Abstract
Abstract
Background:
Ting Well Points are commonly used for patients with acute conditions. For chronic musculoskeletal pain, which is caused by blockage of Qi in channels, the use of these points is believed to produce an excessive surge of Qi behind the blockage, which aggravates the pain.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that concomitant use of Tonification, Ah Shi, and Meeting points could be used to relieve the Stagnation allowing the Excess Qi to flush out the blockage.
Materials and Methods:
Twenty cases representing a broad cross-section of various kinds of musculoskeletal pain were studied. The patients were treated at twice-weekly intervals for 8 weeks, with an assessment at each visit. An electronic point stimulator with a polarity switch was used to stimulate all of the points used in this study. The primary endpoint was an immediate response after the first treatment. The secondary endpoint was level of pain before the second treatment to assess duration of pain relief. The final endpoint was pain relief at 8 weeks.
Results:
Overall pain relief (87% reduction) after four treatments occurred in the patients. At 8 weeks, 15 patients had total pain relief. The other 5 patients had advanced structural damages, which limited their response to acupuncture. It was notable that there was no aggravation of pain in any case.
Conclusions:
In this 8-week study, Ting Well points, along with points used to to unblock channels, provided total pain relief in all cases in which irreversible structural damages were not present.
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