I wanted advice on a horse case I have been seeing.
6 Year old QH showhorse gelding with a chronic pastern dermatitis.
All 4 legs affected. Became unusable from deep cracks and sores from carpi down and from the hocks down to coronets. Skin biopsies inconclusive. Multiple courses of antibiotics and steroids did not resolve the problem. In the 1 year since purchasing this horse he has been unusable.
I saw him in December for the first time. He was sour from all of the inflammation with an extreme excess presentation. Unable to touch the legs, unable to pet. He would stomp and snort and lean into all contact. Pulse was superficial and strong. No active points because I could not easily examine.
RX: SMS, Zi Cao Paste, and Wei Qi Booster.
Immediate improvement seen. January eval. Pulses thin and weak, tongue less red. Legs cooler, but scabs and crusts and edema still present. Problem mostly with the HLs at this point. Laser BL-13, 18, BH, SS, SP, SJ, GB-34, and ST-36.
I saw the horse again yesterday. Still very excess as far as being touched. Legs are finally cool with some edema and a very crusty layer of skin that needs to exfoliate.
Pulses are still thin and weak and I stopped the SMS and want to use something to improve the circulation and healing to the legs. QYT springs to mind as does XFZYT. What do you think?
Gladly, it looks as if this horse is making a full recovery and is already staring back into work!
As an aside, I was able to finally get clear feedback on acupoint stimulation changing the pulse of another horse with chronic severe navicular pain. For some reason, the approach has been so much harder for me with horses than with small animals. But maybe this is the start of me getting the idea finally.
Thanks for all of your help!
Kevin