A professional who administers specific therapeutic treatment of symptoms and disorders amenable to acupuncture procedures, as specifically indicated by supervising physician. Responsibilities include:

• Reviews patient's medical history, physical findings, and diagnosis made by physician to ascertain symptoms or disorder to be treated.
• Selects needles of various lengths, according to location of insertion.
• Inserts needles at locations of body known to be efficacious to certain disorders, utilizing knowledge of acupuncture points and their functions.
• Leaves needles in patient for specific length of time, according to symptom or disorder treated, and removes needles.
• Burns bark of mugwort tree in small strainer to administer moxibustion treatment.
• Covers insertion area with cloth and rubs strainer over cloth to impart heat and assist in relieving patient's symptoms.