How are acupuncture points taken and administered during acupuncture?

The first problem encountered when employing acupuncture for intelligence is how to accurately locate the acupoints in question. We have introduced a number of points that are effective for intelligence in the previous section, and the ability to accurately locate them has a bearing on the efficacy of the treatment.

The following is a description of several commonly used methods of taking acupuncture points.

(1) Standard discounting method

This is the most accurate method of taking acupuncture points that is commonly used at present. The method will be the distance between various parts of the human body, set a standard number, as a standard, regardless of adults and children, short and tall, fat and thin, are based on this number of discount, more convenient. For example: the distance between the elbow stripe to the wrist stripe is set at 12 inches, if you want to take between the point, the point in the wrist stripe on the 3 inches between the two tendons, then as long as the forearm is divided into four equal parts, from the bottom to the top, the first 1/4 of the place is. This is the way to take the point no matter what body type.

We have tried to include as many of the standard dimensions as possible on the diagrams when describing the acupuncture points, so we will not go into detail about the standard dimensions of each part here.

(2) Signs for Acupuncture Points

There are a number of natural signs in the human body, which can be used as references for taking acupoints.

Some of the signs are fixed, such as the navel in the middle of the Shen Que point, between the two ears at the top of the head of the line between the midpoint of the Hundred Meetings point, between the two eyebrows for the Hall of Indigo point, and so on.

And some points need to make some specific movements to become the reference point, such as the large vertebrae in the seventh cervical vertebrae, must be lowered in order to appear to be prominent; to take Leshou must be two hands in the tiger's mouth cross, the tip of the index finger pointing to the place that is; to take the quchi when you have to bend the elbow, in the transverse stripe of the outer head of the take it.

Acupuncture points are accurate, the implementation of therapeutic techniques. The following is some common sense in the administration of treatment.

(3) millineed needle method

Modern acupuncture is most commonly used millineed needle. When entering the body, millineed needles are required to penetrate the skin quickly to minimize pain. The angle of needle entry is divided into straight stabbing (vertical stabbing at an angle of 90 degrees with the skin), oblique stabbing (angled stabbing at an angle of 45 degrees with the skin), and flat stabbing (stabbing at an angle of 15 degrees with the skin, also known as stabbing along the skin). The angle of needling depends on the location of the point and the requirements of the treatment.

The manipulation of the skin after stabbing is generally divided into two kinds of complementary and diarrhea. Tonic and laxative techniques are very many, generally speaking, the tonic method is used for those who are deficient, needling more along the direction of the meridian circulation into the needle, slowly inserted into the subcutaneous tissue during exhalation, shallow and then deep, lifting, inserting the amplitude and twisting angle of the smaller, lighter, choose to inhale when the needle is out quickly, after the needle is out of the needle, rubbing and pressing the acupuncture holes. Acupuncture diarrhea, the techniques used are the opposite of the above. The so-called flat tonic and flat diarrhea, its techniques between the two.

Children needling, because of age, most will cry and fear, generally do not reserve the needle, as long as the right point, the needle can be slightly manipulated after the needle out of the needle. But for the older, understanding or intellectual damage to the child, should be left 10 to 20 minutes, in the needle during the period of intermittent twisting, lifting and inserting techniques to maintain the amount of stimulation.

Acupuncture treatment of mental retardation or mental retardation, can be 1 ~ 3 days needle once, 10 times for a course of treatment, rest for 7 days, depending on the condition of the improvement or not, to decide the next course of treatment whether to re-acupuncture.

(4)Moxibustion therapy

Moxibustion therapy is convenient to take materials, easy to use, acupuncture points do not need to be too precise, the patient is not painful, so it is most suitable for self-treatment in the family, and it is especially suitable for the rehabilitation of mental retardation.

①Cones moxibustion: cones moxibustion refers to the use of moxa as raw material, lit, burned and smoked specific points of the human body, through the heat and medicinal effects to produce therapeutic effects.

Cones are cones made of pure moxa velvet, placed on the acupoints, ignited by the tip of the fire. According to the specific conditions of the acupuncture points, can be made into the size of a grain of rice, half a date palm or half an olive size. Moxa cone moxibustion method, there is a "scar moxibustion", is the use of moxa cones placed on the acupuncture points directly burned, burned skin, so that it blistering pus, until leaving a scar. This method makes the patient very painful, now rarely used. ① no scar moxibustion: point coated with a little petroleum jelly to increase adhesion, and to prevent burns; and then put on the moxa cones lit, when the patient feels burning pain, that is, to replace the moxa cones and then moxibustion. General moxibustion 3 to 5 strong (each cone called a strong), to the extent that the local skin congestion and redness. ② indirect moxibustion: that is, between the moxa cone and the skin with a layer of auxiliary materials. There are mainly ginger, garlic, epiphyllum, salt and so on. For the treatment of mental retardation, the main available epiphyllum cake moxibustion. That is, the powder and wine with the epiphyllum made into a coin-sized cake, the center of a few small holes, put on the acupoints, on top of the moxa cones lit moxibustion. Because the epiphyllum has the effect of warming the kidneys and strengthening the yang, it can be used for mental retardation with yang deficiency or congenital insufficiency.

② moxa moxibustion: with commercially available moxa ignited, hand-held aligned acupuncture points, away from the acupuncture points about 2 to 3.5 cm, smoked; or aligned acupuncture points for the up and down movement (such as bird pecking) smoked. To make the patient feel warm but not burning pain, until the skin redness to the degree.

③Warm acupuncture and moxibustion: is the combination of acupuncture and moxibustion together. When the needle piercing the skin, fixed at a certain depth, will be wrapped in sticky moxa on the handle of the needle ignited, or in the handle of the needle through a section of 1 to 2 centimeters long moxa moxibustion. This moxibustion method can make the heat and medicinal effect through the needle into the body, to achieve the therapeutic purpose. This method is used properly, the efficacy is very good. But you must stick the moxa firmly to prevent falling down the moxa fire burns the skin, you can pre-position a piece of cardboard under the moxibustion fire to separate the skin.

(5)Three-pronged needle method

Three-pronged needles are mainly used for some superficial points on the body surface, such as the fingers, toes, head, ears and other points. Because this therapy is bleeding as a means of treatment, so it is also known as "bloodletting therapy".

Operation of the right hand holding the needle, thumb and forefinger pinch the needle handle, middle finger end of the body of the needle close to the lower end, leaving the tip of the needle 0.2 ~ 0.3 cm, aimed at the site has been sterilized and quickly stabbed, immediately out of the needle, and then gently squeeze around the hole, so that the bleeding a few droplets, and then use a sterilized dry cotton ball to press the needle hole in order to stop the bleeding.