To provide a needle tube for acupuncture needles by improving workability and quality in the manufacturing process of disposal acupuncture needles, and improving availability when the disposal needle is used for treatment, having good usability after treatment.

A needle tube 1 and a needle shaft 3 are united as one in an acupuncture needle, and the cross-section shape of the needle tube is polygonal shape having a concentric outer diameter composed of at least three lines and the inner diameter having a cylindrical shape or a polygonal shape composed of at least three lines, and it forms a plurality of flat surfaces and square columns, and they are used to vary manufacturing equipment and operation conditions, and the adequate method is chosen among the diversity and the method has good availability and usability in the treatment.