- In 1996, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified acupuncture needles as medical instruments, assuring their safety and effectiveness
- The needles are sterile
- They are one-time use needles and disposed of as medical waste
- The body of the needle is solid unlike conventional needles, which are hollow
- The patient may describe the initial poke as a mosquito bite, while others may not feel anything
- Once the needles are inserted, patients do not feel any pain associated with the needles
- During your acupuncture session, you may feel more relaxed and calmer; you may also experience a heaviness, dull, or achy sensation — this means the treatment is working and the needles are stimulating the body’s Qi AKA energy
- The area of the body determines needle size
- Needle location is based on your Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnosis
- Needle location may remain the same or vary with each treatment
- Needle location is not always at the site of injury, many times distal points are used to generate the desired effect
- Earliest healers used sharp rocks, bones, and bamboo sticks to perform acupressure. The progression continued from bamboo to ceramic, bronze, and iron and then to steel
- Gold needles were found in a tomb around 2000 B.C. in the Herbei province in China
- This ancient practice is a safe, natural and drug-free way to heal the whole body
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