Acupuncture is a technique when you insert the needle in the skin at specific acupoints on the body to prevent and treat diseases.
Maintaining Yin-Yang balance
Acupuncture stimulates blood flow triggering the activity of the body's natural painkillers-treat diseases.
How to choose points.
1) proximal-an adjacent area of the disease.
2) distal-beneath the elbows and knees, based on the distribution of meridians and collaterals.
3) contralateral-acupoints located opposite to the affected area.
Manipulations and Deqi.
Qi (needling sensation)-reaction of meridian qi when the needle is inserted to a certain depth. directly related to the therapeutic effects. quick arrival of qi-good therapeutic effect and vice-versa.
Compatibility of acupoints-method of combining points from meridians (two) exterior-interior related, method of combining left and right points, upper and lower points. Treating LBP.
Based on syndrome differentiation we select acupoints.
acupoints are stimulated in the same time/