21 NCAC 01 .0104. DEFINITIONS

The following definitions shall apply throughout this Chapter:

(1)           "Acupuncture adjunctive therapies" include but are not limited to auricular, nose, face, hand, foot, and scalp acupuncture therapy; and stimulation to acupuncture points and channels by any of the following: needles, cupping, thermal methods, magnets, gwa-sha scraping techniques.

(2)           "Acupuncture diagnostic techniques" include but are not limited to the use of observation, listening, smelling, inquiring, palpation, pulse diagnosis, tongue diagnosis, hara diagnosis, physiognomy, five element correspondence, ryodoraku, akabani, and electro-acupuncture.

(3)           "Acupuncture needles" mean solid filiform needles and include but are not limited to intradermal, plum blossom, press tacks, and prismatic needles.

(4)           "Dietary guidelines" include but are not limited to nutritional counseling and the recommendation of food and supplemental substances.

(5)           "Electrical stimulation" includes but is not limited to the treatment or diagnosis of energetic imbalances using TENS, Piezo electrical stimulation, acuscope therapy, auricular therapy devices, and percutaneous and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.

(6)           "Herbal medicine" includes but is not limited to tinctures, patent remedies, decoction, powders, diluted herbal remedies, freeze dried herbs, salves, poultices, medicated oils, and liniments.

(7)           "Massage and manual techniques" include but are not limited to acupressure, shiatsu, Tui-Na, qi healing, and medical qi gong.

(8)           "Therapeutic exercise" includes but is not limited to qi gong, Taoist self-cultivation exercises, dao yin, tai qi chuan, ba gua, and meditative exercises.

(9)           "Thermal methods" include but are not limited to moxibustion, hot and cold packs and laser acupuncture.  All acupuncture devices shall be administered in accordance with Federal Drug Administration guidelines.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-454;

Eff. July 1, 1995.