New York Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs Clinic

Acupuncture Shaobai Wang's () Tangzhen()--comfortable acupuncture(CA) System (Part II) Tangzhen(AC) Needle Insertion Method Traditionally, there are different ways to distract patients at the moment of needle insertion. All the classic acupuncture books such as Ling Shu( ), Nan Jing ( ) etc. stress the cooperation between the acupuncturist's hands even though there is a distract way by asking patients to cough when inserting the needle. But the most famous and po...pular method is known from the book, Biao You Fu() indicating the detail of the cooperation between the acupuncturist's left and right hands. All the books stress the importance of the left hand. Based upon the above information, we found our way of no pain needle insertion is better . It is simple and easy to master even for beginners. Here are the detailed steps: 1) Ask patient to choose a position they are most comfortable in. 2) Avoid blood vessels in the area of needle insertion 3) When inserting the needle with right hand, use the left hand to tap another part of the patient's body (except sensitive/private area) about less than a quarter second before you insert the needle into the patient's body. For the acupuncturists who are left handed, just do it the opposite way. Step 3 happens very quickly, in less than half a second. If it is not done quickly, the left hand will be unable to distract the patient. The purpose of this step is to take advantage of the patient's reaction time, the patient will focus on the area you tap as opposed to the area of needle insertion. Occasionally, you will see nervous or sensitive patients. To relax these types of patients, the acupuncturist could talk with the patient during needle insertion in every way, as long as the patient can be distracted as much as possible. For more information, please go to: http://acupuncturechineseherbs.com/

Are there any side effects of acupuncture? It depends on what the definition of side effects is for the acupuncture treatment procedure. For some, bruises from the needles or prolonged sensation from the needle can be side effects. However, for someone else these effects could be positive because they will maintain the acupuncture function until the bruise or prolong sensation disappears. In general, when talking about the side effects of acupuncture, people usually mean brui...ses, pain, etc. If the acupuncturist follows the restrictions and contraindications of acupuncture, there should not be any side effects unless the patient is really sensitive or something else. There are many factors that should be considered when doing acupuncture treatment, these contraindications influence the patients reaction to acupuncture. The following factors should be avoided: 1. Patient is too weak, nervous, tired, hungry, sweaty 2. Patient has an empty stomach or just finished a big meal 3. Patient is experiencing too much diarrhea or bleeding, etc.4. Just had sex 5.Just drunk too much alcohol 5. There is terrible weather. However, if it is really necessary, the acupuncturist can still do acupuncture purposely but he/she should wait until the patient eases up or should start with gentle acupuncture first. On the other hand, when dealing with these type of patients, the acupuncturist should be concentrated on the patient's reaction and use the most suitable acupuncture treatment accordingly. These contradictions should not necessarily prevent an acupuncturist from doing acupuncture. The acupuncturist should be aware to take more caution when treating this kind of patient, as acupuncture can be used to relieve of most these contraindications. Traditionally, to obtain the best results, many acupuncturists do needle manipulations to tonify or reduce according to the patient's pattern differentiation and diagnosis. Occasionally, when doing manipulation on certain acupuncture points improperly, meaning too strong in which patient cannot take, and the acupuncturist did not realize, this would be an accident but not side effect. This is because even if you do manipulation you are supposed to continuously check the patients reaction and you are not supposed to manipulate too strongly if the patient cannot take it. In past decades, rarely there are reports of accidents caused by acupuncturists, just as in all other therapies. However, the chance of these accidents are much less than other therapies. As long as the acupuncturist is well trained, knowledgeable, and following the guidelines of acupuncture, there shouldn't be any side effects or accidents at all. For answers to more questions visit my Quora profile: http://www.quora.com/Shaobai-Wang