Bloodletting can be used to treat a wide range of diseases, ranging from colds and fevers to headaches and fever, to acute and severe diseases. Frequent use of bloodletting will have a dramatic effect. Origin The origin of this therapy can be traced back to the ancient Stone Age. At that time, people discovered in labor practice that certain diseases could be treated by using sharp stones, Bianstone, to prick the affected area and draw blood. With the development of science, metal needles were produced as tools for acupuncture. Later, according to the needs of medical practice, "sharp needles" specially used for bloodletting treatment appeared. The earliest written record of this therapy can be found in the "Huangdi Neijing", such as "the one who pricks the collaterals is to prick the blood vessels of the small collaterals"; "the one who pricks the collaterals is to remove them, and bad blood will come out". It is also clearly stated that bloodletting can treat insanity, headache, violent fits, heat-induced asthma, epistaxis and other diseases. According to legend, Bian Que cured Prince Guo's "corpse syndrome" by bleeding at Baihui point, and Hua Tuo used acupuncture and bloodletting to cure Cao Cao's "head wind syndrome". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, this therapy became one of the major methods of traditional Chinese medicine. "New Book of Tang" records: The imperial doctor of the Tang Dynasty cured Tang Gaozong's "vertigo and blindness" by using bloodletting from the top of his head. In the Song Dynasty, this method was incorporated into the acupuncture formula "Jade Dragon Fu". During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Zhang Zihe's acupuncture medical records in "Confucian Affairs" almost all used acupuncture and bloodletting to obtain results, and he believed that acupuncture and bloodletting were the fastest way to attack evil spirits. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bloodletting had become very popular in treating diseases, and needles developed rapidly. Three-edged needles were divided into thick and thin, which were more suitable for clinical application. Yang Jizhou's "Acupuncture Dacheng" recorded the medical records of acupuncture and bloodletting in more detail; Ye Tianshi used this therapy to cure laryngeal diseases; Zhao Xuemin and Wu Shangxian collected many bloodletting therapies and compiled them into "Cuan Ya Waibian" and "Li Zun Parallel Prose". In modern times, bloodletting therapy is still widely used, especially among the people. Its value is gradually recognized and accepted by people. Bloodletting treats various diseases. The most common treatment for bloodletting when asked about bloodletting is the treatment of blood stasis, acne, and skin diseases. Today I will systematically talk about bloodletting treatment here. ·Use cases: Some blood stasis and cold syndrome, paralysis, atrophy, waist disease, sciatica, headache, eye pain, blood clots, adolescent acne, psoriasis, eczema, etc. can be treated with this method. I have many clinical treatments. For this patient, this method is reliable and effective. ·Treatment method 1. Bleeding site: For headaches, choose Dazhui and Taiyang acupoints. Dazhui pricks 3-5 needles with a three-edged needle and puts it on the can. About 5-10 ml of bleeding will occur. Bleed the temple, prick 2-3 needles, and apply a can. The bleeding will be about 2-5 ml. Prick the tip of the ear and squeeze out 5-10 drops of blood. This kind of bloodletting is suitable for headaches, eye diseases, colds and fevers. For detailed bloodletting treatment cases, this blog has such articles. 2. For children with sore throat, Shaoshang and Shangyang can be bled. Pinch your fingertips, prick quickly, and squeeze out about 5 drops of blood. Can be used for fever and sore throat. 3. Bloodletting and acupoint selection for the treatment of waist disease: Weizhong, mainly looking at the blood collaterals, pricking on the blood collaterals, and then applying cans. Most patients will bleed about 50 ml. At Yaoyangguan, prick 3-5 times, and the upper tank will bleed about 10-20 ml. Suitable for back problems and sciatica. 