Jasper, a 30-year-old horse, was suffering from ulcers, arthritis, Cushing's disease, and laminitis, and had a dull, lifeless look in his eye; it looked as if all hope had been lost for the resident ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's new Bolton Center does equine field services that includes horse acupuncture. Vets travel to different barns to perform ...

Q. I recently bought a seven-year-old 15hh gelding who I intend to use for hacking. He is a perfectly healthy horse, but I am interested in alternative therapies as an option if he should ever require ...

Acupuncture is a relatively simple treatment option veterinarians and horse owners consider for a variety of equine ailments, but little scientific evidence of its efficacy exists--particularly in ...

On a recent very cold and sunny day, Drs. Ashley and Matt Kornatowski drove to Standing Stones Farm in Ledyard to tend to eight horses with a variety of treatments – including acupuncture. Dr. Ashley, ...

Dr. Huisheng Xie grew up in a family of Chinese herbalists who prescribed custom mixtures of herbs and plants to treat any number of human maladies. But he decided to apply the ancient practice of ...

Breeding season can mean a growth in acupuncture needle inventory for many horse reproduction specialists. Such veterinarians combine strategic insertion of tiny needles with Western veterinary ...

“Swimming against the tide,” is how Sue Devereux MRCVS describes her early experience as a veterinary acupuncturist. “I was trying to tell people that it’s not just a case of sticking a few needles in ...

Modern equestrian medicine is falling back to the ancient art of acupuncture. Dr Lawrence Chan is one of two vets using acupuncture to treat horses in competition in Hong Kong. Provided to China Daily ...

China has approved and released a standard to guide the use of acupuncture on equine animals such as horses, which will be implemented from Feb. 1, 2023, according to the Chinese Academy of ...