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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Regulation of acupuncture - Wikipedia

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   The Food and Drug Administration first regulated acupuncture needles in 1972 as "investigational devices" and later recognized needles for acupuncture uses in 1996. [33] In 1996, the Food and Drug Administration changed the status of acupuncture needles from Class III to Class II medical devices , meaning that needles are regarded as safe and ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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.

7. List of acupuncture points - Wikipedia

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   System of main meridians with acupuncture point locations. This article provides a comprehensive list of acupuncture points, locations on the body used in acupuncture, acupressure, and other treatment systems based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

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   An Osprey being used to ferry White House staff and government officials from an event in New York on Monday was grounded due to a safety concern, with one witness reporting flames under the right ...

9. Hand acupuncture - Wikipedia

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   Koryo hand acupuncture [1] is a modern system of acupuncture, created by Yu Tae-u in the 1970s, [2] in which the hand represents the entire body and is needled or stimulated during treatment. [3] Koryo hand acupuncture is popular among the general population as a form of self-medication in Korea, and has adherents in Japan and North America ...