Needle-shock as an indicator of good responders?

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Hi All, & Susie,

 

Susie Parkinson wrote:

> ... A very well known consultant anaesthetist and well published

> acupuncture researcher needled GB21 on a seated patient and we all

> watched him faint! She told us that he always fainted when she gave

> needled him and she said that he was a " good reactor " . In other words

> she perceived the fainting as a positive rather than adverse reaction.

> The patient spoke very highly of her treatment and of the pain relief

> he experienced as a result (he was a cancer patient). Personally I

> would consider it an adverse reaction, but have never had a problem

> using GB21 and I always have the patient seated.

 

Though needle-shock is pretty rare in my [human] patients now,

 

I also take needle-shock as an indicator of a very responsive patient. If it

arises, I assure him/her that I will NOT use needling at later sessions,

but use acupoint massage instead. From the few cases that I remember

in recent years, they do very well with subsequent acupoint massage.

 

How many of you DISAGREE that " fainters " are good responders?, i.e.

you find no better clinical response in " fainters " than in " non-fainters " ?

 

 

 

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I also take needle-shock as an indicator of a very responsive patient. If it

arises, I assure him/her that I will NOT use needling at later sessions,

but use acupoint massage instead. From the few cases that I remember

in recent years, they do very well with subsequent acupoint massage.

>>>>>>>

I once treated the president of the American Academy of Osteopathy for severe

neck pain. I treated him very strongly and he fainted and went into convulsions.

I calmly made sure his airway was open and waited. About 5 minutes passed and he

regained full consciousness. Every time I see him now he thanks me for saving

his life and neck. He has been having severe neck pain for many years until that

treatment.

 

 

 

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