Veterinary acupuncture is the veterinary medicine for the pets like cat, dog and horses. Acupuncture is the part of Chinese medicine to diagnosis and support. This treatment is known as the traditional Chinese medicine.  In the veterinary acupuncture, animals are also considered as whole-unit consisting of body, mind, diet, spirit, and environment.

Generally, holistic approach of the medicine helps to explain this ancient medical approach. In the conventional medicine treatments, it tends to analyze the symptoms and according to the diagnosis, the physician addresses the problem by trying to cure the symptoms. On the contrary, holistic or acupuncture therapy looks at the symptoms and tries to work out the causes of the symptoms that are present.

By diagnosing the symptoms, it tries to discover the root cause of that symptom and according to that treatment is given. This therapy is the best alternative to the western veterinary medicine. Holistic method gives amazing total welfare and health of the pets. Some times this treatment also includes the conventional methods. Traditional medicine treatment usually includes acupuncture and herbs along with certain techniques to balance the body and allow the animals to get better.

Along with these methods, other techniques are also used to aid the pets. These treatments consist of laser stimulation, electric stimulation, and many more. Acupuncture and herbal medicinal treatment have been in practice since thousands of years by Chinese. This treatment then greatly accepted by the U.S, practitioners to support animals as well as the humans. In this therapy and treatment, the accupoints are stimulated and then aided with the herbal practices.

In the veterinary acupuncture therapy, needles are pierced in certain points that are called as the accupoints. This pricing stimulates those points and the stimulation cures the diseases. This is manual treatment to cure the diseases. In the electric treatments, the stimulation of the points is complete by passing electric current through the needles. These needles are treated as the electrodes. Current passing stimulates the point. Another method to stimulate the points is by laser method.

These are the certain ways to stimulate the accupoints and treating the diseases. Acupuncture or traditional Chinese medicines are good to diagnose the diseases and treat them. Acupuncture treatment displays the effects in relation to the time and after certain time the disorder will cure. Generally, this treatment is use to cure the diseases of pets like cat, dog and horses but some of the physicians use this treatment to cure small pets like birds, ferrets and rabbit.

Generally, the acupuncture therapy is done with the help of needles of metal. Mass of the needles is about 28gm to 30gm. These needles are pointy and used to prick in certain accupoints on the skin. Insertion of the needles in the skin of the animals is about 1/2″ to 3/4″. This penetration aims to stimulate the points.