Essentials of Western Veterinary Acupuncture

256 Pages·2012·7.88 MB·English

Essentials of
Western
Veterinary
Acupuncture

Essentials of
Western
Veterinary
Acupuncture
S. Lindley
and
T.M. Cummings

Contents
Dedications vii
Preface ix
About the authors xi
Introduction xiii
Part One 1
1 Modern veterinary acupuncture 3
2 An historical perspective 17
3 Acupuncture - what is it and how does it work? 33
4 Acupuncture - does it work? 45
Part Two 63
5 The use of acupuncture for acute and chronic pain
65
6 The use of acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain
79
7 Principles of point selection 103
8 Acupuncture for the treatment of visceral pain and
dysfunction 1 1 1
9 Acupuncture for the treatment of non-painful
conditions 129
Part Three 151
10 Practical aspects of acupuncture in the veterinary
species 153
11 Electroacupuncture and related techniques 177
Index 189