Farmacopuntura em animais de interesse zootécnico de grande e médio portes

Abstract

The acupuncture is a technique of traditional chinese medicine that aims to homeostasis by stimulating certain points. There are diverses forms to stimulate the acupoints, such as injecting subdoses of drugs into them, which is called pharmacopuncture. This modality has been recommended for large animals because it reduces undesirable effects of medication, the amount of waste, and treatment costs. Has been increase in numbers of studies and scientific publications about the use of pharmacopuncture. Data was gathered in publications that used pharmacopuncture in equids, bovine, bubalus, goats, sheep e swine from various sources and platforms, evaluating its effectiveness in several purposes. Pharmacopuncture proved to be mostly effective for various treatments among all the species analyzed and was able to reduce costs and undesirable drug effects. The amount studies found with this treatment is still insuficiente and outdated for standardize active principles, doses, acupoints and abjectives of use in various species, requiring more studies for a routine use of this method