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Electronic Acupuncture – Safer Acupuncture Handling?
May 7, 2007
Filed under: Types of Acupuncture Treatments — Admin @ 11:16 am
What I like about electronic acupuncture is that it can be done just on the surface of the skin. However, if you want needles inserted into your skin, it’s also an option.
I’ve never had anyone poke a bunch of needles into my skin. I can’t even recall the last time I got a blood test or an injection! So I’m glad that hi-tech electronics is an option for cowards like me who want to try acupuncture.
Another great thing about electronic acupuncture is that, when done just on the skin surface (transcutaneous), it minimizes the risk of catching blood-borne illnesses like hepatitis or HIV. Also, I don’t have to lay there with terrible thoughts of the acupuncturist puncturing my lung!
And since it’s kind of hard to be 100% sure in the competence of any acupuncturist, electronic acupuncture is better because points can be located more accurately and stimulated to healing more effectively.
This is especially true if you choose the regular procedure where needles go into the skin. In the regular procedure, the patient will be stimulated by the electrodes attached to traditional acupuncture needles.
If, like me, you prefer transcutaneous electronic acupuncture, you can be confident since there are machines available that measure the electrical resistance of a person’s skin, making even slight burning and accidental electrocution impossible.
Lizzie E. Price Said,
July 14, 2007 @ 9:16 pm
Approximately 32 years ago, I suffered a sciatic nerve attack in my right leg and was cured by the use of electronic acupuncture after only 6 treatments. The doctor was a brother and sister team, Drs. Chang or Drs. Chan. I can no longer find them. However,since I am currently expriencing some of the same symptoms such as pain in my right hip that radiates down my leg, that goes to “sleep” sometimes, I would like to be treated again. I am a 69 year old African American woman in very good health,on NO medication, controlling my health through diet and exercise. Please contact my with your best advice. Thank you.