Introduction to Silver Needle Therapy

The use of gold needles and silver needles in the treatment of injuries and diseases in ancient China has been long-standing, and is said to have been developed from the ancient “nine needles” of lifting needles and long needles. The Chinese ancestors created a system of Chinese medicine, including Chinese medical theory, Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion, of which acupuncture occupies a relatively unique position. To date, acupuncture analgesia and even treatment of pain is precisely a household name, widely spread to the world. In the 1970s, on the basis of the recognition of failed cases of severe back and leg pain and lumbar disc herniation treated by the pioneering human soft tissue release surgery, the distribution pattern of soft tissue damaging pressure points, that is, in strict accordance with the human soft tissue surgical anatomy, was adopted. The folklore use of silver needles made of white silver, for intensive acupuncture therapy, has achieved unexpected therapeutic effects. Both a strong analgesic effect, but also a long-term effect of pain treatment. More surprisingly, it was found that all the areas pricked by the needle produced a lasting muscle relaxation effect, that is, people have difficulty dealing with the phenomenon of muscle spasm caused by pain was magically released. This is a breakthrough in the efficacy of the traditional silver needle acupuncture therapy under the guidance of the theory of soft tissue surgery. That is to say, by the general physical therapy and drug treatment is difficult to achieve, must be surgical release surgery to cure the stubborn pain, the use of intensive silver needle acupuncture treatment can achieve significant results each lesion site only once for treatment,. So far, this “needle instead of knife” treatment method has been rapidly spread to many medical units across the country. In a sense, silver needle therapy looks like the needles, but still follows the principle of “rather lose its points, not follow its meridians”, but in fact is loosening surgery, has become a unique branch of modern acupuncture therapy. Since the 1970s, more than 20,000 cases of severe back and leg pain, neck and arm pain, shoulder pain and knee pain have been treated with this therapy, with a cure rate of more than 90%. In the treatment of chronic pain disorders in the family added a new member, is expected to become one of the human difficult pain nemesis. Silver needle production specifications and characteristics A. Production specifications Silver needle more than 85% silver and mixed with a little copper, chromium alloy smelting, by the extraction of segments, needle thickness of about 1.0-1.1mm, the needle handle with fine silver wire for tight spiral winding, the end of the needle is pointed but not sharp, the end of the needle welded into a small sphere. The length of the needle handle is 5-6cm, and the length of the needle body is divided into five specifications of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 15cm, which can be adapted to different parts of the human body. Depending on the thickness of the muscle thin degree, the direction of the needle through the muscle depth selected different specifications of the silver needle. Generally speaking, the waist and hip muscle full parts choose a longer needle, followed by the back of the neck, around the joints can choose a shorter needle. Second, the treatment characteristics 1, myofascial attachment point area on the bone, rather than the general concept of needling involving acupuncture points. Therefore, the silver needle needling than ordinary acupuncture site deep in and a large range. 2, the needle body is thicker. The diameter is 1.0-1.1mm, which will not cause broken needles or stagnant needles due to excessive muscle contraction. Ordinary stainless steel needle, because of its thin diameter and hard texture, if the needle into the deep tissue, once due to strong muscle contraction reaction, it is easy to break or stagnant needle, resulting in accidents. 3, the texture is soft. Silver as the main raw material of the silver needle texture is soft, this feature determines the needle can be bent along the bone concave surface of the periosteum to advance without breaking, which is conducive to the needling of longer distances, in order to expand the treatment surface, and easy to accurately stab to the site of pain. 4, heat transfer effect is fast. Silver needle acupuncture also need to be heated with moxa burning, due to the conductive heat of silver fast, small resistance, and the needle body tip temperature is not very high, the patient only feel local warmth more comfortable. According to the results of animal experiments conducted by the Institute of Physiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the temperature of the needle body outside the body was measured to be greater than 100℃ when the moxa ball was burned at the end of the silver needle, and the temperature of the needle body pierced into the skin was 55℃, and the tip temperature was 39-41℃. This heat energy is transmitted to the deep painful parts and spread to the surrounding soft tissue, according to the number of needles, the degree of density to form a deep penetration of muscle tissue directly to the periosteum of the thermal response, which is generally incomparable to physical therapy. Indications and contraindications I. Indications 1. Chronic pain caused by soft tissue damage outside the cervical spinal canal or lumbar spinal canal (1) neck, shoulder and arm pain; (2) waist, hip and leg pain; (3) head and facial pain; (4) frozen shoulder; (5) knee joint pain; (6) heel pain. (2) Clinical symptoms of vascular nerve involvement associated with soft tissue damage (1) hemianesthesia, coldness, excessive sweating, or coldness in the upper and lower extremities; (2) dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, blurred vision; (3) sudden collapse, head woodiness, eye swelling, difficulty opening the mouth. (3) Symptoms of organ dysfunction related to soft tissue damage (1) dysmenorrhea, impotence, genital pain; (2) chest tightness, shortness of breath, insomnia, palpitations; (3) abdominal distension, abdominal pain, constipation; (4) urinary frequency, urinary urgency, weakness of urination. Contraindications 1.Severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, renal failure; 2.Menstruation, pregnancy or anemia debilitation; 3.Blood diseases such as thrombocytopenia or those with bleeding tendency. This business is now carried out and developed from the previous burning of moxa balls to heating with computer-controlled instruments, with less pain and significant therapeutic effect.