Acupoint Injection

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Hi Pep & All,

 

> Is anyone familiar with [point injection]; if so what type of

> success have you had? Thanks, Pep

 

Many veterinary acupuncturists inject acupoints. It is quicker than

classical needle retention for 10-20 minutes. Solutions (which

should be sterile) used vary widely:

 

1. 0.9% saline;

 

2. 0.9% saline with 0.25-0.50% local anaesthetic (based on

" Neural Therapy " , which used Impletol originally);

 

3. saline +/- DMSO or Sarapin +/- Vitamin B12;

 

4. Homeopathic injectables by Heel or other companies, depending

on the total S & Ss picture;

 

5. Traumeel in injuries and myofascial syndrome;

 

6. Others

 

I used this method in horses for several years, with very good

results. However, if one treats 30-90 cases/week, and injects 4-8

points/case, one will inject 240-360 >10,000 points/year. Sooner or

later, one will encounter iatrogenic local infection +/- cellulitis.

 

I had a few bad abscessations in injected horses. I quit that

method some years ago, and use hypodermic needles (20-gauge,

0.5 to 3-inch needles) as my standard method in horses now.

 

I never injected acupoints in dogs. I use human AP needles (1-3-

inch, 30-gauge as my standard method in dogs.

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Chris & All,

 

I wrote:

> I used [the injection] method in horses for several years, with

> very good results. However, if one treats 30-90 cases/week, and

> injects 4-8 points/case, one will inject 240-360 >10,000

> points/year. Sooner or later, one will encounter iatrogenic local

> infection +/- cellulitis. I had a few bad abscessations in

> injected horses. I quit that method some years ago, and use

> hypodermic needles (20-gauge, 0.5 to 3-inch needles) as my

> standard method in horses now.

 

Chris replied:

> This was a little confusing to me. Are you using a different

> method of injecting horses now or have you stopped injecting

> horses and just using the hypodermic needle for point stimulation?

> Chris

 

Yes, I have stopped injecting horses as my routine method of AP.

 

In recent years, I use the same needles (hypodermic, 20-gauge,

0.5 to 3-inch needles for fast insertion) but use them for DRY-

NEEDLING only.

 

Over the years, I have tried many other methods of AP point

stimulation [iR-laser, TENS, electro-AP, SuperLizer, Chinese

human AP needles, Chinese (thick) veterinary AP needles, etc].

But I find the dry-needling with western hypodermic needles very

good, very fast and it causes less hassle to the horses.

 

Horses are beautiful responders to AP. Pain points often disappear

within 15-60 seconds after needling the correct distant points.

today, I rarely needle pain points themselves, unless the distans or

regional points fail to remove their sensitivity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry for the unclear message..

 

Best regards,

 

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