Apitoxin Aquapuncture and Administration of Herbal Medicines in a Dog with Superficial Pyoderma

September 2012 in “ The Thai journal of veterinary medicine ”

Cheng‐Hung Lai, Pan-Chen Liu, Han-Yuan Lin

alopecia pruritus apitoxin aquapuncture herbal medicines Shi Wei Bai Du Tang Huang Lian Jie Du Tang Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin hair loss itching bee venom therapy

TLDR The dog’s skin infection improved with bee venom acupuncture and herbal medicine.

A 6-month-old, 7.2 kg, female mongrel stray dog with alopecia and severe pruritus was diagnosed with canine superficial pyoderma caused by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. The treatment involved apitoxin aquapuncture at specific acupoints once a week for 5 weeks, along with the oral administration of the herbal medicines Shi Wei Bai Du Tang, Huang Lian Jie Du Tang, and Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin twice daily for the same duration. The combined therapy resulted in a favorable therapeutic effect in treating the condition.

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