Some claim that long needle retention time is a modern invention and the Classics do not support this practice. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this course, Leo Lok presents textual evidence from ancient medicals texts for 20-120 breaths and all the way to 30 minutes and beyond. Leo also shows how you can incorporate these findings into your day-to-day practice and enhance your clinical outcome.
The Myth: The classics have retention time no longer than 10 breaths.
Here we look at a case study from the 12th century that clearly demonstrates retention time of 20 breaths. We also examine evidence from the 3rd century for 20 breaths on 3 acupuncture points.