As an acupuncture doctor, your own tool is acupuncture needles, and acupuncture doctors should have some understanding of their own tools. So how do acupuncture needles come about?
According to legend, there is a saying of "Fuxi Nine Needles", and the name, shape and use of the nine-needle needle tool are recorded in the "Lingshu Nine Needles and Twelve Plains".
"The names of the nine needles, each with a different shape. One is a sickle needle, one inch and six minutes long; two are round needles, one inch and six minutes long; three are long three and a half inches; four sharp needles are one inch and six minutes long; five are beryllium needles, four inches long and two and a half minutes wide; six round needles, one inch and six minutes long; seven millines, three inches and six minutes long; eight long needles, seven inches long; nine large needles, four inches long. The needle holder, the head is sharp, to vent the yang qi; the round needle, the needle is like an oval shape, the needle is not allowed to hurt the muscles, in order to deflate the qi; the needle lifter, the sharp as the sharp of the millet, the lord does not fall according to the pulse, so that its qi; the sharp needle, the blade of the three corners to develop a disease, the beryllium needle, the end like a sword blade, to take the big pus; the round needle, as large as the krypton, and the round and sharp, and the middle body is slightly large, in order to take the violent qi; the milli needle, the sharp as the beak, quietly to slow forward, the micro to stay for a long time, to take the pain and paralysis; the long needle, sharp and thin, can take the far purpling; the big needle, the sharp as the axe, Its sharp edge is slightly rounded to drain the water of the organ also. Nine stitches. ”
According to the above original text, its length and role can be summarized below:
As can be seen from the table above
(1) Round needles and needles have a massage effect, and other needles need to pierce the skin to achieve the purpose of healing and dispelling evil; round needles and needles are non-invasive, and they are invasive.
(2) Needles with width are beryllium needles, and the trauma caused by them is also a little larger than other needles.
(3) The therapeutic effect of the ancient nine needles: draining the excessive yang and hot qi in the meridians, massaging and loosening the gaps between the muscles, draining the locally stasis of the meridians, pressing the meridians, treating chronic diseases, puncturing the pustules and discharging pus, attacking the sudden violent evil qi, treating paralysis, treating stubbornness that has not healed for many years, and draining the water in the joints.
Of course, the "Lingshu Guan Needle" also records the indications and respective properties of the nine kinds of needles, and discusses in detail the nine acupuncture methods that should be used to adapt to different diseases, meridian diseases, organ diseases, and the depth of evil qi.
The Jin Dynasty Emperor Fu Mian's "Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B Jing, Nine Needles, Nine Changes, Twelve Verses, Five Thorns, Five Evils Second", summarizes and synthesizes the source, shape, length and function of the nine needles.
In the "Collection of Acupuncture and Moxibustion" written by Du Sijing in the Yuan Dynasty, it not only expounded the nine needles with words, but also drew a simulation of the ancient nine needles for the first time.
Many medical scientists in the Ming Dynasty also discussed the nine needles and drew different styles of "nine needle diagrams", such as Zhang Jingyue's "Class Jing TuYi" and Yang Jizhou's "Acupuncture Dacheng".
The "Medical Emperor Jinjian" compiled by Wu Qian in the Qing Dynasty also contains a large number of contents of the ancient nine needles.
Modern Republic of China physician Sun Xianglin's "Acupuncture Fax" also has a detailed description of the ancient nine needles.
Modern doctors use milli-needles the most, but they cannot limit their thinking in curing diseases, and the ancient nine needles, a national treasure, should not be abandoned. Now the efficacy may not be related to the improper use of needles, it is recommended that we do acupuncture doctors reflect more, ancient for the present, improve the efficacy.