Does silver needle acupuncture have side effects?

Speaking of silver needle acupuncture, my biggest impression actually comes from TV. The sight of people having silver needles all over their bodies always makes me feel pain. Moreover, silver needles are now used in various fields. In addition to treating diseases, they are also used for beauty and weight loss. This unique treatment method of our traditional Chinese medicine has a long history and has withstood the test of time. It is an effective and healthy medical method. So, does silver needle acupuncture have any side effects? Let's learn about it together below.

The characteristic of acupuncture therapy is that it does not rely on taking medicine to cure diseases. Instead, it uses needles to insert into certain parts of the patient's body to stimulate nerves and cause local reactions, or uses the warmth of fire to stimulate and burn the local area to achieve the purpose of curing the disease. The former is called acupuncture and the latter is called moxibustion, collectively known as acupuncture therapy.

In clinical practice, acupuncture therapy is used according to the diagnosis and treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine to diagnose the cause of the disease, find out the key to the disease, identify the nature of the disease, determine which meridian and internal organ the lesion belongs to, and identify whether it is external or internal, cold or hot, or deficiency or excess, and then make a diagnosis. Then the corresponding acupoints are prescribed for treatment. It can dredge the meridians, regulate Qi and blood, bring Yin and Yang into relative balance, and harmonize the functions of internal organs, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.

Acupuncture has many advantages:

First, it has a wide range of indications and can be used to treat and prevent a variety of diseases in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, and ENT.

Second, the effect of curing diseases is relatively rapid and significant, especially it has good effects of stimulating body functions, improving disease resistance, and sedation and analgesia;

Third, the operation method is simple and easy;

Fourth, the medical expenses are economical; fifth, there are no or very few side effects, it is basically safe and reliable, and can be combined with other therapies for comprehensive treatment. These are also the reasons why it is always popular among the people.

In the long-term medical practice, acupuncture has formed the meridian theory consisting of fourteen meridians, eight extraordinary meridians, fifteen collaterals, twelve collateral meridians, twelve meridian tendons, twelve cutaneous parts, as well as sun collaterals and floating collaterals, as well as the knowledge of 361 acupoints and extra meridian acupoints and their main diseases. It has discovered the laws of specific connections between specific parts of the human body, created the meridian theory, and thus produced a system of methods for treating diseases.