Acupuncture is a general term for both needling and moxibustion, which can be used for the treatment of a wide range of diseases, including internal, external, gynecological, pediatric, and five senses.
Acupuncture refers to the use of needles in accordance with the theory of traditional Chinese medicine into the patient’s body, the use of techniques to stimulate the human body acupuncture points in order to play a role in the treatment of disease. Moxibustion refers to the use of moxa as the main material, lit and directly or indirectly smoked body surface points of a therapeutic method.
Acupuncture therapy needs to be based on the cause of the disease, find out the key to the disease, identify the nature of the disease, and then make the appropriate prescription points, so as to carry out the treatment, in order to open the meridians, regulate qi and blood, harmonize yin and yang, balance the function of the internal organs, and to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating the disease.
If you need to use acupuncture treatment, you need to be guided by a doctor, do not operate blindly to avoid adverse consequences.