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Acupuncture for
Neurological Disorders
It matters not whether
medicine is new or old, it only
matters that it is applied for
the benefit of the patient.
Neurologic Assessment
• Is it a neurologic
disease?
– Seizures
– Intention tremor
– CN deficits
• Head tilt
• Nystagmus
– CP deficits
– Dysmetria
– Paralysis
Minimum Database
• CBC
• Chemistry
– Bile acids
– Cholinesterase
• Urinalysis
• Chest and
abdominal
radiographs
• Abdominal
ultrasound
• Heartworm test
• Fecal
Ancillary Neurologic Tests
• Electrodiagnostics
– EEG
– EMG
– BAER
• CSF tap & analysis
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Cells & protein
Pressure
Cholinesterase
Titers
• Radiographs
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Skull & spinal films
Myelography
CT scan
MRI
• Muscle Analysis
– Enzymes
– 2M antibody
– Anti-ACH receptor
antibody
– Biopsy
When all else fails…
Look at the patient!!!
Outcome of Neurologic Assessment
• Localization of Lesion • D • Def (Qi, Yin, Blood)
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Jing Def
Def (Qi, Yin, Blood, Yang)
Def (Qi, Yin, Blood)
Stagnation (Blood)
Jing Def/Excess or Def
Phlegm Fire
Phlegm Fire
Trauma
Excess or Def
Wind Phlegm
Plan
• Problem List
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• Differential Dx
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• Diagnostic Approach
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• Treatment
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Seizures in Small Animals
• It is estimated that the
overall incidence of seizure
disorders in dogs and cats is
around 1%
• In pure breed dogs, this
incidence may increase to 1520%, due to the presence of
inherited, primary epilepsy in
those breeds
Lesion Localization in Seizures
• Cerebral Cortex
• Diencephalon
– Thalamus
– Hypothalamus
• Mesencephalon
Seizure Diagnoses
SEIZURES
Primary Epilepsy
Secondary Epilepsy
Inactive
Probably Symptomatic
Epilepsy
Reactive Epilepsy
Active
Symptomatic
Epilepsy
Seizure Diagnosis
• Minimum Database
– Abnormal in
Reactive Epilepsy
• CSF tap & analysis
– Abnormal in Active
Secondary Epilepsy
• CT or MRI Scan
– Abnormal in Active
Secondary Epilepsy
• EEG
– Abnormal in
Secondary Epilepsy
• All test are normal in
Primary Epilepsy
Asymmetrical Seizures
Licking Seizure
Fly-Biting Seizure
Seizures and Signalment
• Primary Epilepsypurebred dogs 1-3
years of age
• Secondary Epilepsyany age but especially
under 6 months and
over 3 years
Seizures- -TCM
• Represent various
aspects of the Liver
(Wood) system
• Excess (3 types)
• Deficiency (3 types)
Seizures- -TCM
• Excess
– Wind-Phlegm
• Tongue pale & greasy
• Pulse wiry & slippery
– Phlegm-Fire
• Tongue red & greasy
• Pulse rapid, wiry &
slippery
– Blood Stagnation
• Tongue & Pulse like
Wind-Phlegm
• History of head
trauma
• Deficiency
– Liver Blood Def.
• Tongue pale & dry
• Pulse weak & thready
– Liver & Kidney Yin
Def.
• Tongue red & dry
• Pulse weak & thready
– Kidney Jing Def.
• Tongue pale or red &
dry
• Pulse weak & thready
• < 1 year of age
Seizures- -TCM
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Excess
– Wind-Phlegm
• expel phlegm, extinguish the
wind, open the orifice and
stabilize the seizures
• Ding Xian Wan
– Phlegm-Fire
• clear the liver, drain the
heat, transform phlegm and
open the orifices
• Di Tan Tang and Long Dan
Xie Gan Tang
– Blood Stagnation
• expel phlegm, extinguish the
wind, open the orifice,
stabilize the seizures and
invigorate blood
• Ding Xian Wan and Tao
Hong Si Wu San
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Deficiency
– Liver Blood Def.
• tonify Qi and Blood and
quiet the wind
• Bu Xue Xi Feng San or Di
Tan Tang plus Rehmannia 8
– Liver & Kidney Yin Def.
