Why does local pain sometimes worsen after acupuncture treatment?

  Sometimes there will be 3-7 days postoperative reaction after the end of acupuncture treatment, manifested as local pain in the eye of the needle, soreness and swelling of the limbs, etc. Individual weakness, diabetes patients postoperative reaction may last longer, or even more painful than the original, which is a normal phenomenon. The appearance and severity of postoperative reactions are closely related to the length of the disease, the heavier the lesion site, the longer the time, the smaller the postoperative reactions, and vice versa, so there is “the longer the disease, the better the effect”. Generally, the postoperative reaction will be reduced or disappeared after about 15-20 days of resting.