Can high blood pressure be cured by bloodletting?

Patients with hypertension cannot be cured of hypertension by bloodletting. Hypertension is a chronic disease in clinical practice and needs to be treated with long-term regular medication. In Chinese medicine, bloodletting therapy refers to the release of blood through specific acupuncture points to assist in lowering blood pressure. This treatment will play a certain regulatory role for some patients with hypertension, but it is not able to cure hypertension. In general, bloodletting therapy is more effective for patients with TCM diagnosis of hyperactivity of liver yang and blood stasis blockage. The common symptoms of patients with hyperactivity of liver yang include dizziness, dizziness and tinnitus, redness of the face and eyes, irritability, insomnia and dreaminess, soreness of the waist and knees, heavy head and light feet, and red tongue coating. Bloodletting therapy is suitable for patients with mild to moderate hypertension, such as grade 1 and 2 hypertension. Grade 2 hypertension, i.e., blood pressure <160 mmHg, is effective when bloodletting can assist in lowering blood pressure. However, for grade 3 hypertension, such as blood pressure has reached 180mmHg or above, bloodletting therapy is generally not recommended. It is recommended that patients with hypertension should pay attention to a low-salt, low-fat diet, control weight in the normal range, regular rest and rest, quit smoking and drinking, appropriate aerobic exercise, and at the same time with Chinese medicine, Western medicine oral antihypertensive drugs, such as clinical common five categories of drugs, commonly used calcium ion antagonist our Fuda, ACEI class Enalapril, diuretic antihypertensive drug Shoubishan, ARB class Kosua and other combined drug therapy to achieve the purpose of lowering blood pressure The purpose is not to treat hypertension through bloodletting therapy alone.