If you'd like, you can also watch this Gina's short video of acupuncture treatment: VIDEO of a dachshund wagging its tail during its first acupuncture treatment

WHAT IS ACUPUNCTURE?

• On Wikipedia, acupuncture is defined as an alternative, unscientific, and unverified medicine that uses the insertion of needles into specific points on the human body to promote health and well-being. According to traditional Chinese medicine, stimulating these points can correct imbalances in the flow of qi through channels known as "meridians."

• Also from Wikipedia... the origins of acupuncture in China are uncertain. The first bibliographic references to this practice are found in the ancient Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine, compiled between 305 and 204 BC.

• Acupuncture is the most well-known therapeutic technique in Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. This practice involves inserting small needles into specific points on the body ("acupuncture points"). Other techniques can be used to complement the treatment, such as thermal stimulation of acupuncture points ("moxibustion"), massage, electrical stimulation, laser stimulation, and so on.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally proclaimed acupuncture to be an effective remedy and should be taken seriously as a clinical procedure of considerable value. This is why it is increasingly widespread in our healthcare facilities

An article published in LA REPUBBLICA in 1996 (25 years ago) details the results of experiments promoted by the WHO, which had developed guidelines for the practice of acupuncture. Below is a screenshot of the article describing the interesting results the scientific community reached after careful experiments and demonstrations. In the 25 years since then, many advances have been made, as demonstrated by the increasing number of acupuncturists in our hospitals.

DOES ACUPUNCTURE CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS?

Acupuncture has no side effects because it does not use allopathic chemicals. These therapies, which act on the animal's own energy, are effective and completely doping-free.

There is no risk of transmitting infections because, as with humans, disposable materials are used.

HOW DOES ACUPUNCTURE WORK?

• According to classical Chinese medicine, both the human and animal bodies are traversed by a constant flow of vital energy.

• This vital energy, called 'Qi,' originates from the main organs and flows along a circulatory system of channels called "meridians". When the energy flow is smooth and balanced, your pet is healthy; if the flow is obstructed or otherwise disturbed, the animal will be ill or in pain.

• At the acupuncture points on the meridians, the energy flow can be stimulated, restoring the delicate energetic balance and promoting beneficial health.

• Chinese theory explains how acupuncture regulates physiological functions and helps maintain the body's harmonious balance.

• Indeed, according to this philosophy, veterinary acupuncturists use this medical art not only to treat existing pathologies, but also to strengthen the body's physical condition, preventing disease and promoting health.

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