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- Title
A Survey of the Practice and Perspectives of Chinese Acupuncturists on Deqi.
- Authors
Yu-lan Ren; Tai-pin Guo; Huai-bin Du; Hua-bin Zheng; Ting-ting Ma; Li Fang; Yu-jie Gao; Xu-guang Yang; Xue-zhi Li; Jing Shi; Liang Chen; Yi-wei Liu; Ru-wen Zhang; Hui Zheng; De-hua Li; Xi Wu; Fan-rong Liang
- Abstract
Deqi refers to the special sensation and reaction sensed mainly by both acupuncturist and patient when a needle was inserted into the acupoints and is considered to be vital to achieve acupuncture effect. For acupuncturist, it is important to judge and control Deqi in clinical practice. However, enough attention is paid to patients' feelings rather than acupuncturists' nowadays. We thus conducted this survey to determine acupuncturists'perspectives about Deqi and to further find the proper way to induce Deqi. A total of 250 questionnaires were sent out to acupuncturists and 202 (80.8%) were returned. According to the results, most acupuncturists believe that Deqi is vital to obtain preferable clinical effects. The reliability of acupuncturists' Deqi sensation ranks as sinking> tightening> astringent. The reliability of patients' Deqi sensations ranks as sourness> numbness> distention> heaviness> pain. The reliability of influential factors ranks as manipulation> specificity of acupoint> TCM constitution> disease status> patient's psychological condition> acupuncturists' psychological guidance> clinical environment. This study is believed to provide additional evidence to the qualitative and quantitative research of Deqi in the future.
- Subjects
ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE points; ACUPUNCTURISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SENSES; SURVEYS
- Publication
Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), 2015, p1
- ISSN
1741-427X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/684708