What is bloodletting therapy in Chinese medicine? What effect does bloodletting therapy have?

bloodletting therapy in traditional medicine in China is also called "acupuncture bloodletting therapy". It is a method to treat diseases by puncturing or cutting the superficial veins of specific acupoints of human body with a triangular needle, a thick needle or a small sharp knife, and releasing a small amount of blood to leak the inherent heat toxin. It has the effects of relieving swelling and pain, expelling wind, relieving itching, inducing resuscitation, relieving fever, relieving vomiting and diarrhea, dredging channels and activating collaterals.

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

The earliest written records of bloodletting therapy in Chinese medicine can be found in Huangdi Neijing, such as "those who puncture collaterals puncture the blood vessels of small collaterals"; "Chen is removed, and evil blood is also produced." It is clearly pointed out that pricking collaterals and bloodletting can treat madness, headache, sudden anger, heat asthma, epistaxis and other diseases.

It is said that Bian Que bled at Baihui point to cure Prince Guo's "corpse syncope"; Hua Tuo used acupuncture and bloodletting to treat Cao Cao's "head wind syndrome". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, acupuncture bloodletting therapy has become one of the great methods of traditional Chinese medicine. The Book of the New Tang Dynasty records that Tang Gaozong's "dizziness can't be seen" was cured by bloodletting on the top of his head. In the Song Dynasty, this method has been incorporated into the acupuncture rhyme "Jade Dragon Fu". In the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Zhang Zihe's medical records of acupuncture in Confucianism were almost all acupuncture and bloodletting to get results, and he thought that acupuncture and bloodletting were the quickest way to attack evil. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bloodletting had become very popular. Needles have also developed rapidly, and triangular needles have been divided into thick and thin ones, which are more suitable for clinical application. Yang Jizhou's Acupuncture and Moxibustion Dacheng recorded the medical records of acupuncture and bloodletting in detail. Ye Tianshi used acupuncture and bloodletting therapy to cure laryngeal diseases; Zhao Xuemin and Wu Shangxian collected many bloodletting therapies and compiled them into Series of Elegant Editions and Li Long Parallel Prose. In modern times, bloodletting therapy is still widely used, especially among the people. Its value is gradually recognized and accepted by people.

the operation methods of bloodletting therapy in traditional Chinese medicine are divided into: point needling (also called quick needling); Picking (mostly used for bleeding in the chest, back and behind the ears); Slow needling (mostly used for bloodletting in superficial veins of elbow and popliteal fossa); Peripuncture (also known as scattered puncture. For skin diseases and other lesions around the puncture bleeding) and so on. Strict tips in nursing: weak constitution, pregnant women and people with poor coagulation mechanism do not use this method. It is emphasized that the technique should be steady, accurate and light, not too fierce, and the bleeding should not be too much. It can be seen that the application of bloodletting therapy in traditional Chinese medicine in nursing is strictly regulated!

(1) high fever to reduce temperature: puncture at Dazhui and Shixuan points to bleed; (2) sore throat: pricking Shaoshang point to bleed; (3) Headache: bloodletting by pricking the temple; (4) Heatstroke: bloodletting at Shixuan point; (5) Itching all over the body: pricking and bleeding in the posterior ear vein; (6) Neurodermatitis, erysipelas, carbuncle and furuncle scattered around the focus and the corresponding parts to bleed; (7) Acute gastroenteritis: Qu Ze and Weizhong points were slowly pricked and bled. What is listed here is only to illustrate that Chinese medicine "bloodletting" is exquisite. Please don't pretend to know, imitate without authorization!

Special note: In the event of needle fainting during bloodletting therapy in traditional Chinese medicine, you should immediately help the patient lie flat, drink hot water, and pay attention to observing his complexion, pulse condition and blood pressure.

for those with severe symptoms, please consult a doctor! In particular, non-professionals should not blindly apply "bloodletting therapy".