Acupuncture effects on the body's defence systems and conditions responsive to AP
APPENDIX 1
EXAMPLES OF ANIMAL DISORDERS WHICH MAY BE HELPED BY AP
This list is not complete. It is extracted from the veterinary AP textbooks by Brunner, Gilchrist, Klide and Kung and Westermayer. (See references).
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Emergencies, poisoning, intoxication, toxaemia, hog cholera, distemper in dogs; agalactia, mastitis, udder oedema; fevers, chills; general weakness, lack of energy; exhaustion, over-exertion, dullness; polyhidrosis, insect bites; tranquillizer effect; to calm after a race; to tonify before a race; haemorrhage after uterine contraction; pain; to stimulate immunity; allergy; stress.
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: Lameness, pain, sprain, trauma to muscles, joints, bones, tendons; muscle pain, trauma, atrophy, rheumatism, tired muscles, "tying-up", myositis, myotonia, muscle spasms; arthropathy, arthritis, joint pain, strain, trauma, luxation; bone trauma, periostitis, osteomalacia, rickets; ring-bone, sidebone; tendon disorders, pain; bowed tendons; tendonitis, tenosynovitis; tendovaginitis; bursitis.
DISORDERS OF HEAD REGION: Nervous system: encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, encephaloedema; cerebral accidents, cerebral anaemia, cerebral hyperaemia; stroke; mental disorders; convulsions, epilepsy, chorea, ataxia, dizziness, unconsciousness; paralysis, wobblers, tetanus. Eyes: cataract, keratitis, pannus, ophthalmia; ocular microfilariasis; excess tears; conjunctivitis, eyelids swollen. Ears: certain types of deafness; ear paralysis. Face: facial swelling; trigeminal neuralgia; facial paralysis.
DISORDERS OF THE NECK: pain, sprain, rheumatism, muscle spasm, arthritis, subluxation, myositis of m. sternobrachiocephalicus.
DISORDERS OF FORELIMBS: General: pain, sprain, rheumatism, trauma, arthritis, lameness, paralysis, weakness and oedema of the forelimbs. Shoulder: pain, sprain, luxation, trauma, rheumatism, arthritis, lameness; shoulder m. atrophy; scapular and suprascapular n. Paralysis. Arm: pain, rheumatism; biceps brachii m. strained; muscle pain. Elbow: pain, sprain, trauma, luxation, rheumatism, arthritis. Forearm: radial, ulnar and medial m. paralysis; muscle pain, rheumatism. Carpus: pain, sprain, luxation, arthritis, trauma, swelling, synovitis. Metacarpus: pain etc; flexor and extensor tendon disorders; bucked shins. Fetlock: arthritis, luxation, trauma, contusion, oedema; unable to flex fetlock. Digit: pain etc. Hoof: disorders laminitis, bulb of heel pain and inflammation; navicular disease.
DISORDERS OF THORAX: General: pain, spasm, colic, oedema, pleuritis, diaphragm-spasm. Cardiovascular and haematological: heart disorders, arrythmia; circulatory disorders; arterial and blood pressure disorder; anaemia; leucopenia; ascites, oedema; shock, collapse, syncope, heatstroke. Respiratory: nose disorders, rhinitis, rhinorrhoea, purulent sinusitis, epistaxis; pharyngitis, laryngitis, tracheitis; lung disorders; bronchitis, pneumonia, lung oedema, congestion; lung haemorrhage; emphysema; allergies; coughs, colds, 'flu, asthma, wheezing, not enough wind; respiratory viruses; pleuritis.
DISORDERS OF BACK AND ABDOMEN: General: pain, spasm, colic, oedema, ascites; abdominal disorders; peritonitis, adnexitis; liver diseases, hepatitis, cholecystitis, icterus; ketosis and fatty liver, diabetes mellitus, pancreatitis. Mouth and digestive system: stomatitis, salivation, glossitis, tongue ulcer, swelling, lips swollen, trismus, masseter spasm; disorders of the jaws; chewing difficulty; pharyngitis, parotitis, pharyngeal paralysis, oesophageal paralysis; inappetance, anorexia. Gastric: dilation, atony, bloat, gastritis, vomiting, hyperacidity. Intestinal: enteritis, colitis, spasm, colic. Gastrointestinal: bloat, allergies; spasm, colic, gastroenteritis, diarrhoea, dysentery, blood in faeces, constipation, hog cholera. Rectum: paralysis, prolapse. Reproductive tract: infertility, sterility, nymphomania, prolonged oestrus, anoestrus, pseudopregnancy, dysmenorrhoea; ovarian dysfunction, oophoritis, cystic ovary; salpingitis; metritis, pyometra, dystocia (to relax pelvis and assist birth); uterine prolapse (to assist reposition); vaginal prolapse, vaginitis; male impotence, depressed libido, penile paralysis; orchitis, scrotal oedema. Urinary tract: incontinence, dysuria, difficult urination, anuria, urine retention, haematuria. Kidney, ureter, bladder and urethra: nephritis; ureter spasm; cystitis, bladder retention spasm; urethritis. Pelvic area: sacroiliac strain, luxation; to relax pelvis in obstetrics. Lumbosacral area: pain, rheumatism, stiffness, myositis, spondylosis, arthritis, nerve paralysis, paresis, posterior paralysis.
SPINAL DISORDERS: Pain, spasm, rheumatism, stiffness, myositis, lameness, etc in the spinal or paravertebral area from neck to tail. Vertebral disorders: arthritis, luxation, mild disc prolapse; spinal trauma; spinal paresis and paralysis, torticollis, wobbler syndrome.
HIND LIMB DISORDERS: Hindquarter: rheumatism, pain, spasm of rump muscles; paralysis of the tail and hindquarters; Hindlimb: rheumatism, myositis, pain, spasm, lameness, arthritis, motor malfunction, weakness, paralysis; hind limb oedema. Hip: pain, rheumatism, spasm, lameness, arthritis, dysplasia; sciatic nerve paralysis, femoral nerve paralysis, myositis of semimembranosus and biceps femoris m. Stifle (Knee): pain, rheumatism, arthritis; patellar luxation; stifle locked; pain in region of tibia, fibula; tibial, fibular m. paralysis. Hock (tarsus): swelling, pain, hypertrophy, spavin, arthritis; pain, inflammation and swelling of Achilles' tendon. Metatarsus: pain, bucked shins, arthritis, flexor tendon disorders. Fetlock: oedema, pain, arthritis, luxation, trauma, inability to flex. Digit and hoof: pain, laminitis, panaritium, phlegmon, pododermatitis, heel and bulb of heel pain.
SKIN DISORDERS: allergy, urticaria, pruritus, trauma, eczema, dermatitis.