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In Brief... Acupuncturist

 Brief Description:

Treats people who are sick by inserting needles into special areas of the body to relieve pain and sickness.

It is a purely natural form of healing and treatment that does not use medicine.

Many people find the thought of being able to help relieve the suffering of others very fulfilling. As an Acupuncturist you would be following an ancient Chinese form of 'complimentary' therapy, based on energy flows and healing, to help people to either regain their health or to relieve pain.

Acupuncture can also help people to give up cigarettes or make changes in diet and lifestyle. And in some instances acupuncture is used in hospitals as a form of anaesthetic.


Personal Attributes: precise, steady hand, able to put people at ease, good coordination.

Typical tasks undertaken in this profession: 18

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Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients' anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments such as intradermal needles, moxibution, electricity, guasha, and bleeding. 

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Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment. 

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Treat medical conditions using techniques such as acupressure, shiatsu, and tuina. 

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Develop individual treatment plans and strategies. 

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Analyze physical findings and medical histories to make diagnoses according to Oriental medicine traditions. 

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Apply heat or cold therapy to patients using materials such as heat pads, hydrocollator packs, warm compresses, cold compresses, heat lamps, and vapor coolants. 

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Apply moxibustion directly or indirectly to patients using Chinese, non-scarring, stick, or pole moxa. 

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Assess patients' general physical appearance to make diagnoses. 

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Collect medical histories and general health and life style information from patients. 

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Evaluate treatment outcomes and recommend new or altered treatments as necessary to further promote, restore, or maintain health. 

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Qualifications required?

Leaving Certificate plus Holistic medical qualification.

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This Career is unregulated in Ireland. Having a Healthcare qualification is helpful (i.e. Nursing or Physiotherapy). Many practitioners have overseas experience.

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