What types of needles can you buy at Novasan?

Needles according to material:

• Copper acupuncture needles
• Silver-plated acupuncture needles: Silver needles are associated with the Inn effect and sedation properties.
• Gold-plated needles: Gold-plated needles are associated with Yang properties and have tonifying effects.
• Steel needles: Used to practice techniques such as acutotherapy or auriculotherapy.

Needles according to handle type

• Plastic-handled needles: Widely used in cosmetic acupuncture and, depending on the size, also for small animal veterinary acupuncture.
• Chinese-handled needles: With a twisted handle and a head. They are usually inserted deeper and into larger areas.
• Korean handle needles: With a braided handle and without a head, used with injectors and also in dry needling and EPI (percutaneous tissue electrolysis) treatments.
• Japanese handle needles: Their rigid steel handle provides rigidity and stability to make them easier to manipulate.

Do you know all the ways to buy acupuncture needles at Novasan?

Now that we've seen which needles you can buy at Novasan, we'll explain the different ways you can find them on our website:

Search: If we have a more general idea of what we're looking for, we can simply type it into the search engine. For example, acupuncture needles or dry needling needles.

SKU Lookup: On the home page, look for the "Sku Lookup" option and click. In the text field, enter the reference of the needle you want to buy, select the quantity, and click "add." Some needles have different prices based on certain sizes. In this case, the drop-down menus where we select length and diameter will indicate which sizes have a higher cost.

Filter: Below the description of each category, we'll find these drop-down menus. Select the appropriate option for each category. The selectable filters are as follows:

• Diameter (mm)
• Length (mm)
• Guide: If we want needles with a guide, needles without a guide or needles with a self-applied guide.
• Handle Type: We have acupuncture needles with Chinese handle, Japanese handle, Korean handle and plastic handle.
• Material: You can buy acupuncture needles made of silver, gold plated, copper or stainless steel.
• Format: Find the needles you need in the format that suits you best.

Grid: When purchasing needles at Novasan, we must use the matrix to select the desired size. Once we've chosen the type of needle, we search the matrix for the desired size and write the quantity we're going to buy in the boxes. If the boxes show an "ND," it means that size is not available. If the box shows an "A," it means it's out of stock. If the box has an orange stripe, it means it's a size on sale.

These are all the ways to purchase needles at Novasan. Did you know them all?

• If you want more information about the acupuncture needles you can find at Novasan, you can read this article.
• And if you want to learn more about the different acupuncture needles and their uses, you can watch this webinar.