Researchers make blunt point about bad acupuncture needles

By Julia Medew
Updated February 27 2014 - 9:18pm, first published February 18 2014 - 12:22am
Microscopic images of needle tips before and after use. Photo: RMIT
Microscopic images of needle tips before and after use. Photo: RMIT
People have been advised to ask acupuncture practitioners to check on the quality of their needles if they experience pain during acupuncture. Photo: Tanya Lake
People have been advised to ask acupuncture practitioners to check on the quality of their needles if they experience pain during acupuncture. Photo: Tanya Lake

Australian researchers have questioned the safety of commonly used acupuncture needles after they found some had blunt tips and metallic lumps on them that could be deposited into people's skin.

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