TCM offers alternative treatment for pets

When Fubao's owner approached Guo Mengxuan, a veterinarian in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, to help treat her paralyzed tabby cat, she had already been told by several experts that her beloved furry feline friend would never walk again.

That's when Guo turned to a traditional treatment that has been used in China to treat animals for thousands of years and that is little known elsewhere — traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, or TCVM.

"The cat had been diagnosed with a severe spinal cord injury and had missed the optimal window for surgery. Other clinics said it would never walk again and would require lifelong assistance when relieving itself," Guo said.