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Deqi  refers to the special sensation and reaction sensed mainly by both acupuncturist and patient when a needle was inserted into the acupoints and is considered to be vital to achieve acupuncture effect. For acupuncturist, it is important to judge and control  Deqi  in clinical practice. However, enough attention is paid to patients' feelings rather than acupuncturists' nowadays. We thus conducted this survey to determine acupuncturists' perspectives about  Deqi  and to further find the proper way to induce  Deqi . A total of 250 questionnaires were sent out to acupuncturists and 202 (80.8%) were returned. According to the results, most acupuncturists believe that  Deqi  is vital to obtain preferable clinical effects. The reliability of acupuncturists'  Deqi  sensation ranks as sinking> tightening> astringent. The reliability of patients'  Deqi  sensations ranks as sourness> numbness> distention> heaviness> pain. The reliability of influential factors ranks as manipulation> specificity of acupoint> TCM constitution> disease status> patient's psychological condition> acupuncturists' psychological guidance> clinical environment. This study is believed to provide additional evidence to the qualitative and quantitative research of  Deqi  in the future.

A Survey of the Practice and Perspectives of Chinese Acupuncturists onDeqi