Specialized Chinese Medicine Treatment: Bloodletting Therapy

As the ancient saying goes, “one needle, two moxibustion, three medicine”. In ancient times, the traditional treatment of bloodletting is called “blood-prick therapy”, “blood-prick therapy”, and “blood-bleeding therapy”, commonly known as “blood-prick therapy” or “blood-prick therapy”. “or “pricking and bleeding therapy”. As early as two thousand years ago, the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine had a more extensive discussion. This is a unique acupuncture treatment method in Chinese medicine, which can play a role in unblocking the congested qi and blood in the meridians, “Wan Chen and remove it”. It has the functions of activating blood circulation, resolving blood stasis and eliminating Y, removing heat and detoxification, giving first aid and waking up the mind, relieving swelling and pain, and calming and opening the orifice. It is easy to operate, rapid therapeutic effect, often immediately up the disease, eliminate chronic diseases, receive unexpected results. Bloodletting is a unique acupuncture treatment that uses acupuncture techniques to remove blood stasis from the body by letting it flow out on its own or through cupping at specific meridian circulation sites. The “Acupuncture and Moxibustion” says: “The Qi and blood of human beings are stagnant and impassable, just like the water is stagnant and impassable. The water is impassable, the decision to make the flow in the lake and the sea, the qi and blood is impassable, the needle to make the circumference of the meridians. Stabbing and releasing blood can unblock the stagnant qi and blood in the meridians, coordinate the deficiency and reality, adjust the dysfunction of the internal organs, so that the pathological changes of qi stagnation and blood stasis can be restored to normal, thus playing a positive therapeutic role, this role, in the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” there are “pass its meridians, adjust its qi and blood”, “adjust the deficiency and reality “This effect is recorded in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine. The effect of bloodletting is mainly achieved by adjusting yin and yang, unblocking the meridians and helping to dispel evil. It is more effective if combined with acupuncture. Since our department started the treatment of blood thrusting with acupuncture, we have treated many kinds of eye diseases (such as eye diseases caused by endocrine diseases, eyelid spasm, acute and chronic conjunctivitis, wheals, etc.), cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, various limb joint pains (such as: drop pillow, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, wrist arthritis, knee arthritis, ankle injury, etc.), migraine, facial palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, sequelae of cerebrovascular accidents, many (e.g. eczema, psoriasis, neurodermatitis, chronic urticaria, acne, freckles, chloasma, etc.) and many other diseases have achieved remarkable results. (A) will the stabbing and bloodletting treatment affect the health of the body? 1.Bloodletting therapy does not affect health. On the contrary, it is beneficial and harmless to human health. After the blood stasis is removed, the qi and blood in the meridians will flow smoothly, and the diseases in the human body will disappear naturally. Ling Shu? In the “Nine Needles and Twelve Principles”, it is said that “Wan Chen is removed”, and in the “Su Wen? Yin Yang Ying Xiang Da Lun said, “Blood should be resolved. 2. How to distinguish fresh blood from stagnant blood? Fresh blood will coagulate only after the temperature drops, which is different from stagnant blood. Fresh blood coagulates only after the temperature drops, but stasis blood is sticky and jelly-like when it comes out, and coagulates instantly when it is discharged. 3, how much bleeding is appropriate for the needling of blood? Ancient books record that “bleeding like soybeans” and “slight bleeding”. This is a small amount of bleeding; “bleeding full bucket”, the bucket is an ancient wine vessel, this is a large amount of bleeding. Wang Mengying, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, performed bloodletting by acupuncture, and the bleeding volume was relatively large, often “surplus buckets and liters”, which was very amazing. The bleeding volume of modern acupuncture and bloodletting treatment is generally determined by the condition, the bleeding volume should be more, about 30-100 ml, the effect is better; weak patients, the bleeding volume should be less, a few ml can be. A healthy adult, the total amount of blood is about 8~9% of body weight. A person who weighs 60 kg has a total blood volume of about 4.8 kg (equal to about 4800 ml), and most of it is water. A blood loss of up to 10% at a time (e.g. 300~400 ml at a time for a person weighing 60 kg) has no significant impact on health. In the case of bloodletting treatment by pricking, the amount of bleeding is only 30~100 ml, which is about 6‰~2% of body weight, which is not affecting the health at all. The blood water and inorganic salts lost in this blood loss range can be completely replenished within 1~2 hours due to the infiltration of tissue fluid into the blood vessels. On the contrary, the small amount of bleeding during bloodletting treatment stimulates the hematopoietic function of bone marrow and increases the number of young red blood cells in the circulation, while the metabolic activity of young red blood cells is more vigorous, so it can improve the health of the body. (2) Is bloodletting the same as drawing blood directly from a vein? The fresh blood flowing in the veins is not the same as the stagnant blood that does not flow in the meridians. The blood drawn from the veins is the healthy blood of the body, not the non-flowing stagnant blood in the meridians, so it does not have the effect of treating diseases. (3) Is bloodletting safe? Only a very small number of people do not know enough about the treatment of bloodletting, and they are afraid of the idea and become dizzy. As Guan Gong scrape the bones to heal the poison, the face will not change” (Acupuncture and Moxibustion Dacheng). (4) What is the therapeutic response of bloodletting? There are generally two kinds of reactions after bloodletting treatment: one is that the patient feels relaxed immediately after bloodletting, and the pain is lost; for example, dizziness and headache can disappear immediately, those with back and leg pain can walk naturally, and sore eyes or photophobia and sweating can be reduced or disappeared immediately. Another reaction is that the symptoms are temporarily aggravated after the blood prick, and usually disappear after three or four days of temporary relief. There are also some patients with general tiredness and weakness, dizziness, lightheadedness, thirst, drowsiness, etc. After the blood pricking treatment, the effect is often remarkable. (E) How to arrange the time of bloodletting treatment? The time of bloodletting treatment should be determined according to the condition and the patient’s physical strength. Chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, chronic back and leg pain, epilepsy, cerebrovascular accident sequelae, etc., can be treated at intervals of 1~2 weeks. If the efficacy is not obvious and the patient is physically stronger, the number of needling and bloodletting can be increased appropriately for one or two times. Acute diseases such as mental coma, schizophrenia mania, etc., can be continuous prick blood one or two times, when the condition improves, the appropriate extension of the treatment interval. Most patients have obvious effects after one to three times of acupuncture and bloodletting treatment, and some patients need six to eight times of acupuncture and bloodletting treatment to see the effect. The number of treatments, how long the course of treatment, how long the interval between each prick blood treatment, etc., should listen to the doctor’s arrangements, do not because of acupuncture and bloodletting treatment one or two times, the effect is not obvious, it is easy to interrupt the treatment.