Are there any harmful effects of long-term acupuncture on humans?

In fact, acupuncture is not unfamiliar to us. In the thousands of years of cultural transmission in China, acupuncture is a characteristic treatment method of our country. Acupuncture has no side effects on the body, but there may be some pain during the process, which is basically tolerable. Whether regular acupuncture is harmful to the body depends on one's physical condition. Generally speaking, there are no side effects. Introduction to acupuncture: moxibustion is a method of burning and fumigating pre-made moxa sticks or moxa grass on certain acupoints on the body surface, using heat stimulation to prevent and treat diseases. Mugwort is usually the most commonly used, hence it is called moxibustion. There are also other methods such as separated medicine moxibustion, willow twig moxibustion, wick moxibustion, and mulberry branch moxibustion. Nowadays, the most commonly used in people's lives is moxa stick moxibustion. Acupuncture, consisting of "needle" and "moxibustion", is one of the important components of Eastern medicine. Its content includes acupuncture theory, acupoints, acupuncture techniques, and related instruments. In the process of formation, application, and development, it has distinct Chinese national cultural and regional characteristics, and is a precious heritage based on Chinese national culture and scientific traditions. Precautions: 1. It is not suitable for needle insertion for those who are too tired, highly nervous, or hungry; for the elderly and infirm, needle insertion should be performed in a lying position with fewer acupoints and lighter techniques. 2. Pregnant women should not receive acupuncture too vigorously, and acupuncture is prohibited on the abdomen, lumbar and sacral areas, and acupoints that can cause uterine contractions, such as Hegu, Sanyinjiao, Kunlun, and Zhiyin. 3. Children generally do not retain needles due to lack of cooperation. The fontanelles, Fengfu, and Yamen acupuncture points of infants and young children are forbidden. 4. Patients with hemorrhagic diseases, spontaneous bleeding, or difficulty stopping bleeding after injury are not suitable for acupuncture. 5. Acupuncture is not recommended on areas of skin infection, ulceration, scarring, and tumors. 6. When performing acupuncture on the eye area, chest and back, kidney area, and neck, as well as on the abdomen of patients with gastric ulcer, intestinal adhesion, and intestinal obstruction, and on the pubic symphysis area of patients with urinary retention, it is necessary to control the depth and angle of needle insertion, avoid direct insertion, and prevent accidental injury to important organs. 7. Acupuncture does have excellent therapeutic effects on certain diseases, but it is not a panacea. Especially for the treatment of acute and severe diseases, comprehensive treatment should be adopted in time according to the situation to better benefit the patient and fully utilize the role of acupuncture. In general, throughout the entire treatment process, it is an important aspect of accident prevention for the doctor to be responsible, serious, careful, and concentrated when treating patients.