• nourish Yin and extinguish
wind
• Yang Yin Xi Feng San or Di
Tan Tang and Left Side
Replenished (Zuo Gui Wan)
or Tian Ma Gou Teng plus
– Kidney Jing Def.
• extinguish the wind and
astringe or nourish the
kidney jing
• Di Tan Tang and Epimedium
Powder
Epilepsy -- TCM
• Internal heat leading to generation of wind
• Clear wind & heat and calm the Shen
• Points
– Constitutional points
– Clear wind & heat
• GB20, LI4, LI11, GV14, LIV3
– Calm the shen
• PC6, HT7
– Local points
• GV17, GV20, GV21, Long hui, GB9, GB13, BL5, GV1, ST40
• TCM Herbals
– Di Tan Tang (TCM phenobarbital)
– Specific herbs for excesses or deficiencies present
Ear Staple
• Shen Men
– Center of the ear
– Staple or point AP
can help control 50%
of refractor
epilepsy cases
– Fold ear over & find
center on inside
Acepromazine in An Shen
• An Shen
– Half way around the
back of the ear
– Aim toward the
opposite base of lips
– Inject 0.1-1 mg
diluted with saline to
0.5-6ml
Basic Antioxidants
Dogs
• Vitamin E 10 IU/lb
daily
• Vitamin C 5-10 mg/lb
twice a day
• Selenium 2 µg/lb daily
• Beta carotene 250
IU/lb daily
• B Complex 2mg/kg
twice a day
Cats
• Vitamin E 100-400
IU daily
• Vitamin C 100-250
mg twice a day
• Selenium 50 µg daily
• Vitamin A 1000-5000
IU daily
• B Complex 10 mg
twice a day
Additional Considerations
• Probably safe
parasite control
– Interceptor
– Frontline Top Spot
– Revolution
• Should avoid
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Heartgard
Proheart 6
Program
Sentinel
Frontline Spray
Advantage
Advantix
Additional Considerations
• Diet
– Low-carbohydrate
food
• Supplements
– Ginkgo biloba
• 2-4 mg/kg q8-12h
• Ginkoba or Publix
brand
– Tofu or Lecithin
• 20 mg/kg daily
– Acetylcysteine
• 25 mg/kg q8h qod
Meningoencephalomyelitis
• Infectious Diseases
– Species Specific
• Steroid Response ME
(SRME)
• Necrotizing Vasculitis
(SRMA)
• Necrotizing ME (NME)
• Granulomatous ME (GME)
Meningoencephalomyelitis
• Pain to paresis to
plegia
• Dx with CSF tap
• Spinal radiographs
normal
• Myelography
normal (might be
contraindicated)
Meningoencephalomyelitis
CSF Tap
• Collection site for
seizures is at the
cisterna magnum.
• Allows analysis for
cells, protein and
pressure.
• Cytology and titers
for infectious
organisms can be
obtained.
Menigoencephalomyelitis
– Wind-Phlegm
• expel phlegm, extinguish the wind, open
the orifice and stabilize the seizures
• Ding Xian Wan
– Phlegm-Fire
• clear the liver, drain the heat, transform
phlegm and open the orifices
• Di Tan Tang and Long Dan Xie Gan Tan
Brain Abscess in a Foal
Brain Abscess in a Foal
Vestibular Disease
• Cardinal Signs
– Head Tilt
– Nystagmus
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Horizontal
Rotatory
Vertical
Positional
– Circling (tight)
– Imbalance & Incoordination
Vestibular Disease
Vestibular Disease
8th Nerve only
Idiopathic V.D.
8th Nerve,
7th Nerve &
Horner’s Syndrome
Inner Ear Disease
Brainstem V.D.
Anything Else
Central V.D.
