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  Electro-acupuncture, the application of a pulsating electrical current to acupuncture needles as a means of stimulating the acupoints, was developed in China as an extension of hand manipulation of acupuncture needles around 1934. The procedure for electro-acupuncture is to insert the acupuncture needle as would normally be done, attain the Qi reaction by hand manipulation, and then attach an electrode to the needle to provide continued stimulation.

 Substituting electro-stimulation in place of prolonged hand maneuvering can assure that the patient gets the amount of stimulation needed, because the practitioner may otherwise pause due to fatigue and reduce total treatment time by providing the continued stimulus. It can also produce stronger stimulation without causing tissue damage as may be needed for difficult cases of neuralgia or paralysis.