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2. Acupuncture - Wikipedia

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   Needles vary in length between 13 and 130 millimetres (0.51 and 5.12 in), with shorter needles used near the face and eyes, and longer needles in areas with thicker tissues; needle diameters vary from 0.16 mm (0.006 in) to 0.46 mm (0.018 in), [47] with thicker needles used on more robust patients. Thinner needles may be flexible and require ...

3. List of acupuncture points - Wikipedia

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   More than four hundred acupuncture points have been described, with the majority located on one of the twenty main cutaneous and subcutaneous meridians, pathways which run throughout the body and according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) transport qi.

4. Emotional Freedom Techniques - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 September 2024. Form of pseudoscientific counseling intervention Not to be confused with Emotionally focused therapy. Emotional Freedom Techniques Alternative medicine Claims Tapping on "meridian points" on the body, derived from acupuncture, can release "energy blockages" that cause "negative ...

5. Auriculotherapy - Wikipedia

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   Auriculotherapy (also auricular therapy, ear acupuncture, and auriculoacupuncture) is a form of alternative medicine based on the idea that the ear is a micro system and an external organ, which reflects the entire body, represented on the auricle, the outer portion of the ear.

6. Alexandra Daddario Says She's Had Acupuncture Needles ... - AOL

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   Alexandra was introduced to acupuncture at the age of 23, when she was suffering from a frozen shoulder (i.e., joint pain and stiffness). She started going regularly, and after three months, her ...

7. Clean Needle Technique - Wikipedia

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   The CNT Manual provides guidelines for acupuncture needle safety and related procedures, including moxibustion, cupping, electroacupuncture, therapeutic blood withdrawal, gua sha, plum blossom needling, press tacks, intradermal needles, ear seeds, tui na, heat lamps, and other acupuncture-related tools.

8. Electroanalgesia - Wikipedia

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   It is a technique involving insertion of an ultra-fine acupuncture needle which probes into the soft tissues or muscles to electrically stimulate nerve fibers in the sclerotomal, myotomal, or dermatomal distribution corresponding to the patient's pain symptoms.

9. Dry needling - Wikipedia

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   Travell never used an acupuncture needle. Travell had access to acupuncture needles but reasoned that they were far too thin for trigger point therapy. She preferred hypodermic needles because of their strength and tactile feedback: "A 22-gauge, 3.8-cm (1.5-in) needle is usually suitable for most superficial muscles. In hyperalgesic patients, a ...