What’s wrong with bruises from acupuncture?

Bruising after acupuncture is a common clinical phenomenon, generally suggesting subcutaneous bleeding. The surface of the human body is very rich in capillaries, needling inevitably touch or puncture capillaries, and subcutaneous bleeding, clinical doctors have tried to take measures to prevent such a situation, such as routine examination of coagulation function before the operation, to understand the patient’s coagulation function is normal or not, try to avoid the venous blood vessels when needling, use cotton swabs or dry cotton balls after needling to press the acupoints, physical compression to stop bleeding, to avoid the occurrence of subcutaneous bleeding, if after the above treatment still occurs, ice packs can be applied within 24 hours to stop bleeding, ice pack time is about 15 minutes. If subcutaneous bleeding still occurs after the above treatment, ice packs can be applied within 24 hours to stop bleeding, the ice time is about 15 minutes, and hot packs can be applied after 24 hours, and subcutaneous bruising can be dissipated in about 1 week.