Fire needle acupuncture also known as fire needling is an acupuncture technique that involves quickly inserting a red hot needle into acupuncture points on the body.
[1] Deep insertions result in greater pain and other side effects.
[3] The technique has been used since ancient times, when it was called "puncturing with a red-hot needle".
[4][5] The method is based on Chinese medicinal belief of meridian.
Heated needles are applied on ashi points.