Acupuncture in bovine practice: Summary data provided by Annerose Weiß, DMV, <tierarztpraxisweiss@web.de>, Ellwangen-Pfaffenried 3, 88430 Rot Rot, Germany

 

(Copyright: Annerose Weiß & Walter Egel-Weiß, ATF, hold the copyright for all figures in this article)

 

Dr. Annerose Weiß and her husband, Walter Egel-Weiß, are veterinary practitioners and teachers German ATF (Akademie Tierärztliche Fortbildung, Academy for Veterinary Education) and members of GGTM  (Gesellschaft für ganzheitliche Tiermedizin, the German Society for Holistic Veterinary Medicine, http://www.ggtm.de). They integrate acupuncture, moxibustion, homeopathy, homotoxicology with conventional medicine in their busy practice.

　

Colleagues interested in bovine acupoint charts may wish to view: Fig 1 | Fig 1.1 | Fig 1.2 | Fig 1.3 | Fig 1.4 | Fig 2 | Fig 3.1 | Figs 3.2 & 3.3 | Fig 4 | Fig 5 | Fig 6 | Fig 7 | Fig 8 | Fig 9 | Fig 10 | Fig 11 | Fig 12 | Fig 13 | Fig 14 | Fig 15 | Fig 16

　

This is part of a paper “Practical Applications of Acupuncture in Farm Animal Practice“, by Phil Rogers MRCVS, Dublin, Ireland

　

 

Below is a summary table of the routine use of acupuncture (usually with other modalities) in their cattle practice.

 

Western Diagnosis

Number of sessions needed for clinical cure *or change method of treating when not successful

Min-Max

Interval between sessions

AP combination with other methods (moxa, homeopathics at acupoints, other medicaments)

Acupoints used (Fig 1)

% clinical cases treated routinely with methods described

Dystocia, cervix closed

2-4*

1-2 hours

AP + homeopathics

Fig 1.1, Fig 1.2, Fig 1.3 & Fig 1.4

90%+

Dystocia, heavy birth, uterus prolapse

1

 

AP + homeopathics sometimes 

Fig 1.1, Fig 1.2, Fig 1.3 & Fig 1.4

90%+

Cow exhausted during / after calving

1

 

AP + moxa GV14 = DANTIAN

Fig 2

90%+

Infertility: Cysts

1-3*

 

AP + moxa, homeopathics & vitamins

Fig 3.1

50%

Infertility: to induce ovulation; to facilitate nidation

1

 

AP + moxa, homeopathics & vitamins

Fig 3.1

50%

Infertility: anoestrus + suboestrus/silent heats

1- 2*

10-12 days

AP + moxa without needles

Figs 3.2 & 3.3

50%

Cows recumbent post-partum: hypocalcaemia, liver metabolism problems, injuries

1-5

 

AP + homeopathics, Calcium–Infusion, moxa

Fig 4

90%+

Problems of spine & standing up, lameness

1-3

 

AP + moxa (if coldness present) + homeopathics & vitamins sometimes 

Fig 5

70%

Pyometra, Lochiometra

1-2

10 days

AP + homeopathics / antibiotics sometimes 

Fig 6

50%

Mastitis~chronic without fever

1-2*

1 week

AP + homeopathics

Fig 7

10% (farmers want antibiotics)

Mastitis~acute + fever (E. coli)

1

 

AP + homeopathics & vitamins

Fig 7

90%+

Pneumonia~acute viral + fever

1

 

AP + homeopathics & vitamins

Fig 7

70%

Pneumonia~chronic + fever (Pasteurella); Spleen deficiency cough

2-3*

3 days

AP + homeopathics / antibiotics sometimes 

Fig 8

20%

Udder oedema

1-3

2 days

AP + homeopathics & moxa at BAIHUI

Fig 9

80%

Cows withholding milk post-partum

1-3*

2 days

AP + anaesthetic injection at ST18

Fig 10

50%

Dyspnoea of new born calf, emergencies

1

 

AP

Fig 16

90%+

 

Other problems treated routinely include: Ketosis, liver diseases, ruminal atony (Fig 11), non-surgical colic (Fig 12), abomasal dislocation + tympany (Fig 13), enteritis, diarrhoea (with moxa if coldness is present, Fig 14) and inability of new-born calves to suckle (Fig 15).