Scope of Application
Acupoint injection can be used to treat most of the diseases in all clinical departments and often be applied to obstructive syndrome, stomachache, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and hypertension.
Cautions
Strict sterilization is needed to avoid infection; attention should be paid to the properties, pharmacological action, dosage, contraindication of compatibility, term of validity, side effect and allergic reactions of the drugs. As to the drugs which can induce allergic reaction, hypersensitive test should be done first. The vessels, articular cavity, and spinal column should in no case be injected with drugs. When the needle tip touches the trunk of the nerve and the patient feels like electricity shock, the needle must be withdrawn, the angle of insertion must be changed and the drugs are injected after the trunk of nerve is avoided. This therapy should be used with great care to treat the aged, patients with poor constitution, pregnant women and infants.