Arrival of qi   Arrival of qi When physician inserts needle into the skin and manipulates, the individual may feel soreness, numbness, distension and heaviness around the acupoint. Meanwhile, the physician may experience tightness around the needle. TCM calls this needling sensation as "arrival of qi." This reaction is very important for successful acupuncture treatment, because if the needling sensation happens readily, the therapeutic effect will be better; if qi is difficult to be secured, the effect is not so good.		de qi 得氣   得氣指針刺入穴位後，經手法操作或留針，使患者出現酸、麻、脹、重等感覺，同時施針者也感到針下沉緊，中醫稱之為「得氣」。針感的程度和持續時間的長短，與療效有密切關係。施針時，如果很快得氣表示療效好；得氣較緩或不得氣則療效不理想。