Treatment can consist of just one needle or many. Often injections of a fluid, such as a vitamin, local anesthetic, or other, are used to augment the stimulation of a point. Electrical stimulation of the needles can also be quite beneficial. Most horses do not need a tranquilizer, but these are given when needed, if the horse is anxious. Despite fears to the contrary by some, tranquilizers do not interfere at all with the effects of the treatment.
Most horses get immediate relief from much of their distress.
Over the next few days you might notice a gradual improvement, or a huge improvement. Once in a while symptoms might be the same or worse for a few days. Or the horse, in rare cases, wants to sleep and relax for a day or so. Do not worry about this, it will pass. You could think of this as the body rearranging it s energetic system.