How do they match: Acupuncturists

  • Diagnose, treat, and prevent disorders by stimulating specific acupuncture points within the body using acupuncture needles. May also use cups, nutritional supplements, therapeutic massage, acupressure, and other alternative health therapies.

  • Apply heat or cold therapy to patients using materials, such as heat pads, hydrocollator packs, warm compresses, cold compresses, heat lamps, or vapor coolants.
  • Apply moxibustion directly or indirectly to patients using Chinese, non-scarring, stick, or pole moxa.
  • Treat medical conditions, using techniques such as acupressure, shiatsu, or tuina.
  • Treat patients using tools, such as needles, cups, ear balls, seeds, pellets, or nutritional supplements.

  • Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
  • Treat patients using alternative medical procedures.
  • Treat patients using physical therapy techniques.