In short, acupuncture therapy is a method of treating diseases by picking skin with needles, which belongs to external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine; It is one of the treasures of traditional medical culture in China, and it is a physical stimulation therapy summarized from clinical practice. On the verge of extinction. After the founding of New China, it was excavated and studied, which became an ancient and emerging therapy today.
Needle-picking methods include scraping method, acupoint pressing method, collateral-picking and bloodletting method, hair-picking method, tendon-picking method, root-cutting method, squeezing method, wet method and picking method.
What are the characteristics of acupuncture therapy in the second quarter?
First of all, the equipment is simple
Any needle with a certain hardness or something hard and sharp can be used, such as long thorn, stone tip, sewing needle, round needle, towel clamp, triangular needle, crochet needle and various homemade needles.
Second, the selection method is unique.
Although there are various needle selection points, it is finally decided that the needle selection position is at the abnormal point of the skin [pathological positive reaction point (region)], so there is a saying that "it is better to lose the abnormal point than to lose the meridian point".
Third, the operation method is special.
Instead of deep needling to guide qi, it is mainly to pick the skin with a needle, pick and shake it with a horizontal needling, or pick out some tissues (fibers, fat or body fluids) and leave a small wound (needle mouth) as a means of treatment.
4. Acupuncture therapy is a shallow acupuncture therapy.
Although acupuncture points are all over the body, the depth of acupuncture is generally limited to the cortex, and the deepest part does not exceed the subcutaneous lipid membrane, so it is also called "skin stimulation therapy".
Fifthly, acupuncture and peach pit therapy has a unique comprehensive effect.
In the whole process, acupuncture includes acupuncture, loosening, pressing, puncture, bloodletting, cutting and tissue separation, so it has both immediate and long-term effects. Therefore, it has its uniqueness in curative effect and indications.