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Standardization of Acupuncture Needles and Safe Insertion Depth:Towards Enhanced Clinical Safety and Global Consensus
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Jialin WANG1, Yongming LI2, Lu REN1, Songxing ZHANG3, 4
Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 2025, 43(10) : 202 - 207
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Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 2025, 43(10): 202-207
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Standardization of Acupuncture Needles and Safe Insertion Depth:Towards Enhanced Clinical Safety and Global Consensus
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Jialin WANG1, Yongming LI2, Lu REN1, Songxing ZHANG3, 4
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  • 1.Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shenyang 110847,Liaoning,China
  • 2.American Traditional Chinese Medicine Society(ATCMS),New York 10016,USA
  • 3.The Second Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shenyang 110034,Liaoning,China
  • 4.Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Biology,Department of Education of Liaoning Province,Shenyang110847,Liaoning,China
Published: 2025-10-10 doi: 10.13193/j.issn.1673-7717.2025.10.037
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Acupuncture has been applied in 196 countries for treating diseases,and the safety is a crucial factor affecting the promotion and development of acupuncture.The safe needling depth of acupoints,as a part of acupuncture safety,was analyzed by reviewing previous relevant literature.It is found that the measurement methods used by researchers are diverse,and there are inconsistencies in the research results of the safe needling depth of acupuncture at the same acupoints.More importantly,the international“Cun measurement”for acupuncture needles lacks a unified standard.It is neither the standard body Cun nor the proportional body Cun,but is based on English inches,with arbitrary rounding after metrication,leading to chaos in acupuncture needles.The difference in needle Cun affects the measurement of acupuncture Cun,thus influencing the efficacy and safety of acupuncture.The superposition of errors in needle length and safe acupuncture depth of acupoints leads to the superposition of clinical acupuncture safety risks.Based on the above,it is proposed to restore the Han inch and achieve the unification of the acupuncture inch measurement,the safe acupuncture depth of acupoints and the standardization of needles to improve the safety and international standardization of acupuncture.

acupuncture  /  safe insertion depth  /  acupuncture needles  /  standardization
王迦琳, 李永明, 任路, 张松兴. 针刺安全深度与针具标准化. 中华中医药学刊, 2025 , 43 (10) : 202 -207 . DOI: 10.13193/j.issn.1673-7717.2025.10.037
Jialin WANG, Yongming LI, Lu REN, Songxing ZHANG. Standardization of Acupuncture Needles and Safe Insertion Depth:Towards Enhanced Clinical Safety and Global Consensus[J]. Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2025 , 43 (10) : 202 -207 . DOI: 10.13193/j.issn.1673-7717.2025.10.037
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doi: 10.13193/j.issn.1673-7717.2025.10.037
  • Online Date:2026-10-30
  • Published:2025-10-10
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    1.Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shenyang 110847,Liaoning,China
    2.American Traditional Chinese Medicine Society(ATCMS),New York 10016,USA
    3.The Second Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shenyang 110034,Liaoning,China
    4.Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Biology,Department of Education of Liaoning Province,Shenyang110847,Liaoning,China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数
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鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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