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Wooden Tongue Disease in Cattle Is Highly Prevalent in Autumn, Farmers Need to Pay Attention to Prevention and Treatment

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Wooden tongue disease in cattle is a type of excess heat syndrome caused by accumulated heat in the heart meridian and swelling and hardening of the tongue body. The symptoms of this disease are characterized by: the tongue body is swollen and hard, shaped like a wooden stick, and cannot move freely. This disease often occurs in autumn, mostly due to the dry autumn climate combined with excessive labor, rushing about too quickly, prolonged thirst without drinking, or feeding grain in excess while the animal is hot, which causes heat pathogen to accumulate in the heart and chest and attack upward to the tongue. Treatment: First, use crushed scallion leaves to rub and massage the surface of the cow's tongue until the tongue becomes soft. Then choose one of the following methods for treatment: (1) Coptis chinensis 2

Wooden tongue disease in cattle is a type of excess heat syndrome caused by accumulated heat in the heart meridian and swelling and hardening of the tongue body. The symptoms of this disease are characterized by: the tongue body is swollen and hard, shaped like a wooden stick, and cannot move freely. This disease often occurs in autumn, mostly due to the dry autumn climate combined with excessive labor, rushing about too quickly, prolonged thirst without drinking, or feeding grain in excess while the animal is hot, which causes heat pathogen to accumulate in the heart and chest and attack upward to the tongue.

Treatment: First, use crushed scallion leaves to rub and massage the surface of the cow's tongue until the tongue becomes soft. Then choose one of the following methods for treatment: (1) Coptis chinensis 25 grams, Curcuma aromatica 50 grams, Forsythia suspensa 40 grams, Scrophularia ningpoensis 50 grams, Rheum officinale 50 grams, Scutellaria baicalensis 40 grams, Arctium lappa 50 grams, Platycodon grandiflorus 25 grams, Paeonia lactiflora 25 grams, Lonicera japonica 50 grams, Mentha 40 grams, Glycyrrhiza uralensis 25 grams, grind together into powder, mix with boiling water, wait until warm, then add 200 grams of honey and 5 egg whites, administer as a single drench, once daily, for 3 consecutive days; (2) Phellodendron amurense 40 grams, Coptis chinensis 20 grams, Bletilla striata 50 grams, Ampelopsis japonica 50 grams, alum 20 grams, grind together into powder, mix with boiling water into a paste, put into a cloth bag, hold in the mouth, and tie both ends with string to the head; (3) Indigo naturalis 50 grams, a small amount of borneol, grind into fine powder, apply a small amount each time to the tongue surface, 3 times daily, for several consecutive days; (4) Use a sterilized needle to prick several points on the underside of the tongue, and after blood is drawn, continuously rinse with clean well water; this can also achieve a good therapeutic effect.

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