Diseases with convulsion of the limbs in modern medicine can be treated by the following methods.
Acupuncture therapy:
At regular and extra acupoints:
Location: Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC6), Houxi (SI 3) and Hegu (LI 4). Bleeding therapy may be applied at Shixuan (EX- UE 11).
Method of manipulation: The needles are inserted and retained for 20 minutes.
At special acupoints beside the second metacarpal bone:
Location: Head acupoint, neck acupoint, upper limb acupoint, and leg acupoint.
Method of manipulation: The needles are inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for 15 minutes.