Factors Of Acupucnture

UVOD 

Many factors involved in the result of treatment

A big choice of styles and techniques of acupuncture  Lack of standardization 

Sensitivity of bodily surface  An

important factor

 Differences  

can show

sistemically locally

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Different patient respond differently:

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Ženske ter osebe s šibko telesno zgradbo šibke Older people usually have a hyposensitivity to needling Children a lot of the time show hypersensitivity of needles With patients of middle age either hipo- or hiper-sensitivity to pain can occur Yin side more sensitive than yang

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Needle-resistance (moxibustion – resistance)

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An appropriate bodily position during treatment  Bodily

position must be comfortable for the patient  The patient must be still for the time of the treatment (20 – 40 min)  We must adjust treatment to the curves of the body:   

Cervical Lumbar Slight curve of the elbows

 Positions:    

Lying position (the most comfortable and relaxing) Side hip position Sitting position Valgus position (when treating diseases on the medial side of the arm)

Psychological factors  Vključevanje

neizogibno

 30

psiholoških faktorjev

% cases of chronical pain correlated to psychological factors

 In

the western world the patient is not as educated about treatment, as in the Eastern

 The

doctor must describe the principles of acupuncture

 In

TCM the doctor has to watch out for his attitude towards the patient

The mental state of the patient  Patient’s

mental state has a huge impact on the his/her treatment and it’s results: 

The rutine technique not suitable for patients suffering from neurose

 Ways  

of comforting the patient:

Explaining the procedure of treatment The environment has to be calm and relaxing

Acupuncturist’s finger strength   

The effect of treatment is connected to the acupuncturist’s finger strength Master Jiao – prior influence of acupressure on acupuncture Finger strength can be gained in multiple ways:   

Through practice Needling multi-layered cushions or plastic models (for students) Enhancing hand strength

Technique of the painless needle insertion

 The pain that occurs with the skin puncturing is a common cause of needle pain  Needles, even the small ones, can evoke a specific level of pain  Special technique

Therapeutic enviroment

 Un uspecific type of intervening information  If the environment is not properly organized, the treatment itself can show less results  Temperature is a big factor in the reaction of the patient

 If there is not airconditioning, the patient can faint from the pain  A proper lighting and absence of noise are two factor which contribute greatly to the over-all result

 The influence of factors can be explained in multiple ways:  Competition between distracting signals or acupuncture signals

 A change in patient’s pain threshold

The order of stimulations

 Rarely does the treatment include a stimulation of just a single point  Normally we use multiple acupuncture points during the treatment

The area of stimulation

 An acupuncture point is an area and not just a point the mathematical sence of the word  With ordinary perpendicular needling we cannot exceed the stimulated area  When stimulating acupuncture points, we have to thinkof it as an area, and not just a single point

THE SIZE OF NEEDLES  Multiple thicknesses of needles (thin, medium, thick…)  Diameter correlated with stimulation strength

 A needle should not be too thin

ANGLE, DEPTH AND DIRECTION OF NEEDLING  Every point is unique  The angle of insertion represents the angle between the needle and the

skin  The direction of needle manipulation can be adjusted to the patient’s

specific needs

CONCLUSION  Medicine is art

 Both eastern and western medicine try to solve the unsovable

 Merely puncturing the skin is not enough