Treatment methods of hand acupuncture
When using acupuncture needles for hand acupuncture therapy, the available methods are:
1. Select acupoints: select acupoints according to the corresponding part of the disease, select acupoints according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and select acupoints symptomatically. The above three acupoint selection methods can be used alone or in combination, and there are more people who use them in clinical practice. Generally, if the left side is sick, take the right acupuncture point; if the right side is sick, take the left acupuncture point; take bilateral acupuncture points or take acupuncture points where the tenderness is obvious, and mark them.
2. Acupuncture: The surgeon uses the thumb and index fingers of the right hand, or the thumb, food, and middle fingers to hold the needle handle. The left hand makes the patient's pierced hand in a relatively comfortable position, fully exposing the acupuncture points, and then at the mark Into the needle. Needle insertion can be straight, oblique, horizontal, penetrating, and point puncture, and the depth generally ranges from 1 minute to 1 inch. The main techniques after acupuncture include lifting and inserting, twisting, scraping and tremor. In addition, pay attention to post-needle infection, prevention of fainting, and timely treatment after fainting.