What is bloodletting therapy in traditional Chinese medicine? What role does bloodletting therapy have?

Chinese traditional bloodletting therapy is also called "acupuncture bloodletting therapy". It uses a triangular needle, a thick needle or a small sharp knife to pierce or cut the superficial vein of a specific point in the human body, releasing a small amount of blood, so that the internal heat toxin can leak out, thus achieving the method of treating diseases. It has the effects of relieving swelling and pain, expelling wind, relieving itching, inducing resuscitation, relieving fever, stopping vomiting and diarrhea, dredging channels and activating collaterals.

The emergence of acupuncture and bloodletting therapy can be traced back to the ancient stone age. At that time, people found in labor practice that bleeding on the affected area with a sharp stone-bian stone could treat some diseases. With the development of science, the pricking blood tool produced a metal needle, and later, according to the needs of medical practice, a "pre-needle" specially used for bloodletting treatment appeared.

The earliest written records of bloodletting therapy in traditional Chinese medicine can be found in Huangdi Neijing, such as "those who stab collaterals stab the blood vessels of small collaterals"; "Chen is removed and evil blood is also produced." It is clearly pointed out that pricking collaterals and bloodletting can treat madness, headache, rage, heat asthma, epistaxis and other diseases.

According to legend, Bian Que bled at Baihui point and cured Prince Guo's "corpse syncope"; Hua Tuo used acupuncture and bloodletting to treat Cao Cao's "head wind syndrome". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, acupuncture and bloodletting therapy has become one of the great methods of traditional medicine in China. According to New Tang Book, Tang Gaozong's "dizziness and blindness" was cured by bloodletting on his head. By the Song Dynasty, this method had been incorporated into the rhyme of acupuncture "Jade Dragon Fu". In the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Zhang's medical records about acupuncture in The Scholars were almost all about acupuncture and bloodletting to get the effect, and he thought that acupuncture and bloodletting was the fastest way to attack evil. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bloodletting had become very popular. Needles have also developed rapidly, and triangular needles are thick and thin, which is more suitable for clinical application. Yang Jizhou's "Acupuncture Dacheng" recorded the medical records of acupuncture and bloodletting in detail. Ye used acupuncture and bloodletting therapy to treat laryngeal diseases; Zhao Xuemin and Wu Shangxian collected many bloodletting therapies and compiled them into a series of exquisite versions and Li Long's parallel prose. In modern times, bloodletting therapy is still widely used, especially among the people. Its value is gradually recognized and accepted by people.

The operation methods of bloodletting therapy in traditional Chinese medicine are divided into: point needling (also known as quick needling); Picking (mostly used for bleeding behind the chest, back and ears); Slow needling (mostly used for bloodletting in superficial veins of elbow and popliteal fossa); Peripuncture (also known as scattered puncture. Puncture bleeding around skin diseases and other lesions) and so on. Strict tips in nursing: people with weak constitution, pregnant women and poor coagulation mechanism should not use this method. Emphasize that the technique should be steady, accurate and light, not too fierce and not too much bleeding. It can be seen that the application of bloodletting therapy in traditional Chinese medicine in nursing is strictly regulated!

(1) high fever and cooling: acupuncture at Dazhui and Xuan Shi points for bloodletting; (2) Sore throat: bleeding at Shaoshang point; (3) headache: pricking the temple to bleed; (4) heatstroke: bloodletting at Xuan Shi point; (5) Itching all over the body: tingling and bleeding in the posterior ear vein; (6) Neurodermatitis, erysipelas, carbuncle and furuncle scattered around the focus and bleeding in the corresponding parts; (7) Acute gastroenteritis: slowly acupuncture Qu Ze and Weizhong points and bloodletting. The list here is only to show that Chinese medicine "bloodletting" is exquisite. Please don't pretend to know and imitate without authorization!

Special note: In case of needle fainting in bloodletting therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, you should immediately help the patient lie flat, drink hot water, and pay attention to observe his complexion, pulse condition and blood pressure.

If the symptoms are serious, you must see a doctor for treatment! Especially non-professionals should not blindly apply "bloodletting therapy".