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Shila Mathew, MD

Board Certified Psychiatrist, Medical Acupuncture, Integrative Medicine

Medical Acupuncture Consent Form

Diagnosis and Treatment Consent

I, the undersigned, do hereby give my voluntary consent for the administration of medical acupuncture, dry needling acupuncture techniques and other relevant Chinese medical therapies.

Acupuncture and the dry needling technique have been explained to me as a medical treatment performed by the insertion of special sterilized fine needles with or without the application of electrical stimulation through the skin into the underlying tissues and muscles at specific points on the body for the purpose of alleviating pain and treating other clinical conditions.

Ancillary techniques of acupuncture may include one or more of the following:

  • Moxibustion -whereby herbal heat is applied to specific acupuncture points

  • Cupping- whereby suction cups are applied to specific points on the body or motion suction cups

  • Electro-acupuncture- whereby the needles are electrically stimulating at various high frequencies to cause relaxation of the muscles and analgesia of the area of pain involved.

I have been made aware of the possibility of complications which may result from these procedures. These include infection (rare), bruising and bleeding into the tissues, pain and discomfort, weakness, tiredness, fainting, nausea, aggravation of existing symptoms for a short time, etc.

I state that I do not have the following conditions:

• Pregnancy
• Bleeding disorders
• Pacemaker
• Local infections
• Anticoagulants

If I have any of the above conditions, I have listed them here: -------------------------------------------

 

I hereby certify that I have understood the above authorization and the risks involved. All relevant questions which I have asked have been answered.

Patient Name: (print) ---------------------- Witness Name (print) -------------------------
Patient Signature --------------------------- Witness Signature -----------------------------
Date ---------------------------------------  



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