Cerebellar Disease
Idiopathic Vestibular
Disease
• Acute Onset of
Vestibular Signs
– Head tilt
– Horizontal or Rotatory
nystagmus with fastphase away from head
tilt
– Nothing else
• Can Be Very Severe
• Acute, regressive
disease
Idiopathic Vestibular
Disease -- TCM
• Wind (heat) invasion
• Clear wind & heat and calm
the Shen
• Points
– Constitutional points
– Clear wind & heat
• GB20, LI4, LI11, GV14
– Calm Shen
• PC6, HT7, GV17, GV20,
GV21
– Local points
• TH17, TH18, TH21, SI19,
GB2, Er jian, An shen
Inner Ear Disease
• 8th Nerve Signs
• 7th Nerve Signs
– ear & lip droop
– lack of palpebral
reflex
– nose turn
– nostril flaring
• Horner’s Syndrome
Horner’s Syndrome
• Small Animals
– Ptosis
– Myosis
– Enophthalmos
• Large Animals
– Facial sweating
(horse)
– Lack of muzzle
sweating (cow)
Inner Ear Disease
• Most cases are
secondary to
bacterial infection
(otitis media &
interna)
– extension from otitis
externa
– pharyngitis with
extension up the
Eustachian tube
– hematogenous spread
Ear Polyps in Cats
• Benign growth in
the external ear
canal which causes
signs by extension.
• Can also be
pharyngeal mass
which grows into
middle ear via the
Eustachian tube.
Ear Polyps in Cats
• Treatment is
surgical removal.
• Damage can be
permanent, if
pressure necrosis
has destroyed the
inner ear
structure.
Inner Ear Disease -- TCM
• Invasion of external
pathogen leading to
wind, heat, damp.
• Heat boils the fluids
leading to the
accumulation of phlegm.
• Quiet the wind, reduce
heat, disperse damp
and activate the blood
to dissolve stagnation.
Inner Ear Disease -- TCM
• Points
– Constitutional points
– Clear wind & heat
• GB20, LI4, LI11, GV14
– Calm the shen
• PC6, HT7, GV17, GV20,
GV21
– Eliminate damp
• SP9
– Activate Qi & blood
• ST36, ST40, Xin shu
– Local points
• TH17, TH18, TH21, SI19,
GB2, Er jian, An shen
Central Vestibular Disease
• Postural Changes
– CP Deficit
– Dysmetria
• Reflex Changes
– hyperactive
reflexes
– crossed-extensor
reflexes
– Babinski’s sign
Conscious proprioceptive deficit
may be on the same or opposite side
of the lesion.
Central Vestibular Disease
MRI of Cerebellar Meningioma
Central Vestibular Disease
-- TCM
• Can be wind, heatdamp or wind cold
based upon the
causative factor
involved.
• Points
– Constitutional
– 8 Principle
– Zang-Fu
IVD- -TCM Diagnosis
• Represents a “bi”
syndrome often
accompanied by
“wei” syndrome
• Under domain of
KID (bones) & LIV
(joints & free flow
of qi & blood)
IVD- - TCM Patterns
• Excess types
• Deficient types
– Wind-Cold-Damp
– Yang deficiency
– Blood stagnation
– Yin deficiency
– Yin & Yyang
deficiency
Fibrocartilagenous Emboli
• Vascular occlusion
from IVD material
– IVD herniates into
the venous sinus or
the vertebral body
– the venous sinuses
have no valves
– increased pressure
forces material
into spinal cord
FCE
• Generally affects
a radicular
penetrating branch
which leads to a
quadrant (wedge)
of infarction
• Many will improve
with time
Schatzie
IVD- -Wind-Cold-Damp
• Acute invasion of
external pathogen
leading to stagnation
(cold slows blood flow
which is worsened by
accumulation of damp)
• Tongue
– Greasy
• Pulse
– Slow & soft
• Rx principle
– Dispel W-C-D,
activate blood &
relieve stagnation
• TCM herbal
– Xiao Huo Luo Dan
• Acupuncture
– Hua-tuo-jia-ji, BL23,
BL67, GB39, GV1, &
GV14
Treatment of Acute SPI
• Antioxidant steroids
(Solu Medral or
Solu Delta Cortef)
– 30mg/kg
– 15mg/kg every 8
hours for 24-48
hours
• Surgical correction
Acupuncture needle in
wei jian (tip of tail)
Intervertebral Disc Disease:
chondrodystrophic dogs
• Collagen fibers of
the nucleus
pulposus
metamorphs into
hyalin cartilage
• IVD looses
elasticity and
leads to damage
of annulus fibrosus
IVD- -chondrodystrophy
• Annulus ruptures
extruding
degenerate nuclear
material into the
neural canal
• This leads to pain,
paresis or
paralysis
IVD- -Pain Only
• Cage Rest for 30
days or 3 weeks
after patient
becomes clinically
normal.
