A Survey of Deqi
Deqi refers to the special sensation and reaction sensed
mainly by both acupuncturist and patient when a needle was inserted into the
acupoints and is considered to be vital to achieve acupuncture effect. For
acupuncturist, it is important to judge and control Deqi in clinical practice.
However, enough attention is paid to patients' feelings rather than
acupuncturists' nowadays. We thus conducted this survey to determine
acupuncturists' perspectives about Deqi and to further find the proper way to
induce Deqi. A total of 250 questionnaires were sent out to acupuncturists and
202 (80.8%) were returned. According to the results, most acupuncturists
believe that Deqi is vital to obtain preferable clinical effects. The
reliability of acupuncturists' Deqi sensation ranks as sinking>
tightening> astringent. The reliability of patients' Deqi sensations ranks
as sourness> numbness> distention> heaviness> pain. The reliability
of influential factors ranks as manipulation> specificity of acupoint>
TCM constitution> disease status> patient's psychological condition>
acupuncturists' psychological guidance> clinical environment. This study is
believed to provide additional evidence to the qualitative and quantitative
research of Deqi in the future.
Source: Ren YL
et al. A survey
of the practice and perspectives of chinese acupuncturists on deqi. Evid Based
Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:684708.
Acupuncture needles are usually left in for approximately twenty minutes, during this time there may be a heaviness of the limbs and a feeling of relaxation. The acupuncture meadowvale practitioner may also stimulate the acupuncture points using some other methods too.
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