Geriatric Weakness
สัตว์สูงวัย / อ่อนแรงตามวัย
Difficulty rising, muscle wastage, cold intolerance, confusion and sleeping more.
How It Is Used
Kidney- and yang-tonifying points are used, often with moxibustion, which older animals usually enjoy. Every two to four weeks maintains the effect.
Primary Points (5)
Kidney Shu 腎俞
Tonifies the kidney and strengthens the bones and lower back — the principal point of the geriatric patient.
Life Gate 命門
เหมาะรมยา
Leg Three Li 足三里
The strongest qi and blood tonic; regulates stomach and intestines and supports immunity.
Supreme Stream 太溪
Tonifies both kidney yin and yang — the principal geriatric point.
Bai Hui (lumbosacral) 百會
The principal point for the lower back and hindlimbs; raises yang and relieves pain — the most used point in veterinary acupuncture.
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Supporting Points (3)
These are starting points, not a recipe — choose points from the pattern diagnosis of the individual animal and reassess at every session.