Fitoterápicos são medicamentos produzidos a partir de plantas que apresentam substâncias com princípios terapêuticos, a procura por esta terapia natural associa-se ao fato de que os fármacos sintéticos apresentam efeitos indesejáveis e alto custo. Na medicina veterinária o uso de fitoterápicos vem ganhando espaço no tratamento de uma grande variedade de enfermidades independente do sistema fisiológico acometido. Devido à importância em conhecer os estudos experimentais que relatem os benefícios da fitoterapia na neurologia veterinária, essa pesquisa bibliográfica realizada em livros, artigos, revistas, dissertações e teses teve o objetivo de relatar quais os fitoterápicos agem de forma terapêutica sobre o sistema nervoso central de caninos com distúrbios neurológicos e neuropsíquicos.

The aim of this study was to analyze the behavior and histopathological changes in the hippocampus of epileptic Wistar rats treated with acupuncture associated or not with phenobarbital. The experiment used 44 male rats with 90 days of birth, induced to status epileptics with pilocarpine hydrochloride in a single dose of 350mg/kg, separated into treatment groups and submitted for 5 minutes to the elevated plus-maze test. Group 1 received 0.2mL of saline solution orally; Group 2 treated with acupuncture at the yintang, baihui, shishencong, jizhong, naohu, thianzu points; Group 3 received orally phenobarbital, daily dose of 20mg/kg; Group 4 treated with an association of acupuncture and oral phenobarbital; Group 5 random needling. The results obtained showed that Groups 2 (acupuncture) and 4 (acupuncture and phenobarbital) presented decreased anxiety, epileptic seizures, and neuronal death in the CA1, CA3 areas of the hippocampus when compared to animals in groups 1, 3 and 5. It is concluded that the association of phenobarbital and acupuncture points used in the experiment allowed for the control of epileptic seizures, reduction of anxiety and reduction of lesions in the subareas of the hippocampus.