How do they match: Acupuncturists

  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Analyze physical findings and medical histories to make diagnoses according to Oriental medicine traditions.
  • Assess patients' general physical appearance to make diagnoses.
  • Collect medical histories and general health and lifestyle information from patients.
  • Consider Western medical procedures in health assessment, health care team communication, and care referrals.
  • Develop individual treatment plans and strategies.
  • Dispense herbal formulas and inform patients of dosages and frequencies, treatment duration, possible side effects, and drug interactions.
  • Educate patients on topics, such as meditation, ergonomics, stretching, exercise, nutrition, the healing process, breathing, or relaxation techniques.
  • Evaluate treatment outcomes and recommend new or altered treatments as necessary to further promote, restore, or maintain health.
  • Formulate herbal preparations to treat conditions considering herbal properties, such as taste, toxicity, effects of preparation, contraindications, and incompatibilities.
  • Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients' anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments, such as intradermal needles, moxibustion, electricity, guasha, or bleeding.
  • Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment.
  • Maintain detailed and complete records of health care plans and prognoses.

  • Treat patients using alternative medical procedures.
  • Treat patients using physical therapy techniques.
  • Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.
  • Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
  • Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
  • Evaluate treatment options to guide medical decisions.
  • Evaluate patient outcomes to determine effectiveness of treatments.
  • Follow protocols or regulations for healthcare activities.
  • Prescribe treatments or therapies.