Fundamentals

Question 1

Clean needle techniques

Answer 1

1. Practicener hygiene
2. Hand washing next line
3. Germ theory
4. packaging
5. Needle disposal

Question 2

Iatrogenic complications

Answer 2

1. Forgotten needle, broken needle, locked or stuck needle, bent needle
2. Pneumothorax
3. Punctured blood vessels
4. Punctured Organ - Bladder kidneys and large spleen and liver. Asked the patient to empty the bladder before treatment.
5. Spinal cord trauma
6. Neuritis
7. Infection

Question 3

Other complications

Answer 3

1. Nausea
2. Normal side effects
3. Fainting - GV 26 ( right under the nose or PC 6 it is 3 fingers width from wrist crease)

Question 4

Contraindications to treatment

Answer 4

1. Normal pregnancy. If symptoms only by expert

People under the influence of drugs or alcohol

People that have not eaten

People that are emotionally unstable

People that have completed physical exertion just prior to treatment

Question 5

CUN (chun)

Answer 5

1. 1 cun - Distance between two interphalangeal Joints of the middle finger when it’s flexed are the width of the interphalangeal joint of the patient’s thumb.
2. 1.5 cun - Two finger weight measured at the proximal IP of middle finger
3. 2 cun - Three finger width close together measured at the level of proximal IP at middle finger
4. 3 cun - Four fingers width close together measured at the level of proximal IP at middle finger

In short acupuncture points can be located by proportion measurements are by using anatomical landmarks or buy very commonly used in cuns

Question 6

All about Daichi spelled DE QI

Answer 6

Meaning of training or grasping the QI

Question 7

What does the practitioner feel during DI QI

Answer 7

Fish biting the hook

Question 8

What does the patient feel during DI QI

Answer 8

Soreness
 distention 
numbness 
heaviness
 pressure 
fullness 
spreading and tingling 
warm or cool 
Itching
insects crawling
 water air flooring

Question 9

The factors affecting Daichi DI QI

Answer 9

The patient’s condition - usually elderly weak and chronically ill patients have weaker Daichi often it changes as the condition improves

Unknown reasons some patients are immune to the arrival of d’Ici for no apparent reason

Different areas of the body usually the extremities are more sensitive to DI QI it and the larger muscles

Needles - thicker needles produce a bigger sensation.

Question 10

The difference between DI QI and pain

What can cause pain and what to do about it.

Answer 10

Different areas the body will elicit different sensation

Needling into shallow tissue such as the face most likely to indent and induce a distending sensation

Needling in the deep muscle such as the hamstring is likely to induce a sore sensation

A number of factors can contribute to pain which is totally different from DI QI

If the pain on penetration of the skin …. it could be due to poor needling technique such as slow insertion a dull needle or the needle penetrated a sore spot on the skin.

Question 11

Didn’t mean if pain is felt on deep insertion

Answer 11

Hitting an artery or a vein. If that happens immediately remove the needle and re-insert the needle few millimeters away from the spot. Also use a different angle.

The pain could also be caused by rotating the needle over the muscle fiber.

Question 12

What are the methods of obtaining DI QI

Answer 12

Changing the needle adapt that is either inserting needle deeper or slightly withdrawing it

change the direction of the needle

Lift enters the needle gently next paragraph insert and writing in the needle for a short time then try again to obtain DI QI

Twirl the needle in one direction more than 360° repeat a couple of times if necessary

Scrape with needle of the index finger