Primjena akupunkture u terapiji bolesti malih životinja u Kini

Dehai Wang
College of Veterinay Medicine, Huazhong Agriculatural University Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070 · P.R.China, e-mail: wangdehai@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Primjena akupunkture u terapiji bolesti malih životinja u Kini

Akupunktura, s dugom poviješću od otprilike 3000 godina, tradicionalna je terapijska tehnika u orijentalnoj medicini.
Elektroakupunktura, moderna verzija akupunkture, počela je 1970-ih zamijenivati ručnu manipulaciju jer ima bolje učinke, a njezina se stimulacija može objektivno kvantificirati i kontrolirati. Elektroakupunktura se naširoko koristi za liječenje različitih patoloških stanja. Danas je proširena na liječenje nekih bolesti malih životinja, osobito kroničnog artritisa, neuralnih bolesti, tumora, hepatitisa, bolesti srca, bolesti bubrega, endokrinih bolesti, sedacije životinja i analgezije.
Kombinacija tradicionalne kineske veterinarske i zapadne veterinarske medicine postigla je odlične rezultate i postala je obećavajuća terapijska metoda.

Application of acupuncture in small animal diseases in China

Acupuncture, with a long history of approximately 3000 years, is a traditional therapeutic technique in oriental medicine.
In 1970s, electroacupuncture, a modern version of acupuncture, began to replace manual manipulation because it has better effects and its stimulation can be objectively quantified and controlled. Electroacupuncture has been widely used for treating various pathologic conditions. Nowadays, It has been extended to treat some small animal diseases，especially chronic arthritis, neural diseases, tumor, hepatitis, cardiac diseases, kidney diseases, endocrine diseases, animal sedation and analgesia.
The combination of Traditional Chinese veterinary and Western veterinary medicine has achieved excellent results and become a promising therapeutic method.