抄録
At the 28th Japan Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society Congress I presented a research report on the above theme. With the cooperation of the prefectural presidents of the Japan Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association nationwide, 19 acupuncture needle manufacturing companies were listed and 50 stainless steel 1.6 TSUN, No. 3 needles were collected from each manufacturer and examined. The results of that study showed imperfect needle tips to average 37.7% and imperfect needle bodies to average 52%.
For this report, last Oct. the needle manufacturers were forewared that early this year a study of needle conditions would be repeated. In Mar. of this year, in the same manner stainless steel 1.6 TSUN, No. 3 needles, 50 each were collected and examined. These results showed imperfect needle tips to average 37.6% and imperfect bodies, 93.9%. From these results it can be said that quality control of the manufactured product is insufficient. I strongly feel that more consideration is necessary in the selection of needle materials.
