Introduction
Thread Embedding Therapy is the method of using disposable special acupuncture needles to implant absorbable biomedical material into specific acupoints. This method prevents and treats diseases by continuous stimulation of the acupoints.
Thread Embedding Technology has the unique characteristic of being a long-term acupuncture therapy which has been developed from acupuncture. It is based on the Meridian-Collateral Theory using modern biomedical materials. New developments with biomedical materials have made the treatment very safe, effective and almost painless, so more and more patients are opting for this treatment.
It is used to treat many common diseases including diseases that are otherwise difficult to treat, beauty concerns, weight loss, and other fields. The Thread Embedding technique has been incorporated into the textbooks and training courses at Chinese TCM universities, and it is now promoted in dozens of countries around the world.
Indications and Course of Treatment
Indications: using the same indications as traditional acupuncture, Thread Embedding Therapy is applied to the correct acupoints.
- Digestive system diseases: chronic gastritis, constipation, diarrhea, and simple obesity. Also included are: gastric ulcers, painful or irregular dysmenorrhea, and amenorrhea
- Asthma, stroke, acne, rhinitis, pharyngitis, epilepsy, eczema, chronic bronchitis, and digestive disorders after radiotherapy for cancer.
The Course of Treatment:
Treatment intervals and the length of a course of treatment will depend on the condition being treated, and the related thread absorption. Usually this will be one treatment every 10 days, for 8 to 10 treatments in a course. The treatment interval can be appropriately extended, such as every 3-4 weeks or even longer in the late treatment for beauty, weight loss, and health care.
Contraindications and Cautions:
- Thread Embedding Therapy may not be undertaken for cystitis, or ulcer damage to avoid infection.
- Thread Embedding Therapy may not be undertaken with patients suffering from serious skin diseases, severe diabetes and any hypofunction of skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by various diseases.
- Thread Embedding Therapy may not be undertaken with patients who have a tendency to bleeding with thrombocytopenia.
- Patients with psychentonia, profuse sweating, extreme tiredness or hunger are not suitable.
- Treatment may not be used during the menstrual period.
- Thread Embedding Therapy may not be undertaken in the abdomen, lumbosacral portion and Hegu(LI04), Sanyinjiao(SP6) of pregnant women.
- Thread Embedding Therapy may not be undertaken, or only used cautiously, in children under 7 years of age