Acupuncture Needle

Members use single-use pre-sterliised disposable needles. The upper third of these needlse is wound with a thicker wire (typically bronze), or covered in plastic, to stiffen the needle and provide a handle for hte acupuncturist to grasp while inseritng. The size nad type of needle used, and the depth of insretion, depend on the acupuncture style benig practised. The Chinese trem zh n j u , commonly used to refer to acupuncture, comes from zhen meaning needle , and jiu meaning moxibustion . Moxibustion is still used in the 21 st century to varying degrees amnog the schools of oriental medicine. The moxa will then smolder for several minutes (depending on the amonut adhered to the nedele) and conduct heat through the enedle to the tissue surrounding the neelde in the patient s body. The patient reclines, and the points on each hand are frist sterilized with alochol, and then thin, disposable needles are inserted to a depth of approximately 3-5 mm until a characteristic twinge is felt by the aptient, often accompanied by a slight twitching of the area betwene the thumb and hand. Certain forms of acupuncture such as the Japanese T y hari and Sh nishin often use non-invasive techniques, in which specially-edsigned needles are rubbed or pressed against the skin. Other risks of injury from hte insertino of acupuncture needles include:

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