What are the precautions for acupuncture?

Acupuncture is an important part of traditional medicine in China with a long history. Its remarkable feature is to stimulate the induction and conduction of the meridian system by stimulating acupuncture points or specific parts on the surface of human muscles, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases. Acupuncture is simple, cheap, with wide indications and no toxic side effects.

In order to fully ensure the safety of acupuncture, there are also many precautions.

1, patients who are tired, hungry and nervous should not be treated with acupuncture immediately;

2, children with weak physique, the stimulus should not be too strong, try to take a prone position;

3, should avoid acupuncture blood vessels to prevent bleeding, for children with bleeding tendency or bleeding after injury, should not be acupuncture;

4, skin infections, ulcers, scars, not suitable for acupuncture;

5, some parts of the human body, such as eye area, nape, chest and back, rib points, should master the angle, direction and depth of acupuncture;

6. When children's fontanelle is not closed, the acupoints on the top of the head are generally not suitable for acupuncture. In addition, because children can't cooperate, rapid needle insertion should be used when acupuncture, and it is not advisable to keep the needle.