What are the side effects of acupuncture, cupping and bloodletting?

Cupping is a method of treating diseases in my country with a long history. There are many methods of cupping, and cupping is performed in different ways according to the patient's different conditions. Among them, acupuncture and cupping is a common health-preserving method. During the operation, the skin at the part that needs cupping will be stimulated, and then the skin at that part will be pierced with a needle before cupping. This method has many disease prevention and treatment effects, but some people worry about side effects.

Side effects of acupuncture and cupping

First , it is unhygienic. It is very easy to get bacterial infection when bleeding.

Second, if the amount of bloodletting is not properly controlled, it can easily cause anemia.

Third, equipment and instruments must be disinfected before they can be used. Since they are tools that are used repeatedly, they must be disinfected, otherwise they can easily be infected with viruses.

Acupuncture and cupping effects

Bloodletting to reduce fever

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that fever can be divided into Yang-excess fever and Yin-deficiency fever, and cupping and bloodletting are suitable for relieving Yang-excess fever. Because Yang Qi is strong, blood will inevitably be strong. Cupping and bloodletting can reduce the strong blood, thereby reducing the evil heat in the blood vessels and restoring the body's Qi and blood to normal.

Bleeding to relieve pain

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that diseases with internal pain symptoms must be caused by blockage in the meridians. Cupping and bloodletting can be used to treat the disease, which can directly bring out the stagnant pathogens in the meridians and adjust the blockage. Once the meridians are unblocked, the pain will be relieved. Sore throat, migraine and other symptoms can be treated by cupping and bloodletting.

Bloodletting to relieve fire

Internal disturbance of fire and heat can lead to a variety of symptoms, causing patients to experience sores in the mouth and tongue, swelling and pain in the limbs, irritability, fever and other symptoms. The method of cupping and bloodletting can stop the fire and heat and discharge it with the blood, which is suitable for the treatment of a variety of heat syndromes.

Bloodletting to reduce swelling and relieve pain

When the body's meridians are stagnant due to stagnation of qi and blood, swelling and pain will occur. Cupping and bloodletting can directly eliminate the stagnant qi, blood and pathogens in the local meridians, restore the smooth flow of the meridians, and achieve the purpose of reducing swelling and relieving pain.

Bloodletting to detoxify

When the body is in a pathological state, it cannot resist toxins due to its own dysfunction, which will lead to the generation of heat toxins in the body and symptoms such as sores, carbuncles and ulcers. Cupping and bloodletting can not only expel the toxins that have invaded the body with the blood, but also regulate blood and qi, restore the body's functions to normal, and inhibit the spread or recurrence of pathogens.

Bleeding to relieve itching

Itching symptoms on the skin are a manifestation of the presence of wind evil in the blood vessels. Therefore, Chinese medicine has the treatment principle of "treating the blood before treating the wind". Cupping and bloodletting can regulate blood and qi, promote the smooth flow of blood vessels, force the wind evil to dissipate, and achieve the effect of dispelling wind and relieving itching.