Differentiation of Needles

Three-edged needle: indication

Blood stasis, blockage of meridians, excess, and heat

Three-edged needle: action

Dispel blood stasis

Eliminate the heat

They help move Qi and Blood in the meridians, dispel Blood Stasis and eliminate Heat.

Three-edged needle: manipulation

Spot pricking: UB40 (blood stasis, lumbago), LU11 (sore throat), PC3 & UB40 (acute vomiting), Taiyang & ErJian (acute conjuctivitis)

Clumpy pricking

Pricking

Three-edged needle Contra

Weak constitution, pregnancy, and those susceptible to bleeding

Cutaneous Needle types

Plum Blossom (5 needles, long)

Seven Star (7 needles, short)

Cutaneous Needle: Indications

Disorder of the Nervous System & Skin Disease (such as headache, dizziness and vertigo, insomnia, GI diseases, GYN diseases, skin diseases, painful joints, and paralysis)

Cutaneous Needle: manipulation

The tapping may be light (skin turns red) or heavy (draw blood. 1 drop=heavy)

Strike skin at a 90 degree angle when tapping

Cutaneous Needle: Contra

Local trauma and ulcers

Intradermal Needle types

AKA embedding needle

Thumbtack: 0.3 cm (ear)

Grain-like: 1 cm (body)

Intradermal needle: indications

Treats some chronic or painful diseases which need long retention of needles such as...

Headache, stomach ache, asthma, insomnia, enuresis, abnormal menstruation and dysmenorrhea.

*In CA can't send patients home with these, can only use in clinic

Intradermal needle: Contra

Location: avoid needling joints to prevent pain on motion, purulent infected area of skin ulcers

Sword- shaped needle indication

Pain & drainage of pus

A typical filiform needle is comprised of

Tail, handle, root, body and tip

Spot pricking UB40 with a three-edged needle treats which of the following conditions?

Blood Stasis and lower back pain

What type of precaution is taken with Cutaneous needles to prevent the spread of infection?

Sterilization

Which type of needle is shaped with a round handle with a triangular head and a sharp tip?

Three-edged needle

What type of needle and manipulation is recommended in treating acute conjunctivitis?

Three-edged needle - spot pricking Tai Yang and Er Jian

Which type of needle should have the spot pricking slight, superficial and rapid? Also, bleeding should not be excessive and practitioners should avoid injuring deep and large arteries.

Three-edged needle

Which type of needle can be disposed of in a sharps container by removing its head?

Cutaneous needles

If your patient begins to observe these symptoms, immediately remove any Intradermal needles present:

Redness, swelling, itching

three-edged needles is what type of operation?

Aseptic operation

Which of the following is a potential risk when using a Cutaneous needle with a tip that is too short?

Pain and bleeding during tapping

How do you best treat carbuncles and erysipelas?

Three-edged needle - clumpy pricking technique