Course Type: Video Units: 8 CEUs/PDAs Accepted by: IL, AHPRA, AFPA, BAcC, CTCMA, IVAS, NZASA, NZRA; No approval for CA, FL, & TX Acupuncture Boards and NCCAOM Run Time: 8 hrs
The growing trend in veterinary medicine is towards the use of complementary and alternative therapies that are effective and with fewer adverse effects than pharmaceuticals. In Part V of this course, learn how to use heat clearing formulas for dogs and horses with Dr. Michael Salewski, expert TCVM practitioner in equine medicine; and learn to treat blood stasis in small animals with Dr. Signe Beebe, expert veterinarian practitioner of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)! Join Drs. Beebe and Salewski as they clearly instruct how to work with veterinarians to provide safe, effective herbal treatments in veterinary care.
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Heat-clearing formulas clear heat, purge fire, cool the blood, eliminate toxins, nourish yin, and clear deficiency heat. They treat disorders characterized by warmth, heat, and fire. They have also been found to have potent antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antipyretic, anti-neoplastic and immune modulating effects clinically and in vitro. In this course, Dr. Salewski shares heat clearing formulas that are commonly used with dogs and horses.
Blood stasis is a common pathology in many different disease processes especially chronic diseases, is a normal age-related physiological development, and can also develop acutely from trauma or surgery. Chinese herbal formulas to treat blood stagnation and stasis have clinically shown to restore blood flow in mild cases of impairment and can be used to break down tumor masses in cases with significant blood stasis. In this course, Dr. Beebe shares how the use of Chinese herbs in combination with acupuncture and tuina can be used to effectively treat many types of conditions with blood stasis.
Upon completion of this course, practitioners will:
Recognize common heat clearing formulas for dogs and equine
Learn how to diagnose patterns of blood stasis and veterinary conditions characterized by blood stasis
Understand how Chinese herbal formulas, acupuncture, and herbs can be used to treat blood stasis
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