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Needling PracticeAs the filiform needle is fine and flexible, it is very difficult to insert it into the skin without some strength exerted by the fingers and conduct manipulations. An appropriate finger force is the guarantee to minimize the pain and raise the therapeutic effects. The training of fingers may start with a short and thick filiform needle, progressing to a finer and longer one before clinical application. Practice with sheets of paper. Fold fine and soft tissues into a small packet about 5 x 8 cm in size and I cm in thickness, then bind the packet with gauze thread. Hold the paper packet in the left hand and the needle handle with the right hand. Insert the needle into the packet and rotate in and out clockwise and counter - clockwise. At the beginning, if you feel the needle stuck or difficult to rotate, take it easy and continue the exercise until you feel it easy to insert and rotate the needle. As your finger force grows stronger, the thickness of the paper packet may be increasedPractice with a cotton cushion. Make a cotton cushion of about 5 - 6 cm. in diameter wrapped in gauze. Hold the cushion with the left hand and needle handle with the right hand. Insert the needle into it and practice a rotating lifting and thrusting procedure. According to the required postures during acupuncture and the reinforcing and reducing approach, practice the basic manipulation techniques. This purpose is to practice the different manipulations in acupuncture Practice on your own body. This may follow the manipulation methods on the paper packet and the cotton cushion so as to have personal experience of the needling sensation in clinical practice. Only by this can the practitioner really possess and , produce beneficial results in acupuncture treatment.
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