Unveiling the Mysteries of Fire Needle Therapy
Friends who have visited the Huangzhou District Maternal and Child Health Hospital’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall know that there is an acupuncture therapy featuring the ancient fire needle therapy. So, how much do you know about the past and present of this therapy? Let us approach the magical fire needle therapy and unveil its mysteries!
Professor He Purin, National Medicine Master
Professor He Purin, courtesy name Shiniu, alias Kongsui, is the first National Medicine Master and a renowned acupuncture expert both domestically and internationally. He is also the founder of the “Three Connections Method” in acupuncture. Since the 1960s, Professor He has researched and advocated for the clinical use of fire needle therapy, developing fire needle instruments, standardizing operational methods, explaining the mechanisms of fire needle therapy, expanding its application scope, and breaking through the ancient clinical taboos of fire needles, forming the “Wen Tong Method” theory centered on fire needle therapy.
1. What is Fire Needle Therapy?
Fire needles are made from tungsten-based high-density hard alloys, characterized by their hardness, high-temperature resistance, minimal deformation, and strong high-temperature hardness. The following image shows several commonly used fire needle instruments.
Fire Needle Therapy
Fire needle therapy involves heating specially designed needles until they glow red and then quickly inserting them into acupuncture points or related areas of the body using specific techniques to eliminate diseases. Common techniques include point needling, scattered needling, dense needling, surrounding needling, bloodletting needling, and leaving the needle in with fire needle technique.
Effects of Fire Needle Therapy
Fire needle therapy combines the dual effects of acupuncture and moxibustion. Its therapeutic mechanism lies in using warmth to stimulate acupuncture points and local areas to enhance the body’s Yang Qi, invigorate the righteous Qi, regulate the organs, stimulate the meridian Qi, warm and unblock the meridians, and promote blood circulation and Qi flow. Clinically, it can elevate Yang, promote tissue regeneration, expel pus, relieve pain and itching, and dissipate masses and nodules.
Unique Aspects of He’s Fire Needle Therapy
He’s fire needle therapy not only breaks through the traditional restrictions on the locations for fire needle application, believing that fire needles can be used on all acupuncture points, including the head and face, but also applies fire needles to sensitive areas such as the external genitalia and facial features. Furthermore, it breaks the contraindications of fire needles, applying them to both heat and deficiency syndromes, and creatively uses and develops fire needle bloodletting therapy.
2. Indications for Fire Needle Therapy
1. Joint diseases: cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, sciatica, gouty arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder periarthritis, tennis elbow, ganglion cysts, etc.;
2. Skin diseases: acne, herpes zoster, erysipelas, chronic eczema, psoriasis, alopecia areata, flat warts, etc.;
3. Vascular diseases: varicose veins, etc.;
4. Internal medicine diseases: gastric ptosis, epigastric pain, diarrhea, obesity, etc.;
5. Gynecological and obstetric diseases: postpartum mastitis, mammary gland hyperplasia, postpartum urinary retention, postpartum bloating, postpartum body pain; uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, infertility.
6. Pediatric diseases: nocturnal enuresis, pediatric rhinitis, adenoid hypertrophy, tonsillitis, spleen and stomach deficiency, etc.
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Below is a video of Director Chen Yong treating patients with fire needle therapy.
3. Precautions After Fire Needle Therapy
1. After needling, if the redness or swelling of the skin has not completely subsided, avoid bathing, showering, or getting wet to prevent infection.
2. If there is itching in the area after needling, avoid scratching to prevent scarring.
3. Avoid eating raw, cold, or stimulating foods, and avoid alcohol.
4. Who Should Avoid Fire Needle Therapy?
1. Diabetic patients and those with low skin resistance should use fire needles with caution.
2. Patients with severe hypertension, heart disease, malignant tumors, or bleeding tendencies should avoid fire needle therapy.
3. Due to the strong stimulation of fire needles, pregnant women and the elderly with frailty should avoid them.
Director Chen Yong, who excels in using fire needle therapy to treat diseases
Chen Yong: Disciple of National Medicine Master He Purin; third-generation inheritor of He’s fire needle therapy.
Skilled in using He’s Three Connections Method: acupuncture, medicine, and moxibustion combined
1. Treating neck, shoulder, waist, and leg pain;
2. Gynecological uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts;
3. Pelvic inflammatory disease, menstrual irregularities, cold dysmenorrhea;
4. Mammary gland hyperplasia, obstructive infertility due to fallopian tube blockage, etc.
5. Chronic difficult diseases, as well as common pediatric diseases treated with TCM external therapy and acupoint application.
Excellent treatment results, receiving unanimous praise from patients!
Contributed by: Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall for Women and Children
Edited by: Zhou Jun
Reviewed by: Wu Jiamin