A guide to traditional Chinese medicine and your pet 3 Articles

by Ardeth Baxter

Traditional Chinese Medicine divides the body into five elements: Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, and Fire. Earth is related to digestion, the spleen/pancreas and stomach. Metal rules respiration and elimination, the lungs and ...read more

by Charlotte Howard

For more than 3,000 years the Chinese have documented the use of herbal remedies, acupuncture and other techniques in treating both humans and animals. Today, alternative therapies are still used regularly and are some ti...read more

by Jan Hoadley

During the Shang Dynasty - 1766-1066 BCE - early verifiable records of Chinese veterinary medicines show horses were early patients. Presumably these were animals needed for their life, not merely pets. In the 6th century ...read more