Introduction to Silver Needle Therapy
The use of gold and silver needles in the treatment of injuries and illnesses in ancient China has a long history, and is said to have developed from the ancient “nine needles” of lifting needles and long needles. The Chinese ancestors created a system of Chinese medicine (Chinese medical theory, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture), of which acupuncture occupies a relatively unique position. To date, acupuncture for pain relief and even treatment of pain is a household name and has been widely spread around the world. However, we have little knowledge of silver needle acupuncture therapy, which has unique long-term efficacy in the treatment of pain, and it is only used by folk doctors in the south. It has both a strong analgesic effect and a long-term effect in curing pain. What is even more amazing is that it was found that all the areas pricked by the needles produce a lasting muscle relaxation effect, that is, people have difficulty dealing with the phenomenon of muscle spasm caused by pain is 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 not effective, must be surgical relaxation surgery to cure the stubborn pain, using 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 needle, but still follows the principle of “rather lose its points, not follow its meridians”, but is actually a loosening surgery, and has become a unique branch of modern acupuncture therapy. Since the 1970s, about 20,000 cases of severe back and leg pain, neck and arm pain, shoulder pain and knee pain have been treated with this therapy and received extremely satisfactory results, with a cure rate of more than 90%.
I. Production specifications and characteristics of silver needles
(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, needle handle with fine silver wire for tight spiral winding, needle end pointed but not sharp, the end of the needle welded into a small round ball. 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 longer needles, followed by the back of the neck, around the joint parts choose a shorter needle can be.
(II) 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 intensity of the formation of deep penetration of muscle tissue directly to the periosteum of the thermal response, which is generally incomparable to physical therapy.
II. Indications and contraindications
(A) 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 pain
(6) Heel pain
2. Clinical symptoms of vascular nerve involvement related to soft tissue damage
(1) Hemianesthesia, coldness, sweating or coldness of the upper and lower extremities
(2) Dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, blurred vision
(3) Sudden collapse, head numbness, eye swelling, difficulty in opening mouth
3.Signs 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
(B) Contraindications
1.Severe cardiovascular disease, renal failure
2, menstruation, pregnancy or anemia debilitated
3.Thrombocytopenia and other blood diseases or those with bleeding tendency.