What is acupuncture therapy?
Disease description:
Recently, I have been feeling unwell and experiencing persistent fatigue along with frequent headaches. I heard about an acupuncture therapy that involves inserting needles into specific acupoints to regulate body functions. I would like to know exactly what acupuncture therapy entails.
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Zhang Xiuhong
Acupuncture therapy is a treatment method that involves stimulating specific points on the body using needles to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
The human body has a meridian system, which serves as the channels for the circulation of qi and blood, connecting the internal organs, limbs, and skin. When the flow of qi and blood in the meridians becomes impaired, various diseases may occur. Acupuncture therapy works by stimulating specific acupoints to regulate the circulation of qi and blood, restoring the body's balance and thus achieving therapeutic effects.
Acupuncture therapy mainly includes various techniques such as filiform needle therapy, skin needle therapy, intradermal needle therapy, fire needle therapy, and water needle therapy, each with its own unique indications and procedures.
This therapy can not only treat a variety of diseases in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, etc., such as neck and back pain, digestive disorders, anemia, headaches, but also play an important role in emergency situations, such as acupuncture resuscitation during the acute phase of stroke. In addition, acupuncture therapy has multiple functions such as strengthening the body's resistance, expelling pathogenic factors, balancing yin and yang, and promoting the circulation of meridians, thereby improving the body's circulatory environment and promoting health.
Acupuncture therapy is not suitable for everyone. Pregnant women, individuals with severe cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases, or infectious diseases should proceed cautiously.
