Fire Needle
The fire needle technique involves rapidly inserting a needle that has been heated to red-hot into acupuncture points to treat diseases. As recorded in the “Ling Shu: Guan Zhen,” it states: “For those who use the fire needle, it is to treat bi syndrome.” The “Qian Jin Yi Fang” mentions that “for treating boils and carbuncles, the needle must be extremely hot.”
Mechanism of Action of Fire Needle
Warming the meridians and dispelling cold, unblocking the meridians and activating collaterals, clearing heat and detoxifying, invigorating blood and resolving stasis, expelling pus and promoting drainage, reducing swelling and alleviating pain, dispelling dampness and relieving itching, softening hardness and dispersing masses.
Indications for Fire Needle
1Acne, folliculitis, boils
2Acute phase of herpes zoster, postherpetic neuralgia phase
3Chronic hypertrophic eczema dermatitis, nodular prurigo
4Skin amyloidosis
5Flat warts, common warts
6Alopecia areata
7Vitiligo
Zhangqiu Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Dermatology Department
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