• Acupuncture
• Oral steroids and
diazepam only
under supervision
IVD- -Paresis
• Hospitalize
– Prednisolone (2
mg/kg divided 2-3
times a day)
– Misoprostol 3-4
µg/kg twice a day
– Diazepam 0.250.5 mg/kg TID
• Should improve in
first 5-7 days
IVD- -Paralysis with Deep
Pain
• Emergency
– Give Solu Medral or
Solu Delta Cortef 30
mg/kg
– Refer
• May observe for 24
hours to see if
dramatic improvement
– If none, Emergency
IVD- -Paralysis No Deep
Pain
• Emergency
– Give 30 mg/kg Solu
Medral or Solu
Delta Cortef
– Refer
• 75% respond in
first 24 hours
• 50% in first 72
hours
• 25% after that
Integrative Therapy of
IVD Disease
• Acute IVD Disease
is a surgical
emergency
– Even with no deep
pain there is a
75% chance of
success within the
1st 24 hours & 50%
chance in the 1st
72 hours
– After 72 hours
with no deep pain,
the chances are no
different
• Chronic IVD
Disease may
respond poorly to
surgery
IVD
• After surgery,
healing is needed
• Physical therapy
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Passive movements
Massage
Standing exercises
Hydrotherapy
Walking
• Acupuncture
– Control pain
– Stimulate nerves
• Magnet therapy
– North pole magnet
stimulates nerve
regeneration
• Healing touch
IVD- -Diet
• Basic antioxidants
– Vitamin E, vitamin C,
vitamin B complex,
selenium, beta carotene
• Anti-inflammatory
membrane stabilizers
– Omega-3-fatty acids,
gamma linolenic acid,
coenzyme Q-10
• Lecithin to help
support myelination
• Herbal medications to
help immune system
– Astragalus, cordyceps
mushroom, garlic
• Dietary cartilage
IVD- -Prevention
• Diet & weight
control
– Low carbohydrate
diet
– Basic antioxidants
• Chiropractic care
• Massage
• Exercise
Hans
Hans
• Routine
radiographs
showed a narrowed
IVD space at
T11-12 with a
cloudy IV foramen
• Incidentally there
was calcification
of T13-L1
Hans
IVD- -Blood Stagnation
• Most common type in
chondrodystrophic
dogs
– KID Jing deficiency
leads to failure to
nourish LIV leads to
joint problems &
stagnation
• Tongue
– Purple
• Pulse
– Wiry or Fast
• Rx Principle
– Activate blood,
dissipate stagnation
and resolve stasis
• TCM herbal
– Da huo luo dan (Double
P formula #2)
• Acupuncture
– Hua-tuo-jia-ji, BL23,
BL11, GB39, GV14,
Wei jian, GV6, GV1, &
LIV3
Cervical
Spondylomyelopathy
• Young Great Danes
and older Doberman
Pinchers
– Young dogs is due to
misarticulation and
spondylolithesis
– Older dogs is due to
IVD disease and
ligamentous
hypertrophy
Diagnosis of CSM
• Plain Radiographs
– mild changes which
suggest problem
• CSF tap
– normal
• EMG
• Myelography
– dynamic views
Myelograpgy- -dynamic
views
Ventral Flexion
Dorsal Flexion
CSM- -Treatment
• Surgery is designed
to remove IVD
protrusion and to
lessen ligamentous
compression
• Best accomplished
with distraction
techniques
– “Screw and Washer”
– methylmethacrylate
LS Stenosis
A Pain in the Butt!
