2.6. Needle Application and Acupoints
bleeding
BLEEDING
For each treatment, the acupuncturist administered one needle to BL10, GB21, SI14, and BL42, in that order, on the side with the higher stiffness of patients sitting on a massage chair, using the tapping-in and alternating twirling techniques (Ten minutes later, the acupuncturist removed the needle from the skin and placed it into an opaque envelope. If bleeding occurred, practitioners reported the incidence of bleeding. The needles were removed in the same order as they were applied.