Practical Guide to TCVM, Vol. 3: Equine Practice

This is the third of 4 volumes of Practical TCVM and describes the diagnosis and treatment of Equine Diseases. The first volume, Practical Guide to Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine-EMERGENCIES AND FIVE ELEMENT SYNDROMES and second volume, SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE, were published in 2014. The fourth volume covers TCVM for exotic species (13 chapters) that will be scheduled to be published in 2016. Each chapter of these volumes presents the complete TCVM treatment of disorders commonly seen in clinical practice. In this volume, the most common TCVM Patterns for each conventional medical diagnosis in horses are discussed. For each Pattern, the etiology, clinical signs and treatment with acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Tui-na, Food Therapy and lifestyle modification are described. Finally, each chapter includes case examples to illustrate the treatments that have been described, and provide information on the success of the treatment.