It is advisable to delay giving acupuncture treatment to the patients who are very nervous, or over-fatigued.
It is inadvisable to give acupuncture treatment to women during pregnancy, or women with menstruation. Acupoints on the vertex of infants should not be needled when the fontanel is not closed.
Acupoints on the areas with infection, ulcer, scar or tumor should not be needled. Patients with disturbance of blood coagulation and hemorrhagic tendency should not be punctured. Acupoints on the ocular area, neck, or close to the vital organs or large blood vessels should be carefully needled (see Section 3.5).
The selection of needling methods should be made ac-cording to the tolerance of patients. For the patients who are very nervous or weak, mild manipulation can be used.