Treatment of “fly-biting” seizures with acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in a bichon frise dog
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Treatment of “fly-biting” seizures with acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in a bichon frise dog
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Am J Tradit Chin Vet Med (2011), Koh, Ronald.
Abstract
In 8 year old, 8.1 kg male neutered Bichon Frise was presented for intermittent “fly-biting” seizures of four weeksduration. During the seizure, the dog would look up, snap his jaws, lick the air, bite the furniture and afterwards smack hislips. His tongue was pale and dry. His pulses were deep and weak, worse on the left side. The TCVM Pattern diagnosiswas Liver Blood Deficiency leading to Internal Wind. The dog was treated with a combination of acupuncture andChinese herbal medicine. The general acupuncture points used to treat this dog were: GB-20, GV-20, BL-17, BL-18, BL-19,LIV-3, GB-34, SP-10, KID-3, HT-7,Da-feng-men(on the dorsal midline of the head level with the cranial rim of theear bases) andAn-shen(caudal to the base of the ear halfway between GB-20 and TH-17). The Chinese herbal formulasprescribed wereBu Xue Xi FengandDi Tan Tang.A significant decrease of the seizure frequency and severity was notedafter the first acupuncture treatment. Without the use of anticonvulsants, the seizures completely resolved after six months,with no reported recurrence after 20 months. The purpose of this case report was to document the use of acupuncture andChinese herbal medicine instead of anticonvulsant therapy as a treatment for “fly biting” seizures in dogs.
Alternative Title
Am J Tradit Chin Vet Med
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Date Created
6/10/2016
Language
English
Type
Journal Article
issn
1945-7677
issue
1
page end
66
page start
61
volume
6