(The article is from the WeChat public account of Hebei Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Liver Diseases)
Today I went to the ward round, and the inpatient Auntie Wang was a little unhappy. My abdominal symptoms improved, and the symptoms of nausea and vomiting were relieved. At noon, I went downstairs with Aunt Zhang, who was next to the bed, to the park of the hospital. After returning to the ward, Aunt Wang said that her head was a little bit painful, and even rubbing it by herself didn’t help. The pain is even worse today. Director Li Zhaohui inquired about the patient’s symptoms in detail, and then selected Yangbai, Hegu, Neiting, Yintang, etc. for the patient to perform acupuncture treatment.
What is a press needle?
Director Li Zhaohui said: “Push acupuncture is a type of intradermal acupuncture. Because it looks like a push pin (that is, a pushpin), it is called “push pin”. Type intradermal acupuncture, referred to as acupuncture needle. It is a method of fixing special small needles in the skin or subcutaneously of the acupoints for a long time to retain the needles. It has the characteristics of fast effective speed, convenient operation, strong applicability, and convenient movement of patients. It can perform gentle, high-frequency and lasting stimulation on the skin, and when the needle is buried, it can increase the local self-coordination and increase of the body part along with the movement. It can repair the blood circulation, adjust the function of the meridians and lungs, so as to achieve the effect of curing diseases.
Aunt Wang was worried that it would hurt very much after the needle was inserted. Director Li also introduced the advantages of pressing acupuncture to Aunt Wang in detail.
Advantages of pressing needles
01< /strong>Simple operation, safe and painless
The acupuncture only penetrates subcutaneously and does not reach the deep layer, and will not damage the viscera, nerve trunk and large blood vessels. One of the safest in law. Because the needle is short, it is almost painless.
02Rapid onset and long-lasting effect
Acupuncture The curative effect is reliable and the effect is rapid, especially for painful diseases, the effect of acupuncture to reduce pain can be achieved.
03Convenient for exercise and wide range of indications
Where acupuncture and moxibustion body Acupuncture indications can be treated with intradermal acupuncture. Moreover, this method does not affect the movement of the patient during the application process, avoids the pain caused by the fixed single posture of the body needle to the patient, and allows the patient to exercise appropriately. The patient can follow the treatment without delay, and the curative effect is stable and lasting.
How-To
01Targeting
According to the symptoms of Aunt Wang’s headache, the director selected temple points, Baihui points, Fengchi points and so on.
02Disinfection
Aseptic operation, local routine disinfection.
03Needle insertion method
Clamp the needle handle with tweezers, align the needle tip at the acupoint, pierce vertically, and then fix the needle handle with tape. For the skin, it is required that the ring should be flat on the skin and press with the pulp of the finger without stinging.
04Needle burying time
The time of burying the needle is about 72 hours, and you should pay attention to inspections to prevent infection. Press several times a day during needle embedding to increase the amount of stimulation.
Contraindications
Joints, local redness, skin purulent infection, purpura and scars, Needles should not be buried. Skin allergies and patients with bleeding disorders should not bury the needle.
Notes
It is not advisable to soak the needle in water. When sweating in summer, check whether there is perspiration, redness, etc. at the place where the needle is buried. If pain occurs when the needle is buried, the depth and direction of the needle can be adjusted. If the place where the needle is buried is red and painful, or there is infection, the needle should be taken immediately, and surgical dressing should be given if necessary.
On the third day, we went to the ward again. Auntie Wang said that her headache had improved significantly, and she felt that Director Li was not only excellent in liver disease treatment technology, but also in traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture technology. strong.