Notes on Zusanli injection

Injection refers to the injection of some medicines through a syringe to treat physical diseases, and Zusanli injection is a type of acupoint injection. When injecting at the Zusanli acupoint on the human body, you need to be very careful when inserting the needle and giving the medicine. You need to find the Zusanli acupoint and quickly insert the needle three inches outside the knee, then push it out slowly. The needle also needs to be removed quickly, and pay attention to the size of the injection needle.

What are the precautions for Zusanli injection?

First find the outer knee pit. Straighten your legs and the depression on the outer side of the knee is the outer knee pit. Use the palm of your hand to measure three inches from the middle of the outer knee pit downwards. Exclude the thumb, and the width of the remaining four fingers is three inches. Use the palm of the person being injected to measure. After finding the accurate point next to the tibia, mark it with a pen and then insert the needle. Use two fingers to stretch the skin, insert the needle quickly, push slowly, and remove the needle quickly.

Precautions for acupuncture injection

1. Precautions for acupoint injection

Acupoint selection principles: the same as new acupuncture therapy and ear acupuncture therapy. Principles of drug selection: According to different diseases, choose drugs that have certain pharmacological effects, are easily absorbed and irritating. For example, fangfeng and diatomaceous earthworm are used to fight rheumatism; phellodendron, shuanghua and antibiotics are used to fight inflammation. Routine disinfection of acupoints. Hold the injection needle and pierce it vertically or obliquely into the subcutaneous tissue quickly, then slowly insert the needle until a needle sensation appears and no blood returns, then inject the drug solution. Generally, the amount for body acupoints is 0.5~2.0 ml, and for ear acupoints is 0.1~0.3 ml. Once a day or every other day, 5 to 10 times as a course of treatment. It is applicable to a variety of common and frequently occurring diseases; it is also applicable to surgical anesthesia.

Pay attention to disinfection and the entire process must be aseptic to prevent infection. Allergy testing should be done before using allergenic drugs such as penicillin. The acupoints should be rotated, and continuous injection at one acupoint is not advisable. The acupoints on the chest and back should not be too deep. Acupuncture injection requires the use of small doses of drugs, which are injected into the acupuncture points. Through the synergistic effect of acupuncture and drugs, the purpose of preventing and treating diseases can be achieved. It has the characteristics of wide indications, high efficacy, short treatment course, drug saving and easy operation.

Precautions for acupuncture injection

2. How many acupuncture points are there in the human body?

There are about 52 single acupoints, 309 double acupoints, and 50 extra meridian acupoints around the human body, totaling 720 acupoints. There are 108 vital acupoints, 72 of which can generally be massaged by pressing, kneading, etc. without causing harm to the human body, and the remaining 36 are fatal acupoints, commonly known as "death points". It is solemnly stated that these 36 acupoints are fatal acupoints and there will be no adverse effects if they are massaged normally. The so-called fatality must be caused by unexpected gravity, abnormal force, or dangerous objects.

3. Effects of acupoints

Acupoints are mostly places with more nerve endings and blood vessels. They are called acupoints and acupuncture points. Acupoints are not isolated points on the body surface, but special parts that are closely connected with deep tissues and organs and communicate with each other. "Transmission" is bidirectional. From the inside to the outside, it reflects illness and pain; from the outside to the inside, it receives stimulation and prevents and treats disease. In this sense, acupoints are both the reaction points of diseases and the stimulation points of treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine can treat diseases by stimulating the corresponding meridian points through acupuncture, massage, and moxibustion.

Precautions for acupuncture injection

What are the acupuncture points for health preservation?

1. The Weizhong point is located at the midpoint of the popliteal fossa of the knee. Traditional Chinese medicine says that "the waist and back are treated by the Weizhong point". For office workers who suffer from waist, back and shoulder discomfort due to long-term sitting and improper posture, or for the elderly who often feel back pain, frequently pressing the Weizhong point can unblock the Qi and blood in the waist and back.

2. Yanglingquan is on the calf. To find it, you should sit still and touch your leg with your hand. There is a protrusion on the outside and below the knee joint, called the head of the fibula. The depression in front and below the head of the fibula is the location of Yanglingquan. Regularly massaging Yanglingquan and moving your shoulders can relieve pain around the shoulders.

3. Yongquan point is the first point of the kidney meridian, located on the sole of the foot, in the front 1/3 of the sole. The depression when you bend your toes. After washing your feet every day, rub the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of your feet with your thumbs for about 10 minutes, which can help you sleep.

4. Sanyinjiao is known as the acupuncture point for women. It is located on the inner side of the calf, 3 inches above the highest point of the ankle bone. Massaging Sanyinjiao can help clear blockages in the human body and maintain the uterus and ovaries.