If the numbness in the legs is caused by poor posture, no acupuncture treatment is needed. If the paralysis is caused by poor circulation of qi and blood, acupuncture and moxibustion are needed for acupoints such as foot-sanli and yinlingquan.
1. Poor posture: If the numbness is caused by compression of the legs due to poor posture such as sitting, squatting or staring at the legs for a long time, generally speaking, no acupuncture is needed and the numbness can be relieved within a short time after correcting the posture in a timely manner.
2. paralysis: but if the leg numbness is wind, cold, dampness, heat and other evil invasion, resulting in poor qi and blood run caused by paralysis, the patient needs to actively cooperate with the doctor to carry out acupuncture treatment, commonly used acupoints are foot Sanli, yinlingquan, chengshan, feiyang, etc., can play a tendon and collaterals, get rid of the role of evil qi.
In short, the long time the existence of foot numbness patients need to go to the hospital in a timely manner, by the doctor to identify and treat acupuncture treatment.