Acupuncture Helps Lower Blood Pressure

We’re looking at recently published medical research that describes the benefits of acupuncture. The research described here shows the effect of acupuncture at PC 6 on blood pressure. What does this mean for your dog or cat? This research reinforces the use of PC 6 to affect the heart and blood pressure.

Acupuncture at PC 6 can potentially help lower blood pressure in dogs and cats with
• Brain injury
• Heart disease (cardiomyopathy, cardiomegaly)
• Kidney disease (acute renal failure, chronic renal failure)
• Cushing’s disease
• Diabetes
• Pheochromycytoma

Previous research has shown that applying a unit TENS over acupuncture points helps the heart rate slow down after exercise and helps restore hemodynamic stability after open heart surgery. In a study published in Am J Crit Care. 2011 May;20(3):e67-74, TENS acupuncture at PC 6 helped modulate BP changes by affecting arterial blood vessels. One of the authors of the study was Darren E. R. Warburton is an associate professor in the Cardiovascular Physiology and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Experimental Medicine Program, Faculty of Medicine, Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. was from the Cardiovascular Physiology and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Experimental Medicine Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

If you have a dog or cat with heart disease or kidney disease causing high blood pressure, your pet may be able to use less conventional medication if it receives acupuncture. If you’re in the Vancouver, Burnaby, or lower Mainland BC area, make an appointment and come see me for holistic veterinary care at the Waterworkz facility, and I’ll be happy to acupuncture your pet. I can also show you how to massage PC 6 so you can help your pet at home. No pet should have high blood pressure, and this is one way to work with your pet to avoid hypertension.