Needle shock

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Hi all,

So, I've been in practice for a bit, and have had a few needle shock

patients once in a while. Usually anxious, low blood pressure,

skipped breakfast, treatment in a massage chair - you get the picture.

Typically, they start to feel nauseated, then faint, eyes roll up,

and then breathing gets real shallow. When they come too, they get

very hot and sweaty. What is this in TCM terms and Wx terms? Is this

collapse of Yin in TCM and syncope in Wx med? We were just taught how

to manage 'needle shock', but I never really understood it very well

from TCM's standpoint.

 

Geoff