Understanding Pediatric Needle Therapy

  Pediatric acupuncture is one of the acupuncture therapies, i.e. skin acupuncture. It is named for its mild stimulation and its application to children. Skin needle therapy is also known as skin prick therapy and pediatric needle therapy. It is a method of using skin needles to stimulate the body’s acupuncture points to treat diseases, with the characteristics of multiple needles, shallow pricking and wide stimulation. Because of the different needles used, there are “seven star needle therapy”, “plum blossom needle therapy” and other names. Clinical operation, selected suitable needle tools and stimulation parts to be sterilized, holding the needle handle with wrist force to play percussion or make the roller back and forth, first light, then heavy, uniform force, from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, until the skin is flushed with blood or a trace of bleeding. (Turn) Pediatric needle therapy generally 1-2 times a week, 3 months as a course of treatment. This method has a wide range of applications, including children with tics, hyperactivity, anorexia, obesity, chalazion, allergic rhinitis, enuresis, eczema, hair loss, etc. It has remarkable efficacy and is highly applicable to children.