Veterinary Acupuncture: Ancient Art to Modern Medicine

By: Schoen, Allen M.

This revision reflects major updating, expansion of hot topics, and coverage of trends, current areas of research interest, and controversies in veterinary acupuncture. The book begins with the history and concepts of acupuncture and continues with the anatomic and neurophysiologic basis of acupuncture, research on acupuncture, practical techniques, instrumentation, and point selection. Part two covers acupuncture in small animals, including a canine atlas, avian acupuncture, and chapters that focus on disorders grouped by body systems. Part three is devoted to acupuncture in large animals. It begins with three different equine atlases, followed by equine acupuncture treatment according to body system and concludes with acupuncture in cattle and a porcine acupuncture atlas. Part four covers failures in veterinary acupuncture and veterinary manipulative therapies.Includes both modern and traditional Chinese acupuncture atlases with superb illustrations. These atlases provide easy access to acupoint locations in a variety of species.Offers a clear understanding of how to successfully integrate traditional Chinese medicine with Western veterinary practice.Presents modern and traditional acupuncture techniques, global research, and practical clinical details, in a single, complete resource New Global Research chapter includes translations of the latest research from China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Brazil in one convenient resource.Includes revised canine and equine acupuncture atlases.
Presents new approaches to the integration of traditional and western medicine.New chapter on acupuncture point formulas provides prescriptions for beginning veterinary acupuncturists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 032300945x
• ISBN13: 9780323009454
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.7" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Awesome

Interesting book which accounts for this ancient discipline applied to animals. It is reassuring to know that animals can be healed this way as well!

This is the best book of veterinary acupuncture that I know that it is for sale for the internet.

It is a simple and easy book of understanding, of the way that the students, in the course beginning, need to understand the Chinese medicine, mainly the acupuncture. But for an acupunturista he is also very useful, because it serves as much as a study book and of headboard as of fast consultation, in spite of his size to turn it a little difficult to transport. But I always drop it off at my clinic and I read it whenever it remains a time. Each reading that I do learns a little more. I already possess there is him two years and I still didn't get to read it entirely. It is the book that more has been contributing to my learning as acupunturist. I recommend and a lot to all that are interested in the subject: Chinese medicine and veterinary acupuncture.

A good primer

This is a wonderful text on complementary medical therapies for pets. I highly recommend it and as a fellow holistic veterinarian and author (8 Weeks to a Healthy Dog, The Allergy Solution for Dogs, and the award-winning The Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats,) I found the information quite useful. [...]

A well written book on a complicated and ancient art

This book helped me save a horse's life. When I was far from veterinary care and had a horse stricken with colic, I was able to help him using the techniques learned in this book which augmented the veterinary acupuncture course I had taken years before. The illustrations and charts are very well done and they alone are worth the purchase price.

Excellent book

This book by Dr. Shoen is an excellent reference for veterinary acupuncture. His case studies are very helpful and the point locations are easy to follow. No veterinarian or acupuncturist should be without this book in their reference library.