Our friends...the animals.

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Jeri <kurvenal

 

geovani wrote:

> Probably there

> is something going on somewhere, ....people experimenting with

> both........I am not

> acquainted...(anybody knows something about it?)

 

If you don't mind me bringing up veterinary practice, it's

not uncommon for the 2 approaches to be combined for animals.

If there is interest, I could post some comments from one

well known vet, who dicusses how to combine the 2 approaches,

and addresses issues such as which acupuncture points are

OK to use with homeopathic remedies, which should be avoided,

how long to wait after using one approach before using the

other, etc. Again, this is from a vet, and I realize that this

list is geared for humans, so I don't know how appropriate

it is to post on this list--but I assume that it applies

to humans as well!

 

 

 

geovani: What kind of illness do you treat in animals? In which area

do you feel that acup. brings the best results in animals? How do you

diagnose animals?

 

regards

 

geovani

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geovani wrote:

> geovani: What kind of illness do you treat in animals? In which area

> do you feel that acup. brings the best results in animals? How do you

> diagnose animals?

 

I don't want to misrepresent my background. The vet that I have

the information from is not me! I'm not a vet, and I'm not

an acupuncturist. However, I have been studying under a doctor

of Chinese medicine for a few years, (he was trained in China,

worked at a major hospital in China for many years, and has

now been in the US for about 6 years), and, though obviously

his background is in treating humans, my interest is in

treating animals. I got interested in Chinese medicine when

Western medicine failed to control my dog's epilepsy. He

was totally drugged out, his liver was being damaged, and

he still did not have reasonable control over his seizures.

But, thanks to Chinese medicine, he has been seizure free now

about 3 1/3 years, (after about 6 years of seizures), and

has been completely off of his medication for 2 3/4 years.

My dogs and my family's dogs keep me busy learning.

Aside from epilepsy, I'm using Chinese medicine to treat them

for Cushings disease, Wobblers (cervical instability),

degenerative myelapothy (degeneration of the nerves along

the spine), cataracts, hip dysplasia, arthritis, bloat,

liver damage, cancer, and probably something that I'm forgetting

right now! In all of these situation, Western medicine

didn't have a treatment option for them. Either the possible

treatments had failed, were too risky from everyone's point

of view, or there simply were no options. The dog with

cancer, for example, was sent home to die, and we were

told that she wouldn't last more than a month. It's been

12 1/2 weeks now, and she's full of energy, happy, and

looks good. The one visible tumor is much smaller...so

hopefully, we can beat the cancer. We're certainly

extending her life span, and giving her a good quality

of life.

I am also now spending time with someone who does

treat animals with Chinese medicine, (kind of an

apprentice situation).

Diagnosis is primarily done through tongue diagnosis,

observing the animal, details given by the animal's

guardian, and reading the animal's energy.

Illnesses treated would be comparable to that in

humans, though I think that it's more common for

an animal to have Chinese medicine treatments

for something like epilepsy than it is for a human

to be treated for the same condition.

When animals are being treated, it's probably more

common to use alternatives to acupuncture needles

that it is for humans. While my dogs will hold

still with acupuncture needles in them, that's

probably not the norm! The vet who does acupuncture

uses a variety of approaches: from needles,

to B12 injections, to a laser, etc. Other vets

will use magnets on acupuncture points,

electroacupuncture, or implants. My dog with

epilepsy has gold bead implants--gold bead

were implanted on the acupunture points,

providing a permanent form of acupuncture.

I use acupressure, QiGong, some TuiNa, and

herbs with my dogs.

Well, this got long enough that I'll post

the information about combining homeopathy

and Chinese medicine separately.

Jeri kurvenal

http://www.ameritech.net/users/kurvenal/kurvenal2.html

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Jeri: My 13 year old dog was diagnosed with Cushings Syndrome earlier this year.

Can you give more information on how you treated Cushings with Chinese medicine?

She is on 2 medications cyproheptadine and seligiline, and doing ok.

Mari aniole