Basic Information On Equine Acupuncture For Horse Owners Or Lovers
Equine Acupuncture
Throughout history, there have been numerous innovations and changes made to the medical industry and also to the veterinary field. Most of which have successfully saved lives and made vastly acclaimed progress in developing new medical technologies. However, sometimes while we are making these new discoveries we forget that some of the old techniques work just as well, if not better than the newer methods. One of these would be the field and use of Equine Acupuncture.
Acupuncture is believed to have begun in Northern India or Tibet, with the use of bamboo or bone needles. Later, the tools progressed to bronze needles in the 16th-11th century BC. These needles led to the discovery of channels or meridians within a body. These are pathways through the body that connect organs, muscles and joints, and the nervous system that affect the balance of chi through the organism and thus, in turn affect the healing power of an organism.
The use of Acupuncture flourished until the late 1800s when the Ching Dynasty banned it for political reasons, believing that it was too simplistic and instead promoted the use of newer Western Medicine techniques, and threatened the practitioners with imprisonment. After years of this, the ban was lifted in the 1940s and the use of acupuncture spread rapidly with the help of Western Missionaries from China.
Veterinary acupuncture was used in China by the Shang and Chow Dynasties between 2000-3000 BC. The earliest record of acupuncture being used on animals was on horses by the Shang Dynasty Horse Priests, being used to expel evil spirits. A legend claimed that acupuncture was first found when lame horses used in battle became sound after being struck by arrows at distinct points. Even the very first veterinary textbook, Bai-le's Canon of Veterinary Medicine Sun-Yang, focused on acupuncture and its effectiveness on horses and other animals.
Equine Acupuncture addresses the animal as an energetic being and is based on the circulation of Life Energy, otherwise known as "chi", passing along well defined meridians with various acupoints. These acupoints are points on the body, 361 different points on a horse, that lie along the meridians of major peripheral nerves that correspond to known neural structures. The neural structures are used to achieve acupunctures therapeutic effects. The Chi passes along in a 24 hour cycle. It is believed that disease blocks the flow of chi, and thus hinders natural healing. Acupuncture is used to stimulate specific points on the body to achieve a therapeutic or homeostatic effect that changes the flow of chi and redistributes the Life Energy to the areas that are sick or injured. This allows for more adequate healing and growth in those areas. Along with treatment of nearly every equine disease, fertility and libido problems, it is also used as a test for lameness.
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Equine Acupuncture
