Acupuncture

When pet parents start looking into acupuncture for their pets, it is usually due to the exhaustion of all other medical options that have failed to help their animal. In a desperate last attempt to help they google “alternative veterinary therapies” and is sure to find acupuncture at the top of the list.

The list of ailments that are treated successfully with acupuncture is extremely long and today we have the scientific literature to back-up the clinical claims.

Acupuncture is no-longer an “alternative” medicine in many countries. It is an integrative therapy and can be easily used as a stand alone treatment for many diseases and disorders.

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Today prestigious scientific databases like Pubmed and ScienceDirect house thousands of peer reviewed publications on the effects and use of acupuncture in humans and animals, Acupuncture is no-longer classified as a pseudoscience and holds its own within the medical science community.

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Activates body's ability to heal itself

History of Acupuncture

To truly understand acupuncture we must study its history.

Developed in the ancient orient about 5000 years ago, acupuncture grew from a crude acupressure into a surgical procedure. The Chinese was extremely good at documenting discoveries, numerous books on acupuncture were published hundreds of years ago.

Logic tells us that if the patients did not see and feel results after acupuncture treatments, this modality would have seized to exist a long time ago.

Acupuncture Today

Today prestigious scientific databases like Pubmed and ScienceDirect house thousands of peer reviewed publications on the effects and use of acupuncture in humans and animals, Acupuncture is no-longer classified as a pseudoscience and holds its own within the medical science community.

Thousands of veterinarians practice acupuncture all around the world. And it is growing in popularity among the western nations including Europe and the USA. To find an acupuncturist near you go to www.tcvm.com or email info@animalqi.co.za.

An Ancient Oriental Healing Art

How Does Acupuncture Work?

The body is designed to be resilient and survive. It is equipped with all the necessary healing factors and cellular pathways to healing itself and regenerating new tissues for healing and to grow. Sometimes, in dis-ease or trauma situations, the body needs some external help to stimulate appropriate and effective healing. In western or conventional medicine the aim of any treatment is to lessen the symptoms and remove any inciting causes of disease. This works fantastically for emergency medicine and diseases where surgery is required to remove foreign objects, diseased organs or repair broken bones. For more chronic diseases or “uncurable” disorders Western medicine fails when using a symptomatic treatment approach.

Acupuncture forms part of the Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine system. (TCVM). TCVM includes Herbal medicine, Food therapy, and Tui Na (massage/chiropractic).

The philosophy of treatment when using TCVM differs quite remarkably from western medicine. In TCVM the practitioner aims to identify the root cause of the disease or disorder and treat the disease pattern, not just the symptoms. TCVM restores the body to its own healthy homeostasis, thus resolving any illness. This is why TCVM is so successful in treating chronic illnesses such as chronic pain, arthritis, allergies, skin problems, autoimmune diseases, and cancer.

The effects of acupuncture have been studied and documented in thousands of clinical trials and scientific research. The five main areas that are influenced by the body are:

Neurological system
Endocrine system
Vascular system
Inflammatory complex
Stem cells

Acupuncture stimulates and appropriately activates all of the above-mentioned systems in the body, allowing self-healing and a return to healthy homeostasis,

Neurological system

Acupuncture act locally and centrally to stimulate the peripheral and central nervous system. This is extremely effective in pain control.

Endocrine system

Acupuncture in specific points have been shown to up regulate and down regulate specific hormones and restore balance to the endocrine system.

Vascular system

Acupuncture immediately increases blood flow to injured areas transporting healing cells and proteins to where it is needed. It is also very effective in controlling blood pressure.

Inflammatory complex

Appropriate inflammatory response is required for the body to heal. Acupuncture sedates excess inflammation and fever and also aid in the migration of inflammatory cells to the area of disease.

Stem cell activation

Stem cells are the bodies building blocks and is needed to repair injured or dead tissues. Acupuncture stimulates the release of stem cells into circulation to aid in tissue regeneration.

Restores Balance

Although we still know very little on the way acupuncture heals the body, we do understand that it is the most effective modality in restoring balance to the body in all physiological structures. Thus allowing the body to heal itself.

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