The advantages and disadvantages of acupuncture bloodletting

Acupuncture and bloodletting is a relatively traditional treatment method. It has a good antipyretic effect, analgesic effect, a certain detoxification effect, and has the effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. However, if this bloodletting therapy is to be carried out, it must be carried out in a regular Chinese medicine hospital. Because if this bloodletting therapy is used improperly, it may lead to infection and may cause excessive bleeding, which is a relatively serious health hazard.

Benefits of bloodletting with acupuncture

1. Antipyretic effect According to traditional Chinese medicine, there are two main types of fever: one is Yang excess fever and the other is Yin deficiency fever. The antipyretic effect of bloodletting applies to the former. Because abundant Yang Qi will inevitably lead to abundant blood, bloodletting can reduce the abundance of blood, thereby reducing the evil heat in the blood vessels and allowing the body's Qi and blood to return to normal. 2. Analgesic effect "If the meridians are unobstructed, there will be no pain" and "If there is pain, there will be blockages" means that for diseases with internal pain symptoms, there must be blockages in the meridians. Bloodletting therapy can directly bring out the pathogenic factors that are stagnant in the meridians and adjust the blocked situation. Once the meridians are unblocked, the pain can be stopped immediately. In clinical practice, many acute diseases, such as sore throat and migraine, can be treated with bloodletting therapy, which can quickly produce good results.

3. Detoxification effect The detoxification effect mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine refers to the symptoms that appear when the body is unable to resist the toxic evil due to its own dysfunction under pathological conditions, such as "red silk carbuncle" caused by excessive toxic fire, and sores, carbuncles and ulcers caused by the infiltration of toxic evil. Bloodletting can not only expel the toxins that have invaded the body with the blood, but more importantly, it can restore the body's functions to normal through the effect of "regulating blood and regulating qi", thereby inhibiting the spread and regeneration of pathogens. 4. Fire-purging effect Traditional Chinese medicine believes that internal disturbance of fire and heat can cause a variety of diseases, which are often manifested as restlessness, mouth sores, limb pain and swelling, irritability, and even fever, coma, delirium and other symptoms. Bloodletting therapy can directly discharge the heat and fire evil with the blood, and is suitable for a variety of heat syndromes. 5. Anti-swelling effect Swelling and pain are mostly caused by stagnation of Qi and blood, which causes stagnation of meridians. Bloodletting can directly eliminate the stagnant qi and blood and pathogens in the local meridians, promote the smooth flow of meridians, and thus achieve the purpose of reducing swelling. 6. Antipruritic effect Itch is a manifestation of the presence of wind evil in the blood vessels, so there is a treatment principle of "treating wind by first treating the blood, and when the blood circulates, the wind will disappear by itself". Bloodletting is to regulate blood and qi, so that the blood vessels can flow smoothly and the wind evil has no place to stay, thus achieving the effect of dispelling wind and relieving itching.

Disadvantages of bloodletting therapy in traditional Chinese medicine

1: First, explain the situation to the patient and eliminate unnecessary concerns. 2: Bloodletting needles must be strictly disinfected to prevent infection. 3: When performing acupuncture bloodletting, you should be careful not to insert the needle too deep and the wound should not be too large to avoid damaging other tissues. When cutting a blood vessel, it is best to just cut it, not cut it. 4: Generally, the amount of bloodletting is about 5 drops, and it is advisable to do it once a day or every 2 days. If the amount of bloodletting is large, it should not be done more than 2 times a week. One course of treatment is 1 to 3 times. If the bleeding is difficult to stop, apply pressure to stop the bleeding. 5: If this therapy is only used for symptomatic emergency treatment, a comprehensive examination should be conducted after the condition has improved before treatment. Bloodletting should never be abused.

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