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Title: Things to do before your first Acupuncture Therapy


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Things You Should Know Before Your First
Acupuncture Therapy
2
Acupuncture treats more than pain
  • It treats wide variety of problems like stress,
    infections, childbirth, skin diseases and cancer.
  • According to WHO, Acupuncture treats common cold
    and stomach infections.

3
Don't go in on an empty stomach.
  • You should eat something before Acupuncture
    treatment.
  • Receiving Acupuncture on empty stomach leads to
    dizziness and fainting.

4
To receive acupuncture, you may not need to
remove your clothes like you would for a massage
  • Wear loose clothing so that Acupuncturist find it
    easy to rolled or pulled since they need to
    access areas under your clothes.

5
Internal Organs
  • You may be ask to show your tongue
  • Have your pulse taken
  • Have your abdomen Pressed

6
Expect embarrassing questions
  • You may be asked about your lifestyle
  • Habits
  • Urination
  • Menstruation for women

7
Needles
  • Acupuncture needles are thinner
  • Needles are about the width of two or three
    strands of hairs
  • Needles are actually flexible

8
No reuse of needles
  • In United Stated needles are not allowed to resue
  • So there is no chance of contracting any
    infectious disease.
  • Since needles are very flexible there is less
    pain.

9
Acupuncturists use more than needles.
  • Beside using needles Acupuncturist do
  • Tuina (massage)
  • Guasha (scraping of the skin)
  • Cupping (suction of the skin)
  • Moxibustion (heating of the skin)
  • Energy healing

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