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What is the difference between electroacupuncture and acupuncture? Which is better for lumbar protrusion patients: tui na, acupuncture or traction?

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There are two kinds of electro-acupuncture, one is to connect the electro-anesthesia instrument to the needle handle part of the acupuncture needle, which is the kind to pierce the skin; the other is the one promoted by the Chinese medicine appropriate technology, which is to use transdermal stickers to stick on the affected area, with electric current stimulation, without having to pierce the skin.

Traditional needles are stimulated by manipulation of the qi and then left in place, and moxibustion has several types, including warm needle moxibustion, spacer moxibustion, and hanging moxibustion.

For patients with lumbar synostosis, acupuncture and traction should be combined, there is no one better than the other, the combined use of better results.