Can acupuncture cure varicose veins?

  The answer is no. Do not believe in pseudoscience, some TV stations convene so-called experts and famous figures without medical background in the name of health care in order to increase the ratings, explaining the omnipotent efficacy of massage and gua sha, it is necessary to point out that the situation of saphenous varicose vein patients will be complicated after massage or even gua sha, we have met patients who have developed serious thrombophlebitis after massage or even gua sha. The varicose lesioned veins are damaged after violent treatment, accelerating the occurrence of traumatic phlebitis, and in serious cases there is a fatal risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. What’s more, some herbalists claim and use bloodletting therapy to treat saphenous varicose veins, which has been reported in newspapers and seriously criticized as ignorant and foolish, here it is clearly pointed out that bloodletting therapy for varicose veins is wrong and may lead to hemorrhagic shock and life threatening. Untreated saphenous varicose veins are not fatal, but excessive or improper bloodletting can be life-threatening.  Acupuncture, bloodletting therapy and gua sha are unlikely to cure varicose veins, rather they will delay their treatment, aggravate and worsen them. Individuals feel as if they are better, but this is an illusion and definitely not a cure. These methods are ancient measures, which have long been proven to be wrong and undesirable by today’s science.