DVM
LS Stenosis- -Cardinal
Signs
• LS Back Pain
– pain on palpation at
LS junction
– pain on raising the
tail head
• Diminished tail
movement
• Urinary and Fecal
continency problems
LS Stenosis
LS Stenosis- -Diagnosis
• EMG
– fibrillation
potentials and
positive sharp
waves caudal to LS
junction, distal
limb and tail
• Imaging techniques
– CT Scan
– MRI Scan
LS Stenosis- -Treatment
• Medical management
– corticosteroids &
diazepam
– carprofen & diazepam
– acupuncture & TCM
herbs
• Surgery
– dorsal laminectomy ±
stabilization
IVD- -Yang Deficient
• Old age leads to
KID deficiency
– General weakness &
cold back
• Tongue
– Pale & wet (swollen
with teeth marks)
• Pulse
– Deep & weak
• Rx principle
– Nourish Yang &
warm KID
• TCM herbal
– Sang ji sheng san
(lorathus powder)
• Chronic IVD
IVD- -Yin Deficiency
• Chronic illness or
old age consumes
KID Yin
• Rx principle
– Nourish Yin &
tonify KID
– Weakness in back
worse at night
• TCM herbal
– Red & dry
• Chronic IVD
• Tongue
• Pulse
– Deep, thready &
weak
– Di gu pi san
Discospondylitis
• Infection of the
intervertebral space
• Common causes
– Staph. aureus
– Strep. sp.
– Corynebactrium
• Signs
– Pain (can be extreme)
– Ataxia to plegia
Discospondylitis
• Diagnosis can be
made on plain
radiographs
– May initially be
normal, until 2-3
weeks of
incubation
• Find organism via
– Blood culture
– Urine culture
Discospondylitis
• Also consider
– Nocardia or other
fungal cause
(aspergillosis)
– Brucella canis
– Spirocerca lupi
• Treatment (6-8 wk)
– Cephalosporins
– Sulfa drugs
Moose
• 9 year old M/C
Labrador
• HBC 4 months ago
– Recovered
• Chronic,
progressive paresis
over 2 weeks
Moose- -Myelogram
Moose- -Surgical
Observation
Abnormal articular process
at T12
Epidural mass
Moose- -Cytology
• Impression smears
from both the
articular process
and the epidural
mass revealed PMN
with intracellular
bacteria
Moose- -CT scan
Moose- -Post OP
• Antibiotics
– Sulfadimethoxine
(Primor) 15 mg/kg
q12h
– Cephalexin 22
mg/kg every 8
hours
– Use for 6-8 weeks
IVD- -Yin & Yang Def.
• Aging leads to KID
Yang & Yin
deficiency
• Rx Principle
– Nourish Yin &
tonify KID
– decreases
resistance & allows
low grade infection
to start
• TCM herbal
– Pink or pale
• Very chronic
• Tongue
• Pulse
– Deep & weak
– Double P #1
(hindquarter
formula)
CNS Neoplasia
Today’s Frontier
CNS Neoplasia- -Dogs
• Dog has 1-18
months average
survival time
– 1-3 with nothing
– 6-9 with surgery
– 12-18 with
radiation treatment
• All tumors are
invasive (malignant)
CNS Neoplasia- -Cats
• Most common is
meningioma
• Usually extraaxial and benign
• Seen in aged cats
• Present with
depression and
dementia
Elvis
Elvis
• MRI revealed mass
in the cerebral
cortex
Elvis
Treatment
• Diet
– Low carbohydrate
• Supplements
– Antioxidants & membrane
stabilizers
• Herbal medications
– Western- -Canine Cancer
formula
– Traditional Chinese
medicine- -Stasis in the
Mansion of the Mind
TCVM Brain Cancer
• Max Formula
or
• Stasis in Mansion
of Mind
and
• Wei Qi Booster
and
• Western herbs
Transports to
Head
Cancer Recommendations
1. Low-Carbohydrate food
or use Pedigree Weight Loss Formula)
(home prepared is best
2. Canine basic antioxidant formula
Pharmacy 1-800-4WESTLA)
3. Canine arthritis formula
4. Canine cancer formula
prevention dose
5. COX-2 inhibitor
(Westlab
(Westlab)
(Westlab)- -use at 2 times
(daily- -particularly for carcinomas)
6. Melatonin at night
(0.1-0.2 mg/kg)