What are the supplies for Chinese medicine and acupuncture?

Traditional Chinese medicine was called quack doctors in ancient times, but many of them were actually imposters. The characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine are pulse diagnosis and acupuncture. They relieve the distress and pain caused by various diseases based on the stimulation of the acupuncture points on the body. However, some diseases are not suitable for acupuncture at all, and blindly using needles will cause adverse effects on both the body and mind. First of all, we need to understand which needles are used. So what are the Chinese medicine acupuncture supplies?

1. Hinging needle

Acupuncture needle is the name of an ancient needle tool. One of the nine needles. Medical Education Network collected and compiled "Lingshu·Nine Needles Theory": "The needle is based on the towel needle, with the tip half an inch removed and then made sharp, one inch and six fen long. It is used to treat heat in the head and body." The needle is shaped like an arrowhead. It is mainly used for shallow puncture bleeding, treatment of head and body fever and skin diseases, etc.

2. Circular needle

One of the ancient nine needles. The needle body is cylindrical and the needle tip is oval. It is often used to massage acupoints to treat muscle diseases.

3. Acupuncture

The name of an ancient needle tool. One of the nine needles. "Lingshu·Nine Needles Theory" states: "The needle is made of the sharpness of millet, three and a half inches long, and is used to press the pulse to draw qi and expel evil. It is also called push needle, which is a method of treating diseases by pressing the skin surface of the meridian acupoints. The needle is about 3 to 4 inches long and is made of thick steel wire. It can also be made of bone or hardwood. The needle tip is blunt and round, so it will not pierce the skin. It is used to push the surface of the acupoints. The handle can be wrapped with aluminum wire, and the fingernails can be used to scrape up and down when pushing to enhance the feeling.

4. Sharp needle

One of the ancient nine needles. That is the "three-edged needle" commonly used in modern times. The needle body is round, the tip is triangular and has a blade. It is mainly used to puncture subcutaneous veins and small blood vessels to treat carbuncles, fever, acute gastroenteritis, etc.

5. Beryllium needle

Beryllium needle is the name of an ancient needle, one of the nine needles, also known as beryllium knife and sword needle. "Lingshu·Nine Needles Theory": "The beryllium needle is modeled after the tip of a sword, two and a half fen wide and four inches long. It is used to treat large abscesses and pus, and the conflict between two heats." It is a needle that is shaped like a sword, with blades on both sides. It is mostly used in surgery to puncture carbuncles and drain pus and blood.

6. Round needle

One of the ancient nine needles. It is shaped like a horse's tail, and the tip of the needle is round and pointed. It is mostly used to treat carbuncles, arthritis and certain acute diseases.

7. Acupuncture

Finger needles are made of metal, with stainless steel being the most commonly used material. Stainless steel needles have high strength and toughness, the needle body is straight and smooth, they are heat-resistant and rust-proof, and are not easily corroded by chemicals. Therefore, they are currently widely used in clinical practice. There are also acupuncture needles made of other metals, such as gold needles and silver needles. Although their electrical conductivity and heat transfer properties are obviously better than stainless steel needles, the needle body is thicker, and the strength and toughness are not as good as stainless steel needles. In addition, they are expensive, so they are rarely used in clinical practice. As for iron needles and ordinary steel needles, they are easily corroded and have poor elasticity, toughness and firmness. Except for being occasionally used in magnetic needle method, they are no longer used.

8. Long needle

One of the ancient nine needles. The needle body is relatively long, generally six to seven inches (equivalent to 20 to 23 centimeters) or longer. It is often used for deep needling to treat chronic rheumatism, sciatica, etc.

9. Large needle

The needle tip is shaped like a stick, slightly round, like a sharp needle, and 4 inches long. Large needles are mainly used to treat diseases caused by water retention in the joints and are used to drain the water. This kind of needle can also be used to open up the nine orifices and eliminate evil spirits from the 365 joints.

After reading the above introduction about how many needles are used in traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture, I think everyone should have some understanding. There are nine needles in traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture supplies, each of which has different uses and plays a very good role in improving people's physical health. Although the medical methods in ancient times were not as advanced as they are today, they still had very good curative effects.