What is bloodletting therapy in Chinese medicine? What is the effect of bloodletting therapy?

The bloodletting therapy of traditional Chinese medicine is also called "acupuncture bloodletting therapy". It is a method of treating diseases by puncturing or cutting the superficial veins at specific points of the human body with three-pronged needles, thick millimetre needles or small sharp knives, and releasing a small amount of blood in order to excrete heat and poison from the inside. It has the efficacy of reducing swelling and relieving pain, dispelling wind and relieving itching, opening up and draining heat, suppressing vomiting and stopping diarrhea, and activating the meridians and collaterals.

The emergence of acupuncture bloodletting therapy can be traced back to the ancient Stone Age. At that time, people found in the labor practice with sharp stone - stone, acupuncture in the affected part of the bloodletting, can treat some diseases. Acupuncture tools with the development of science, produced a metal needle, and later, according to the needs of medical practice, appeared specifically for bloodletting treatment of "sharp needle".

The earliest written records of bloodletting therapy in Chinese medicine can be found in the "Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine", such as "the stabbing of the Luo, stabbing the small Luo of the blood veins"; "Ivana Chen in addition to, out of the evil blood". And clearly put forward stabbing bloodletting can treat epilepsy, headache, mumps, fever, epistaxis and other diseases.

According to legend, Bian Magpie cured Prince Guo's "corpse syncope" by bloodletting at the Baihui point; Hua Tuo used acupuncture and bloodletting to treat Cao Cao's "head wind disease". During the Tang and Song dynasties, acupuncture bloodletting therapy has become one of the major methods of traditional Chinese medicine. The New Book of the Tang Dynasty recorded that the imperial physician of the Tang Dynasty cured Emperor Gaozong of Tang's "dizziness and inability to see" by blood-letting from the top of the head. In the Song Dynasty, this method has been compiled into the acupuncture and moxibustion song "Yulongfu". In the Jin-Yuan period, Zhang Zi and in the "RuMenShiJin" in the acupuncture and moxibustion medical case, almost all needle bloodletting to get the effect, and think that the needle bloodletting, attack the evil most quickly. Derivation to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bloodletting has been very popular. Needle development is also very fast, three-pronged needle has been divided into thick, thin two, more suitable for clinical application. Yang Jizhou "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Dacheng" recorded in detail the cases of acupuncture and bloodletting; Ye Tianshi cured laryngeal diseases with acupuncture and bloodletting; Zhao Xuemin and Wu Shangxian collected many bloodletting therapies and compiled them into "Skewers outside the elegant" and "Li Bo Eunuchs". In recent times, bloodletting therapy is still widely used, especially in folklore. Its value is gradually recognized and accepted.

The operation of bloodletting therapy in Chinese medicine is divided into the following methods: puncture (also known as quick puncture); pick puncture (mostly used for bloodletting on the chest and back and behind the ears); slow puncture (mostly used for bloodletting of superficial veins at the elbow and popliteal fossa); and circumcision (also known as scattered puncture.). Used for skin diseases and other lesions around the puncture bleeding) and so on. Strict tips in nursing: weak, pregnant women and poor coagulation mechanism does not use this method. It is especially emphasized that the technique should be stable, accurate and light, and should not be too violent, and the bloodletting should not be too much. It can be seen that the application of bloodletting therapy in Chinese medicine in nursing is strictly regulated!

(1) high fever and cooling: large vertebrae, ten Xuan puncture bloodletting; (2) sore throat: Shaoshang acupoint puncture bloodletting; (3) headache: solar plexus puncture bloodletting; (4) heatstroke: ten Xuan acupoint puncture bloodletting; (5) generalized scratching: postauricular vein puncture bloodletting; (6) neurodermatitis, dengteng, carbuncle in the foci around the corresponding site of the scattered puncture bloodletting; (7) acute gastroenteritis: Quzhe, commissioning the middle. (7) Acute gastroenteritis: bloodletting by slow stabbing at Quze and Zhenzhong points. The list here is only to illustrate that "bloodletting" in traditional Chinese medicine is a delicate matter. Please do not pretend to know, unauthorized imitation!

Special note: Chinese medicine bloodletting therapy operation process once the phenomenon of fainting needle, should immediately help the patient lying down, drink hot water, and pay attention to observe the color, pulse, blood pressure.

For those with severe symptoms, be sure to ask your doctor to deal with them! Non-professionals should not blindly apply "bloodletting therapy".