4. For some diseases such as blood stasis and cold syndrome, paralysis, atrophy, thrombosis, adolescent acne, psoriasis, eczema and other diseases, blood should be bled in multiple places and treated differently according to different situations. Generally, after bleeding, the effect will be judged. If the blood is effective once, there is no need for the second or third time. If the amount of blood bleeding is very large in one time, then you have to wait 10 or 15 days for the second time. If the amount of bleeding is not large, then it can be done in three days or Bloodletting is performed once a week. The number of days between bloodletting must be determined based on the patient's improvement. The main site for bloodletting is the Full Taiyang Bladder Meridian. This is my clinical experience. Generally speaking, I believe that the Full Taiyang Bladder Meridian is the largest detoxification channel in the human body. If this part is opened, the symptoms of all diseases will be alleviated accordingly. Acupoint selection: Dazhui, Dashu (bilateral), Feishu (bilateral), Xinshu (bilateral), Ganshu (bilateral), Weishu (bilateral), Shenshu (bilateral) plus the tip of the ear, The bloodletting method is the same as above. If there are skin diseases, Quze and Xuehai should be added. Method: Apply points on Dazhui and Dashu (bilateral), Feishu (bilateral), Xinshu (bilateral), Ganshu (bilateral), Weishu (bilateral), Shenshu (bilateral) points Inject 3-5 needles, then apply the cupping, and cup the cup until no blood flows out. During this cupping period, apply the cup several times to observe the amount of bleeding. Usually after I pull it out three times, there will be no more fresh blood flowing out. During the acupuncture process, if it is convenient for the patient to be treated, he or she can select a few less sites and treat them in stages to avoid too many needles being applied at one time and the patient cannot bear it. If the treatment is inconvenient, try to treat them at one time to avoid others running away. Running back and forth, wasting time. ·Precautions: Some patients ask how many days it is best to bleed once, but this still depends on the amount of bleeding. A large amount of bleeding is about 100 ml, and it can be done once every 10-15 days. If it is less than 50 ml, it can be taken once a week; if it is less than 30 ml, it can be taken once every 3-5 days. If family members help with the operation and treatment is convenient, treatment can be done in stages and in batches. There is another saying that bloodletting is a method of treating diseases that has long been eliminated by traditional Chinese medicine. From the perspective of physical medicine, bloodletting is at most helpful for high blood pressure and excessive blood viscosity, and some doctors have re- There is some suspicion in using bloodletting to treat diseases.
Commonly used acupoints and their functions Taiyang: Mainly treats headaches, red and swollen eyes; Shangxing: Mainly treats headaches, eye pain, epistaxis, and fever; Shuigou: Mainly treats epilepsy, infantile convulsions, stroke coma, heat stroke, crooked mouth and eyes, and trismus. , acute lumbar sprain; Gingival intercourse: mainly treats gum swelling and pain; Mainland Cang: mainly treats facial paralysis; Jinjin, Yuye: mainly treats aphtha, tongue swelling, vomiting; Shixuan: mainly treats coma, epilepsy, hysteria, lactation, infantile convulsions, heatstroke ; Si Sui: Mainly treats malnutrition and whooping cough in children; Ba Xie: Mainly treats dysphoria, eye pain, and finger swelling and pain caused by poisonous snake bites; Quze: Mainly treats dysphoria, stomach pain, and vomiting; Shaoshang: Mainly treats acute throat swelling and pain, acute tonsils Swelling, epistaxis, fever, and coma; Shang Yang: Indications for acute sore throat, toothache, numbness of fingers, and coma; Weizhong: Indications for abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, low back pain (effective for acute lumbar sprain), and erysipelas; Eight Winds: Indications Athlete's foot, toe pain, venomous snake bites and swelling and pain in the soles of the feet. Treatment of symptoms 1. Parts of bloodletting: For headaches, choose Dazhui and Taiyang acupoints. Dazhui pricks 3-5 needles with a three-edged needle and puts it on the can. About 5-10 ml of bleeding occurs. Bleed the temple, prick 2-3 needles, and apply a can. The bleeding will be about 2-5 ml. Prick the tip of the ear and squeeze out 5-10 drops of bloodletting therapy solution. This kind of bloodletting is suitable for headaches, eye diseases, colds and fevers. 2. For children with sore throat, Shaoshang and Shangyang can be bled. Pinch your fingertips, prick quickly, and squeeze out about 5 drops of blood. Can be used for fever and sore throat. 