Sprache: Englisch
Erschienen: 1994
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469 Seiten
Format: 26,5 x 19 cm

The acupunctural and herbal treatments have been used in animal diseases for over a thousand of years in China. There is much literature about the traditional techniques for animal diseases, but mostly in Chinese, which would make westerners not undersstand clearly. At the same time, as more and more experts have become concerned about iatrogenic diseases and the harm to public hygiene as a result of the use of chemicals, hormones and antibiotics, attemps have been made to find alternative mehods. Fortunately, acupunctural and herbal treatments, natural therapies, almost never do harm to animal health, nor does they produce iatrognic diseases. On the basis of our experience with the cases which failed to respond to orthodox western medical treatment, we believe that the Chinese traditional therapies are effective treatments of animal diseases with no adverse side effects.

The acupunctural and herbal therapies are gaining ground and international acceptance. But, a certain lack of knowledge of clinical application of those natural treatments to animals in English became apparent. At present, those who are interested in acupunctural and herbal treatments have to transplant the acupuncture points and herbal formulas for human being to animals. But, the acupoints and formulas of animals are different from those of human. Therefore, it is necessary to publish a special book about how to use the herbal and acupunctural treatments to the animal diseases.

This book consits of five parts. Part I is the basic principles of traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, which guide veterians how and why to use herbal or acupunctural techniques. Part II is the Pattern Identification and Treatment Determination, which are the characteristics of the traditional Chinese veterinary medicine and differ from the Western veterinary medicine. This part includes how to diagnose, how or why to identify a Pattern of diseases and how to determine its treatmental principles and methods.

Part III is the Chinese herbal formulas, in which 115 commonly used formulas are clearly expplained, while Part IV is the acupuncture and moxibustion, in which various acupuncture techniques and acupoints af horse, cattle, dog and cat are depicted in detail. The focal point of the text is in Part V, including herbal and acupunctural treatments for common Patterns and common diseases of horse, cattle, dog and cat. Every Pattern and diseas is depicted according to etiology, history, traditonal Chinese diagnosis, therapeutic principle, and detailed herbal and acupunctural treatment methods.