Is longer acupuncture better?

Acupuncture time is not the longer the better, usually acupuncture to stay in the needle half an hour, there is a treatment is strong stimulation does not stay in the needle, such as acute lumbar sprain, can be zapped Houxi points or pension points to relieve the needles immediately after the pain can be relieved, the other ergonomic symptoms can be acupuncture after the rapid start of the needle. So acupuncture time is not the longer the better, the time is usually recommended half an hour is more appropriate, some literature reported that the meridian qi in the human body to circulate a week time is half an hour, so acupuncture time to half an hour. But there is a theory called chronic disease more stay needle, if it is a chronic disease or serious disease, can stay needle time appropriate long, also do not recommend too much stay needle more than a few hours above, stay needle 1-2 hours is enough, but usually the treatment time half an hour.