Acupuncture & homeopathy in strange situations!

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Hi All,

 

I stumbled on these today at: http://tinyurl.com/52de4

 

One wonders about the wisdom (not to mention the legality) of

attempting to treat notifiable diseases, like FMD and rabies, even

in impoverished economies!

 

Best regards,

Phil

 

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Therapeutic use of acupuncture in dairy cattle (Bharat R. Thaker):

In 1940 scientists in the former USSR developed novocain

blockade, a therapy that acts through the nervous systems. They

successfully used this type of acupuncture (AP) in inflammatory

conditions. Nowadays, a number of conditions in animals and

humans are successfully treated with it, including peritonitis,

gastritis, spasmodic colic, ruminal atony, pancreatitis, hepatitis,

cystitis, orchitis, udder oedema, mastitis, and other acute visceral

inflammations.

 

Because little information on this technique is available in India,

this study investigated the efficacy of novocain blockade in clinical

cases of primary ruminal dysfunctions and udder oedema and

mastitis in dairy cattle and buffaloes. In 98 cases of primary

indigestion (PI) and 58 cases of udder oedema and mastitis (UOM)

three types of treatments were tested: 1. acupuncture (AP)

(epipleural novocain blockade), 2. conventional method (CM), and

3. conventional method supplemented with AP.

 

Of the 98 PI cases, 28 received ACP. These animals showed

clinical improvement after 48 hours such as increased appetite,

rumination, and increased in milk yield. The remaining 70 animals

received CM. Only 18 showed clinical improvements within three to

eight days. The 52 animals that had not responded to CM were

treated subsequently with AP. Of these animals, 34 improved

within 24 hours after blockage. The other 18 did not respond to the

treatment and were found suffering from chronic digestive

disturbances.

 

6/7 UOM cases that were treated with AP showed clinical

improvement within 48 hours of blockade. The remaining 51

animals with UOM received CM. Seven showed improvement within

four to six days. The 44 animals that did not respond within 72

hours to the CM treatment received AP. After 2-3 days, 37/44

animals improved.

 

The results of this study indicate that epipleural nocovocain

blockade enhances the recovery of PI and UOM cases.

 

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Scope of homeopathy in veterinary practice [V.A. Sapre]:

Homeopathic remedies have been used in the treatment of animal

diseases for a long time. There are some books on homeopathic

remedies in animals but there is no mention about homeopathy in

the curriculum of veterinary college education in universities in

India. Presently, many veterinary doctors who are using

homeopathic remedies are reading books on homeopathy for

humans or consult with practising homeopaths. However, published

reports are scanty although veterinary practitioners do have

encouraging experience about the usefulness of homeopathy.

There appears to be no harm in using homeopathy in cases where

there is no specific curative remedy in allopathy. Viral diseases,

antibiotic-resistant infections, and conditions of unknown aetiology

are some examples.

 

The author has been working as a teacher of medicine at Nagpur

Veterinary College since 1968. In the course of his attachment to

the college's Cattle Breeding Farm, he was required to carry out

routine treatments and to supervise the healthcare of the animals.

Seven cows at the farm had obstinate mammary gland infections

with Corynebacterium and did not respond to the routine

intramammary and systemic application of antibiotics. As a trial,

the homeopathic drug Phytolacca 200 X tincture was used for 10

days. All the animals showed remarkable recovery and five animals

were cured of the infection.

 

In a comparative study on subclinical mastitis, 87% of 45 affected

quarters treated with homeopathy recovered as confirmed by

bacterial isolation, while in another group treated with antibiotics

only 27% recovered. Thereafter the study was extended to foot-and-

mouth disease with very encouraging results. These drugs are

extensively used in the field. Subsequently the university approved

a multilocational research project wherein about 500 animals at

three different locations were treated with homeopathic drugs. The

findings have been very encouraging. We have therefore come out

with homeopathic remedies for about 10 common animal disease

conditions. Drugs found useful during our observations are being

applied in clinical practice with good results. Homeopathic cures

need to be authenticated and recognised for use in clinical practice.

 

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Ethnoveterinary medicine for ruminants (S.T. Rekha, Jagdish S.

Matti, and B.K. Narainswami): Herbal medicines that can be

prepared from locally available resources are often effective, less

expensive, and more eco-friendly than industrially produced

veterinary drugs. In 1997, a study on the traditional disease control

practices for ruminants was conducted in Shimoga district of

Karnataka State, India.

 

To treat foot-and-mouth disease, a mixture of leaves of Tagetes

erecta (African marigold) and camphor is ground, heated, and

applied on the ulcers of the foot. Farmers also grind and mix 50 g

jaggery, 15 g salt, and 15 g roots of Swertia chirata (chirayuta).

They apply a small quantity to the ulcers in the mouth and feed the

rest to the sick animal. To treat rabies, people mix Swertia chirata

(chirayuta), Piper longum (long pepper), Brassica juncea (mustard),

dry Zingiber officinale (ginger), Allium cepa (onion), Mangifera

indica (mango) leaves, Tylophora indica (kirumanji), Vitex negundo

(lakkigida), and Andrographis paniculata (nelabevu) leaves. All

these ingredients are crushed and drenched in butter milk and hot

water. To treat blackquarter, the juice of Trianthema decandra

(bilikomme) is mixed with 5 g Capsicum frutescens (chilli) powder

and 5 g of smashed Allium sativum (garlic) and drenched twice a

day for three days. For mastitis, the leaves and bark are taken of

Albizzia amara (sujjalu), Vitex negundo (lakkigida), Adhatoda

vasica (adumuttada soppu), leaves of Tinospora cordifolia

(amrutaballi), Piper longum L. (pepper), and 0.25 kg Allium sativum

(garlic). All ingredients are ground, put in hot water, and the juice is

administered for three to four days. The paste of Tinospora

cordifolia (amrutaballi) leaves is smeared on the udder. To control

external parasites, the bark of Butea monosperma (bengal kino) is

powdered and 10 tablespoons of the powder are mixed with butter

milk and applied all over the

body. Alternatively the leaves of Leucas aspera (tumbe),

Clerodendrum inerme (vishamdhari), and Azadirachta indica (neem)

are ground to a fine paste, then mixed with Curcuma longa L.

(turmeric) powder

and applied all over the body. Internal parasites are controlled by

drenching a mixture of Curcuma longa L. (turmeric) powder with the

juice of Agave americana (century plant) leaves. For severe

diarrhoea, animals are

drenched with Allium cepa (onion) mixed with butter milk.

 

Looking at this information, it is evident that the spectrum of local

treatments is wide and that animal health and veterinary science

should have a closer look at these treatments.

 

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