Trial for replacing fire needle by filiform needle
Huang, S.-x.; Mao, M.; Liu, Z.-s.; Zhao, H.; Xu, M.-z.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 29(12): 1021-1022
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0255-2930 PMID: 20088426 Document Number: 634447
To promote a new kind of alternative needle of filiform-fire needle with fire needle. The common three-headed fire needle, thick fire needle, less-thick fire needle, fine fire needle, single-filiform needle and three-filiform-needle were used by 20 medical staffs, and the time of heating needles was recorded. The advantages of using filiform needles compared with common fire needles were evaluated. The time of heating single and three-filiform needles was shorter than the other four common fire needles (all P < 0.01). Filiform needle is better than the common fire needle in terms of production process,materials, and heating time, etc. Therefore, filiform needles can replace common fire needles for pricking.