Is it better to do acupuncture back-to-back or every few days?

Acupuncture can be used for a few days if the condition is acute, and every few days when the condition improves and stabilizes or if long-term treatment is needed. For the acute stage of the disease, such as for patients with limb or waist and neck pain, acupuncture can be continuous for a few days to achieve rapid relief of pain to improve the role of symptoms. After about 1 week of continuous treatment, the patient’s symptoms improve and the condition is stabilized, then it can be changed to 2~3 days of acupuncture to consolidate the effect of treatment. In addition, for muscular atrophy, cerebral infarction sequelae and other long-term treatment, generally choose the interval for acupuncture, such as 2~3 days acupuncture or every other day acupuncture, depending on the patient’s condition. It is recommended that patients visit a regular hospital and have acupuncture under the guidance of a professional doctor.