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  2. List of acupuncture points - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The World Health Organization (WHO) published A Proposed Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature Report in 1991 and 2014, listing 361 classical acupuncture points organized according to the fourteen meridians, eight extra meridians, 48 extra points, and scalp acupuncture points, [4] and published Standard Acupuncture ...

  3. Moxibustion - Wikipedia

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    Moxibustion in Michael Bernhard Valentini's Museum Museorum (Frankfurt am Main, 1714). Moxibustion (Chinese: 灸; pinyin: jiǔ) is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy which consists of burning dried mugwort on particular points on the body.

  4. Myofascial trigger point - Wikipedia

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    In a June 2000 review, Chang-Zern Hong correlates the MTrP "tender points" to acupunctural "ah shi" ("Oh Yes!") points, and the "local twitch response" to acupuncture's "de qi" ("needle sensation"), [27] based on a 1977 paper by Melzack et al. [28] Peter Dorsher comments on a strong correlation between the locations of trigger points and ...

  5. Fire needle acupuncture - Wikipedia

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    Fire needle acupuncture also known as fire needling is an acupuncture technique that involves quickly inserting a red hot needle into acupuncture points on the body. [1] Deep insertions result in greater pain and other side effects. [2] Fire needling combines conventional acupuncture and cauterization with heated needles. [3]

  6. Traditional Chinese medicine - Wikipedia

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    The US FDA classifies single-use acupuncture needles as Class II medical devices, under CFR 21. [219] Acupuncture is often accompanied by moxibustion – the Chinese characters for acupuncture (针灸; 針灸; zhēnjiǔ) literally meaning "acupuncture-moxibustion" – which involves burning mugwort on or near the skin at an acupuncture point. [220]

  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. For example, it outlines guidelines for ...

  8. 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 ...

  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 ...

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