What is Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)?
- Complete system of medicine
o Prevent, diagnose, and treat disease
- Utilized over several thousands of years
o Shang Dynasty (1600-1100 B.C.)
– Diseases of animals inscribed on bone
o Written herbal documents over 3000 years old
– 1066-221 B.C.
– Early recordings of botanical and animal medicinal substances
– Case studies and toxicity
TCVM
o Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual
o Body and the environment
- Health = Harmony and Balance
o Promotion & maintenance of optimum health
o Cure disease
o Slow the progression of disease
o Improve quality of life
Five Branches of TCVM
- Acupuncture
- Chinese Herbal Medicine
- Tui-na
- Food Therapy
- Qi-Gong, Tai-Chi
- Synergism between branches
o Improved response to treatment
Fundamentals of TCM
- Eight Principles
- Zang Fu Organs
- Five Treasures
- Five Elements
- Six Pathogens
- Meridians
Eight Principles
- Yin & Yang
- Excess & Deficiency
- Internal & External
- Hot & Cold
Zang Fu Organs
- 12 Zang Fu organs (internal organs)
o Husband and wife pairs
o 6 Zang organs (Yin, female)
– Solid structures
– Lung, Spleen, Heart, Kidney, Pericardium, Liver
o Tubular or hollow
o Large Intestine, Stomach, Small Intestine,
o Urinary Bladder, Triple Heater, Gall Bladder
Five Treasures
- Essential fundamental substances
- Support and control life
o Responsible for the physiological activities of the Zang Fu organs and the entire body
o Qi
o Shen
o Jing
o Blood
o Body Fluid
