How long is acupuncture needle retention good?

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Acupuncture and moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment of diseases, modern many people like acupuncture and moxibustion as a means of health conditioning. The length of acupuncture needle retention time has always been people's concern, how long is good acupuncture needle retention? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

How long is acupuncture needle retention good?

Needle retention is to place the needle on the acupoints of the human body after the needle gets Qi, so as to transport the needle, strengthen the sensation of the needle and achieve continuous stimulation. It is improper to keep the needle at the same time regardless of the disease and syndrome. Whether the needle retention time can be correctly controlled is closely related to the curative effect.

Cold syndrome and heat syndrome: tonifying method should be used for cold syndrome, and needle should be kept for a long time; For heat syndrome, cathartic method should be used instead of needle retaining. If needle retaining time is short, it should be about 5-10 minutes. Deficiency syndrome and excess syndrome: deficiency syndrome should be treated with tonic therapy and needle retention for a long time; The method of purging and pressing or pricking blood should be used without retaining needle. If the time of retaining needle is short, it is about 5-10 minutes.

Pain syndrome: divided into acute and chronic disease syndrome, acute should use heavy stimulation, needle retention time is short; Chronic pain syndrome is usually treated with light stimulation and long stay acupuncture, such as trigeminal neuralgia, vascular headache, shoulder disease, epigastric pain, etc. Chronic, intractable, spasmodic diseases: need long-term needle, such as facial spasm, tetanus spasm, needle should be a long time, so the curative effect is good.

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The specific needle retention time of acupuncture and moxibustion is also different according to their own conditions. The specific needle retention time still depends on the doctor. The main methods of acupuncture and moxibustion are lifting and inserting method and twisting method. People like acupuncture and moxibustion to lose weight has a certain effect. If acupuncture and moxibustion are carried out at the right acupoints, the effect will be better.