Is acupuncture and bloodletting useful for emergency treatment of cerebral hemorrhage?

After the onset of cerebral hemorrhage, five minutes is the best treatment time. A prescription for emergency acupuncture and bloodletting treatment of cerebral hemorrhage has been circulated in WeChat Moments. The effect of this treatment may be very good, but for ordinary people, it is impossible to carry out such treatment because they do not have professional medical knowledge. In addition, this kind of acupuncture and bloodletting treatment method is too exaggerated.

Is acupuncture and bloodletting useful for emergency treatment of cerebral hemorrhage?

A few days ago, a post saying “Don’t keep this method that can save lives to yourself” went viral on WeChat Moments, Weibo and other platforms. The post reads: When suffering from hemiplegia, heart disease, asthma and epilepsy, just use a sewing needle to prick the patient's earlobe, nose tip, toe tip, philtrum and other parts, squeeze out one or two drops of blood, and the patient can be cured immediately without leaving any sequelae.

In this regard, relevant experts said that acupuncture and bloodletting is a very common clinical treatment method. When the human body shows symptoms of shock or high fever, acupuncture and bloodletting therapy can be used for first aid. Symptoms can be relieved by stimulating acupoints, but this needs to be performed under the guidance of a professional doctor.

The claims about the efficacy of acupuncture and bloodletting circulating on the Internet are too exaggerated. Traditional Chinese medicine has the practice of pricking the Ren Zhong, Nei Guan, He Gu, Shi Xuan and other acupoints to promote awakening, but it is rare to hear of pricking the earlobes, toes and nose tips. Doctors also never encourage people who do not have acupuncture skills to give themselves acupuncture. "The acupuncture points may not be found accurately, and the needles used for acupuncture and sewing needles are completely different. Their hygiene conditions also need to be considered."

Non-professionals are not allowed to pierce

Experts say: The causes of diseases are very complex. It is not the case that you can achieve emergency treatment by simply pricking acupuncture points and letting some blood flow. Traditional Chinese medicine mainly treats diseases through syndrome differentiation and treatment. For the same disease, due to different pathogenesis, doctors will choose different acupuncture points according to the condition. Individuals who have not received professional training should never give injections to emergency patients at will, otherwise it will delay the condition of the disease. When encountering a sudden illness, you should call 120 immediately and go to the hospital for treatment.