The application of acupuncture in cat clinical practice, the magical effects of cat acupuncture! As a technology in traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture occupies an extremely important position in the long-standing medical development. Acupuncture treats various diseases by stimulating various acupoints throughout the body and harmonizing qi and blood. Now, with the continuous development of acupuncture technology and the increasing number of pets people raise, acupuncture has been increasingly used in small animals to treat various diseases in clinical treatment, and has achieved good results.

A pet cat raised by Virginia Sanders, a South African clinical medical scientist, has been suffering from asthma for three years and is accompanied by a cough. However, recently Sanders avoided traditional treatments and used acupuncture to treat the 7-year-old Siamese cat Katy, now his asthma and cough have been cured.

To treat Katie's asthma, Sanders injected it with cortisone. But what worries the cat owner is that the drug may eventually cause damage to the cat's liver. So she asked a veterinarian who suggested that she try non-traditional medicine. Sanders said: "Katie received acupuncture therapy, which can help it improve the body's self-healing ability. It has undergone three courses of treatment, and its condition has improved greatly. However, it still has some problems with the 'elderly people', such as back stiffness, etc.."

What diseases can acupuncture treat?

1. Digestive system diseases

Digestive system diseases are common clinical diseases in small animals. Acupuncture is mainly used to treat the following diseases:

1. Indigestion: This disease is mostly treated with white acupuncture, mainly Sanli, Spinu, Houhai, and Baihui, combined with Baihui, Large Intestine Shu, Small Intestine Shu, Guanyuan Shu, Geshu, etc.

2. Diarrhea: The main one is the white needle, and the acupoints are mainly spi Shu and Houhai, and are combined with Housanli, Baihui, large intestine Shu, small intestine Shu, Xuan Shu, Central Shu, etc. For those with spleen deficiency and long-term diarrhea, you can use moxibustion with Zhongwan, Tianshu, Pishu, Housanli, etc.; for those with damp and heat diarrhea, you can use blood needles and Yongquan, Drip water and other acupoints.

3. Constipation: The main one is white or electric acupuncture point, and the main one is Guanyuan Shu, Dachang Shu, and Pulse Shu, and is combined with Housanli, Houhai, Baihui, and Waiguan; the main one is Guanyuan Shu or Pulse Shu acupuncture point.

4. Vomiting: White needles are the main points, with Waiguan, Neiguan and Housanli as the main points, and are combined with Pishu, Dishu, and Zhongshu.

5. Anal prolapse: First, you should revise the technique and then treat it with acupuncture. The white acupuncture is mainly used for Baihui and Houhai, and is combined with Housanli, Mingmen and Pishu; the electric acupuncture is selected for Baihui and Houhai acupuncture.

2. Respiratory diseases

Pharyngitis, bronchitis, bronchitis and bronchopneumonia: white or water needles. The white needle is mainly composed of Dazhui and Feishu, and is combined with the body pillar, Lingtai and other acupoints; the water needle is used for the throat and Shui Shu.

3. Muscle, bone and neurological diseases

1. Muscle atrophy: According to the principle of local acupoint selection, select the acupoints around the affected area for white needle treatment.

2. Myositis: When choosing acupuncture points around the affected area, white acupuncture treatment is mostly used. If the swelling is severe, blood acupuncture points around the affected area can be selected for treatment.

3. Sprains, arthritis: When choosing acupoints around the affected area, white acupuncture therapy is mostly used. When swelling and pain are obvious, blood acupuncture therapy can be used.

4. Intervertebral disc herniation: Due to the different locations of the disease, the selected acupuncture points are also different. For those who suffer from the neck and the anterior segment of the thoracic vertebra, choose Tianmen, Zhengzhu, Taodao, Dazhui, Zhuofeng, Liushao (forelimbs), Xishang, Qiansanli, Neiguan, and Waiguan, as well as select acupoints around the lesions between the spinous processes of the cervical vertebra and the spinous processes of the thoracic vertebra; for those who suffer from the posterior segment of the thoracic vertebra and the lumbar spine, choose the center, Mingmen, Baihui, Eryan, Housanli, Heel, Zhongfu, Liushao (hind limbs), as well as the longest dorsal muscles and iliac rib musculoskeletal grooves near the affected part. If electric acupuncture is used, the Tianmen and Liuhuo points can be selected for cervical spine patients. The body pillar or Taodao and Liuhuo points can be selected for the anterior part of the thoracic vertebra can be selected for the central part of the posterior part of the thoracic vertebra and lumbar spine.

5. Facial nerve paralysis: The treatment of white needles is based on lock mouth, switch, and Yifeng, and is combined with Shangguan, Xiaguan and Tianmen; the treatment of electric needles is selected for lock mouth, Yifeng or lock mouth, and Shangguan points.

6. Radial nerve paralysis: The white needle is mainly composed of Fengfeng, Qian Sanli, Xishang, and Waiguan, and is combined with Jianjing, Jianwaiguan (风), elbow and Liuslit; the electric needle is selected as Fengfeng, Waiguan or Fengfeng and Liufeng points.

7. Sciatum paralysis: The white needle is composed of Baihui, Huanzhao, and Housanli as the main acupoints, and is combined with the knee, heel, and Liuslit; the electric needles Baihui, Huanzhao, Housanli and Liuslit form the acupoint group.

8. Bladder paralysis: Baihui and Houhai are the main points, and are combined with Mingmen, Shenshu, Guanyuanshu, Bladdershu, Eryans, Taigens and other points; electric needles Mingmen, Baihuihu, Baihuihu, Houhai, or both sides of Eryans.

However, although the scope of application of traditional Chinese medicine methods such as massage and acupuncture is very wide, the scope of application of "pet acupuncture" includes colds, coughs, diarrhea, paralysis, and sprains. Not only these internal and surgical departments, but even in obstetrics, acupuncture is also a good therapy. However, this pure traditional Chinese medicine treatment method is rare in animal hospitals. "The main reason is Western medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine is the auxiliary." First, it is the reason for many animal hospitals themselves. "Animals will not cooperate with doctors to treat them consciously like humans." Some doctors think it is troublesome to treat traditional Chinese medicine and switch to Western medicine. Second, most citizens do not understand traditional Chinese medicine treatment and are unwilling to try it. But the effect of acupuncture and massage can be said to be obvious, so if you are lucky enough to find a hospital that can give pet acupuncture, as long as it is a regular hospital, you might as well let your cat try it.