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A Survey of the Practice and Perspectives of Chinese Acupuncturists on Deqi
Joint Authors
Liang, Fan-Rong
Ren, Yulan
Zheng, Hui
Fang, Li
Chen, Liang
Guo, Taipin
Shi, Jing
Du, Huai-bin
Zheng, Hua-bin
Ma, Ting-ting
Gao, Yu-jie
Yang, Xu-guang
Li, Xue-zhi
Liu, Yi-wei
Zhang, Ru-wen
Li, De-hua
Wu, Xi
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-04-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ren, Yulan& Guo, Taipin& Du, Huai-bin& Zheng, Hua-bin& Ma, Ting-ting& Fang, Li…[et al.]. 2015. A Survey of the Practice and Perspectives of Chinese Acupuncturists on Deqi. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063460
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ren, Yulan…[et al.]. A Survey of the Practice and Perspectives of Chinese Acupuncturists on Deqi. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063460
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ren, Yulan& Guo, Taipin& Du, Huai-bin& Zheng, Hua-bin& Ma, Ting-ting& Fang, Li…[et al.]. A Survey of the Practice and Perspectives of Chinese Acupuncturists on Deqi. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063460
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1063460