Relieve tennis elbow pain! Be careful when using a fire needle.

The end of the year is coming, and many people often have shoulder and neck pain and even tennis elbow when cleaning. Chinese medicine suggests that fire needles can be used to treat soreness. However, Chinese medicine reminds that fire needle is not suitable for red swelling and heat pain, and people with chronic skin diseases and diabetes should be especially careful. In addition, you should be especially careful when you use a fire needle to acupuncture points on the facial features.

People often have shoulder and neck pain and even tennis elbow when cleaning. Chen Chaozong, a Chinese doctor, pointed out that tennis elbow is also called housewife elbow and throwing elbow. The symptom of tennis elbow is tenderness on the outside of the elbow joint, that is, near the humeral epicondyle, and when you engage in movements that require forearm force, you will feel sore arms, unable to exert force, or even hold hands together? Not even a glass of water. When resting, the muscles of the arm will also feel tight and hard.

If the forearm needs to rotate frequently at work or housework (such as screwing screws and towels), hammering repeatedly (such as decoration workers) or lifting heavy objects, it is easy to cause tennis elbow-like problems due to the continuous use of this group of muscles.

Dr. Chen Chaozong said that in Chinese medicine, shoulder and neck pain or "tennis elbow" belongs to meridian obstruction and blood stasis. Fire acupuncture is used to warm yang, replenish qi, warm meridians and dredge collaterals, and has the effects of eliminating dampness, dispelling cold, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass, removing toxin and purging heat. As for fire needles, ancient books called them big needles, burnt needles and acupuncture needles.

Traditional acupuncture is to put a needle at each point or to use electroacupuncture for acupuncture, but there are also fire needle acupuncture methods. Fire needle is a common filiform needle, and it will burn red with fire before acupuncture. The needle is placed on the skin surface, only about 2 cm. Because it has been burned, the warming effect is fast and lasting, and it has a good effect on chronic pain.

It should be noted that the fire needle in acupuncture can be treated quickly. Just light the needle with fire and stick it near the acupoint. If you don't pay attention, it is easy to burn your skin, and the danger is not small. At the same time, avoid touching water and blowing air after needle insertion, and pregnant women and diabetic patients should not try rashly.

Fan Tuan, listen to the famous doctor!