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Integrative Veterinary Medicine by definition is a combination of Western Veterinary Medicine (WVM) and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM). The practice of integrative medicine is evolving and gaining popularity in today’s modern world. WVM benefits from advances in modern science creating an ability to diagnose disease with great precision and in the utilization of treatments providing strong and fast acting results. TCVM has its ancient roots developed in China over three thousand years ago approaching the treatment of animal diseases in a much different way. TCVM evaluates each patient’s temperament, sex, age, activity, and environment along with their particular disease signs. While WVM can pinpoint and treat diseases with precision and accuracy, TCVM can see the bigger picture and offer a more holistic and whole body approach.  In many ways, TCVM and WVM each has what the other lacks. The best medical approach lies in the integration of the two systems, so that the strengths of one can compensate for the weaknesses of the other. Three of the main TCVM disciplines used to treat our pets are listed below:

• Acupuncture is an ancient therapy involving the use of tiny needles inserted into specific acu-points that run along channels/meridians on/in the body.  The needles stimulate these points and act to alter and balance the flow of Qi (energy) through the channels. This results in increased pain control, reduction of inflammation, enhanced healing and restoring the balance of Qi, Blood, Yin and Yang throughout the patient’s body.  Acupuncture is well tolerated in dogs, cats, horses and most domesticated animals.  Positive responses to acupuncture are seen many times after the first treatment with a peak effect following 6 to 8 therapy sessions.
  
• Herbal Medicine makes use of herbal ingredients in particular formulations or combinations to treat specific excess and deficiency patterns of disease diagnosed by the TCVM specialist. Herbal formulas are administered orally in the forms of capsules, powders, tea pills or tinctures to our canine and feline patients.
  
• Food Therapy is the utilization of dietary ingredients to treat and prevent imbalances that promote diseases within the body. It incorporates the understanding of the energetics of food and its ingredients to specifically tailor food choices for individual patients. 

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