Fundamentals of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing: Common Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing Techniques and Operations - Acupuncture (Skin Needling)

Skin needling is "plum blossom needle", also known as "seven star needle". It is made of 5 to 7 stainless steel needles arranged in the shape of plum blossoms or seven stars fixed at the head end of the needle bar. Through percussion of the skin or a part of the acupoints, stimulate the regulation of internal organs and meridians function, to achieve the purpose of treatment and prevention of disease.

Scope of application and preparation for use Medical Education Network www.med66.com

① Scope of application

◆ Headache, dystocia, lumbago, back pain, intercostal neuralgia, dysmenorrhea and so on.

◆ Hypertension, insomnia, myopia, pediatric impotence, baldness.

◆ Skin diseases.

② Preparation of supplies

Treatment tray: sterilized skin needles, 75% alcohol cotton balls, dry cotton balls, sterile holding tweezers and cans, clean curved tray.

Methods of operation

① Holding the needle method

Hold the handle of the needle with the right thumb, middle finger, ring finger, index finger straight and press the middle part of the handle.

② Knocking method

Knocking the needle against the skin, the use of wrist elasticity, so that the tip of the needle knocking the skin, and then immediately popped up, and so on repeatedly knocking. The tip of the needle and the skin must be perpendicular when percussing, and the bouncing should be accurate, the intensity should be uniform, and different stimulation parts and stimulation intensity can be selected according to the condition.

③ Knocking parts

◆ Knocking meridian refers to the method of knocking along the meridians, commonly used in the back of the lumbar and sacral parts of the dorsal vein and the foot solar bladder meridian, the treatment of diseases of the corresponding internal organs and meridians.

◆ Acupuncture is a method of acupoint percussion, mainly based on the main therapeutic effect of the acupoints, select the appropriate acupoints to be percussive, commonly used in clinical practice is a variety of specific points, Hua Tuo pinch spine point, the point, and so on. Medical education website www.med66.com

◆ Local percussion is a method of percussion in the affected area, such as localized bruising and pain after sprains, stubborn ringworm, etc., can be localized in the peripheral stab or scattered stab.

④ Stimulation intensity and course of treatment

◆ Light stabbing: less force, the skin only see flushing, congestion to the degree. Applicable to the head and face, deficiency and chronic disease.

◆ Medium puncture: between light puncture and heavy puncture, to the extent that the localization has more obvious flushing, but not bleeding, applicable to general parts and general patients.

◆ Heavy puncture: greater force, to the extent that the skin has obvious flushing, and microbleeding. Applicable to pressure points, back, buttocks, thighs and other muscle-rich parts and young and strong people and the disease is solid, new disease. Medical education website www.med66.com