CHINESE HERBAL REMEDIES IN TRANSDERMAL GEL - THE BEST WAY TO TREAT ANIMAL SKIN CONDITIONS

摘要

Skin conditions accounted for about 20% of clinical cases presented to complementary medicine veterinarian. Applications of Chinese herbal remedies in transdermal gel will increase dramatically the clinical success rate. The advantages of using transdermal gels are huge: no need to give pills, capsules, tincture etc., and by that avoiding fights with the treated animal, or having a mental & physical trauma to the treated animal or the owner, good cosmetic qualities as no visibility, no smell and no residues on the skin, avoiding sticky or greasy feeling, and avoiding rubbing on carpets, furniture, clothes etc. potential for in-clinic manufacturing, ability to apply remedy to large surface area, no lag time, cost effective, lack of irritancy associated with occlusion or response to adhesives, absorption is done within less than one minute - so no need for neck collars or other protective measures to avoid the animal from licking or rubbing the remedy, excellent skin tolerability and non-toxic, uniform absorption, the remedy forms a reservoir in the epidermis and enables a once-a-day application, the high water content have a good moisturizing properties.