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| The use of Laser technology makes efficient acupuncture application possible without the use of stainless steel needles. With the use of the laser, acupuncture becomes a painless process
and readily acceptable to young and old alike. Irradiation of laser energy on acupuncture points can produce effects of diminishing inflammation, relieving pain, enhancing metabolism, improving tissue
regeneration and immunity. It is very successful for many symptoms for which the traditional acupuncture or moxibustion are applicable such as neuralgia, rheumatic arthritis, bronchial asthma,
pharyngitis, arthritis, urticaroa etc. Another important development of laser application is in cosmetology. This painless, germless and gentle operation of lasers is welcomed by beauticians as well
as patrons. There are two main types of laser used in acupuncture, namely the Helium-neon laser and the solid state laser diodes. The depth to which the laser radiation can penetrate beneath human
skin depends on the wavelength of the radiation. |
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What is LASER?
Laser (which stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation ) is a beam of light and power released in photon style that comes from the stimulated electronics shifting from
the high level to the low. It has now become one important tool for acupuncture and cosmetic applications. |
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| Medical Application |
- High power laser or hot laser:
The output of laser is between 50 and 100W. It is usually used to solidify the bleeding and to cut the tissues, called "laser knife".
- Low power laser:
The output is lower than 100Mw. The power, for not strong enough to damage the hydrogen bonds in the tissues, does not cause any change but the photochemistry effect. We call it the "cold laser" or "soft
laser".
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The bio-effect of low power laser
Laser brings about heat effect, photochemical effect, photo-press effect, electromagnetic effect, and so on. But, the low power laser only causes the photochemical effect. General speaking,
high-output stimulation would hurt the tissues, on the contrary, low-power stimulation, revive the tissues.
The low power laser works well on adjusting bio-energetic and encouraging mechanical functions. It is effective on relieving the inflammation and pain, anti-infection, promoting tissue repair,
accelerating the blood circulation, improving the metabolism and immunity, etc . |
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| Promote the wound discovery: |
- Promote the synthesis of the collagen tissues
- Proliferation of the capillary
- Accelerate the blood circulation
- Excite the cell division
- Improve immunity
- Revive the white corpuscles
- Increase the synthetic energy of the nucleic acid
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| Pain relief: |
- Promote the blood circulation, drain out the painful causer
- Secrete the natural endorphin
- Gate-control theory
- Stimulate the end nerves directly to block the pain transmission
- Wedensky effect
- Meridians effect
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| Meridian point effect: |
| Treating the Meridian points with low power laser can revive the related organizations without invasive fear and hurting the skin tissue. |
| Beauty care: |
| Low power laser can stimulate the skin to improve its tension. It is useful to eliminate the wrinkles and scars, to prevent aging, to regain the elasticity, and so on. As for the
moles and freckles, the melanin will be absorbed and dissolved by the low power laser. |
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| Applications: |
- Stop the pain, alleviate chronic pain, acute pain and post-injury discovery
- Relieve Arthritis pain
- Increase the granulation and heal over of the wound
- Eliminate edema
- Sport injury such as the tendon and ligament injury
- Syndromes that applied with acupuncture
- Skin problems.
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| Cautions: |
- Unknown pain:
Pain is a warning signal. Having any unknown pain, especially chronic pain, should go to see the doctor.
- Pregnancy:
Do not have laser treatment within the first 3 months, though lacking exact report in clinic yet.
- Cancer and tumor:
Do not have laser treatment on the tumor or cancer area, though lacking exact report in clinic yet.
- Forbid eye contact directly to the laser light.
- Precisely light on the area that needed treatment
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| Treatment: |
| Treatment area: |
- Meridian point
- Painful point
- Low impedance point
- Direct on the wound or treatment point
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| Distance from the treatment head: 0.5-1 cm, not more than 1 cm |
| Treatment time: |
| 10 times for one treatment session, once everyday or every two days, not over 30 minutes per treatment. More than 3 treatment sessions would be fine to the severer syndromes. Take
a week of rest between two treatment sessions. If treating on the Meridian point, take 2-6 points for a treatment and 30 seconds to 2 minutes for each point. |
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Advantages of Laser Over Needle |
- Painless and without sensation of numbness -this is particularly useful for treating children and people who are afraid of needle treatment or who will develop needle-sickness (tension,
fainting etc.)
- Harmless-Since the energy penetrating into the skin is relatively low. It does not cause tissue damage nor pneumothorax that could be happened when using needles.
- Complete sterility-The operation is simple and there is no worry of cross-infection through incomplete sterilization of needles.
- Simple in operation - Unlike needle application which requires a certain skill in inserting and manipulation of needles.
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