How animals can benefit from acupuncture

WHEN should you submit your pet for acupuncture treatment?

This is a question that should be answered by a veterinarian trained in traditional Chinese veterinary medicine (TCVM).

The goal of acupuncture is to promote the body to heal itself. From a TCVM perspective, veterinary acupuncture encourages healing by correcting energy imbalances in the body.

The appropriate application of TCVM treatments – acupressure, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and food energy therapy – can be integrated into western (or conventional) treatments.

Your pet’s medications or supplements will not adversely interact with veterinary acupuncture treatment; therefore, it can safely be used to treat a variety of illnesses.

Acupuncture involves the insertion of needles into body tissue where nerve bundles and blood vessels come together.

These collections of nervous and vascular tissues are termed acupuncture points, which course over all aspects of the body’s surface on meridians (energy channels).

The meridians permit a cycle of energy to occur throughout the entire body over the course of the day’s 24 hours.

Acupuncture and TCVM can benefit all life stages and a variety of conditions. Since most pets’ health problems are diagnosed once illness has become very advanced, it’s vital to strive to prevent disease from occurring.

Veterinary acupuncture can stimulate the release of the body’s own pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory substances.

It causes muscles to relax at the site of the needle insertion and more distant locations in the body, creating both a local and generalised pain-relieving effect.

Veterinary acupuncture also improves tissue blood flow, oxygenation, and removal of metabolic wastes and toxins.

Unlike prescription and over-the-counter pain medications, veterinary acupuncture lacks potential adverse side effects for your pet’s internal organs. – Agencies