title: [Development and usage of the along-meridian treatment instrument].
abstract: The points stimulated by output pulse of the electroacupuncture instrument are fixed, and this stimulation model makes Deqi sense of the distal point unable to reach the affected parts, only limiting around the point for most patients, so the therapeutic effects are influenced to a certain extent. From design, usage and other aspects, it is described that joint the output conducting wires to the acupuncture needles from the distal point to the proximal point in turn. When the output ports of the electroacupuncture instrument export the pulse wave one port by one port, the sense of Deqi of the patient propagates towards the affected area one point by one point. Finally, the sense of Deqi of the patient propagates and reaches to the affected area. The along-meridian treatment instrument overcomes the shortcomings of the existing electroacupuncture instrument, and obviously increases therapeutic effects.
authors: Department of Orthopedics, Hospital of Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China. baoyuanshi258@sina.com
authors: Yuan-Shi
authors: YS
authors: Bao
mesh_terms: D015671:Electroacupuncture / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D016740:Meridians; D016896:Treatment Outcome