In the TCM and acupuncture discipline, the acupuncture practice class I teach is unique. Every time I go to class, I ask students to bring a washbasin and an apple. They need to fill the basin with clean water and put the apples in the basin.
Next, the students began to practice sticking needles in apples. This process requires them to concentrate, master strength and skill. When an apple is densely pierced with the eye of the needle, we cut it in half and continue to prick it. Similarly, when half of the apple is also full, we cut it into four more pieces, and so on until the apple can no longer be cut.
After years of teaching practice, I have found that this method is very effective in cultivating students' basic acupuncture skills. This exercise not only trained the students' hand-eye coordination and acupuncture skills, but also developed their patience and concentration.
This method was inspired by years of medical practice. As a senior acupuncturist, I know the importance of solid basic skills for acupuncturists. Therefore, I am determined to pass on this method to my students.
Through this teaching method, I have successfully passed on this valuable experience to the next generation of acupuncturists. With the passage of time, more and more people have come to understand that acupuncture techniques must have a solid foundation of basic skills. Therefore, this teaching method has been widely recognized and disseminated in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion, and has become one of the important ways to train acupuncturists.