventional treatment carries risks or even where there are no suitable conventional solutions. As widespread interest in alternative therapies continues to grow amongst horse owners in general, this unique book will provide a practical and systematic insight into this effective and fascinating branch of alternative medicine. Practising veterinary homeopath Tim Couzens' clear descriptions of a wide range of equine ailments and their accompanying suggested remedies will enable treatment to be tailored specifically to the individual, and thus ensure the best chance of success. The book also includes: a brief history of homeopathy an explanation of the principles how to select a remedy, potency and timing care and storage of remedies and an equine Materia Medica of unprecedented detail.

South African Battles describes 36 battles spread over five centuries. These are not the well-trodden battlefields of standard histories, but generally lesser-known ones. Some were of critical importance, while some were infinitely curious.

Who, for instance, has heard of the battles of Nakob, Middelpos, Mome Gorge or Mushroom Valley? Who knows about the four black women that Bartolomeu Dias brought with him on his pioneering voyage of exploration? Who knows that there was a significant battle in what is now the Kruger National Park in 1725? Who knows about the military episode where not a shot was fired but which brought South Africa into the Great War? Who knows that Germany once invaded South Africa?

Written in a light, humorous and personal style, each chapter is self-contained, like a short story. They can be read one a night, and mulled over next day with the promise of further enjoyment to come. South African Battles is an ideal bedside book, as well as an engaging travel companion.

But there is also a twist in the tale at the end. Caveat lector, or lectrix!