Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Oculo-acupuncture helps liver injury in dogs caused by carbon
By Liu, Jianzhu et al.·Published in The American journal of Chinese medicine·2007·College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, China·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: The effect of oculo-acupuncture on acute hepatic injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in dogs.
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Plain-English summary
A group of 8 mongrel dogs, aged 2 to 4 years, suffered from liver damage after being given a toxic substance. Four of these dogs received a treatment called oculo-acupuncture, which targets specific areas around the eyes related to liver function. The dogs that received this treatment showed significant improvement in liver enzyme levels compared to those that did not. By the third day, the treated dogs had lower levels of liver enzymes, indicating less liver damage. This suggests that oculo-acupuncture may help dogs recover from acute liver injury.
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Abstract
We investigated the therapeutic effect of oculo-acupuncture on dogs induced with acute hepatic injury. Hepatic injury was induced by intraperitoneal injection with carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) in 8 mongrel dogs (4 females and 4 males, aged 2 to 4 years). The dogs were divided into the control group (4 dogs) and the experimental group (4 dogs). The experimental group was treated with oculo-acupuncture at the liver/gallbladder regions plus the zhong jiao region of the eye after the induction of hepatic injury. Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) activities were measured in both control and experimental groups. The serum AST, ALT, and GGT activities in the experimental group were decreased as compared to those in the control group. The significant differences were detected on the third day (AST, p < 0.05), second day (ALT, p < 0.05) and third day (GGT, p < 0.05) in the experimental group, respectively. Oculo-acupuncture alleviated acute liver damage induced by carbon tetrachloride in dogs was also confirmed by histopathological examination. We concluded that oculo-acupuncture at the liver/gallbladder regions plus the zhong jiao region was effective in the recovery of dogs from hepatic injury in a CCl(4)-induced model.
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