Acupuncture, TCM & the Microbiome: Bridging East and West in Veterinary Practice

Acupuncture, TCM & the Microbiome: Bridging East and West in Veterinary Practice | The Veterinary Microbiome Project What if the missing piece in your most stubborn chronic GI case was not another drug, another diet, or another diagnostic, but a needle placed in exactly the right point? Dr. Nell Ostermeier has been practicing integrative veterinary medicine for over 22 years. She is a certified veterinary acupuncturist, educator, and founder of the Everyday Acupuncture Veterinary Community, a growing global network of veterinarians using Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine in practice. In this episode, Dr. Lily Chen sits down with Dr. Ostermeier to explore how acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine work alongside microbiome medicine to address the root patterns beneath chronic GI disease. They cover the spleen-stomach partnership in TCM, why stress triggers GI symptoms through the liver organ system, how acupuncture points like PC6 and Stomach 36 influence the gut through measurable neurological pathways, which herbal formulas veterinarians can reach for even without full TCM training, and what happens when you remove the spleen and still need to support its functions. In this episode: Why the spleen and stomach are considered partners in TCM and what that means for chronic diarrhea and vomiting cases How stress shows up as GI disease through the liver organ system PC6 and Stomach 36: what the research actually shows about how these points work Two herbal formulas any veterinarian can reach for right now without full TCM training What happens to TCM treatment when a patient has had a splenectomy Why acupuncture was designed to prevent imbalance, not just correct it How TCM allows treatment of patterns even before a definitive Western diagnosis is reached Why senior patients benefit from a regular monthly maintenance interval CONNECT WITH DR. NELL OSTERMEIER: Everyday Acupuncture Veterinary Community: https://the-every-day-acupuncture-vet... Private Veterinarian-Only Facebook Group:   / everyday.acupuncture.for.vets   Website: https://everydayacu.org FOLLOW THE VETERINARY MICROBIOME PROJECT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033s4Vt... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... CONNECT WITH DR. LILY CHEN   / dr.lilychen     / the.unicorn.vet   https://www.threads.net/@the.unicorn.vet   / lily-chen-dvm   INTEGRATIVE PET WELLNESS CENTER https://integrativepet.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/unic... JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER https://theunicornvet.kit.com/vetsignup Real science. Real cases. And a little magic. #VeterinaryMicrobiomeProject #Acupuncture #TCVM #TraditionalChineseVeterinaryMedicine #IntegrativeVetMedicine #NellOstermeier #GutHealth #VeterinaryAcupuncture #ChineseHerbs #Dysbiosis #GutBrainAxis #VetMed #HolisticVet #VeterinaryPodcast #DrLilyChen ---