3. Bloodletting and acupoint selection for the treatment of waist disease: Weizhong, mainly looking at the blood collaterals, pricking on the blood collaterals, and then applying cans. Most patients will bleed about 50 ml. At Yaoyangguan, prick 3-5 times, and the upper tank will bleed about 10-20 ml. Suitable for back problems and sciatica. 4. For some diseases such as blood stasis and cold syndrome, paralysis, atrophy, thrombosis, adolescent acne, psoriasis, eczema and other diseases, blood should be bled in multiple places and treated differently according to different situations. Generally, after bleeding, the effect will be judged. If the blood is effective once, there is no need for the second or third time. If the amount of blood bleeding is very large in one time, then you have to wait 10 or 15 days for the second time. If the amount of bleeding is not large, then it can be done in three days or Bloodletting is performed once a week. The number of days between bloodletting must be determined based on the patient's improvement. Acupoint selection: Dazhui, Dashu (bilateral), Feishu (bilateral), Xinshu (bilateral), Ganshu (bilateral), Weishu (bilateral), Shenshu (bilateral) plus the tip of the ear, The bloodletting method is the same as above. If there are skin diseases, Quze and Xuehai should be added. Operation method: On the Dazhui and Dashu (bilateral), Feishu (bilateral), Xinshu (bilateral), Ganshu (bilateral), Weishu (bilateral), Shenshu (bilateral) acupoints Inject 3-5 needles, then apply the cupping, and cup the cup until no blood flows out. During this cupping period, apply the cupping several times to observe the amount of bleeding. Generally, after three times of extraction, no more fresh blood will flow out. In the process of acupuncture, if it is convenient for the patient to be treated, you can choose a few less sites and treat them in stages to avoid too many needles at one time and the patient cannot bear it. If the treatment is inconvenient, try to treat it at one time to avoid others running away. Running back and forth, wasting time. Bloodletting method·thorn pricking method This method is divided into three pricking methods: point pricking, picking pricking, and cluster pricking. There are two types of pricking: rapid pricking (aim at the bleeding site, quickly penetrate 1.5 to 3 mm, and then withdraw quickly to release a small amount of blood or mucus. This method is widely used and should be used in most parts), slow pricking (slowly pricking) The vein is 1 to 2 mm, slowly exits, and releases a small amount of blood. It is suitable for bloodletting of the popliteal fossa, cubital fossa, head and face); puncture is when the needle pierces the skin or vein, and then tilts the needle body to break the skin or vein and release it. Blood or mucus, suitable for bloodletting from chest, back, back of ear veins, etc.; cluster acupuncture is to use cluster needles to tap at certain parts. The number of punctures is large and the penetration is shallow, and the degree of blood droplets oozing out is suitable for Sprains, hair loss, skin diseases, etc. At the same time, cupping therapy is often used. In the acupuncture method, first push up and down on the acupuncture site to accumulate blood stagnation. Hold the needle handle with the thumb and index fingers of your right hand, and place your middle finger close to the lower end of the needle body. Leave 1 to 2 minutes of the needle tip, and quickly insert it into the disinfected acupoint for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the needle immediately and gently squeeze around the needle hole. , causing a few drops of bleeding (sometimes more than ten drops can bleed for severe patients, until the blood changes from black to purple), and then press the pinhole with a sterilized cotton ball (acupuncture Quze and Weizhong points, push up and down around the hole) , you can first tighten the tourniquet or cloth band at the proximal end of the hole, so that the vein is more obviously exposed and easier to bleed. After bleeding, loosen the tourniquet). The scattered acupuncture method, also known as the circumferential acupuncture method, is used to prick blood around the lesion and is mainly used for erysipelas and carbuncle. In the pricking method, press both sides of the operation site with your left hand to fix the skin. Hold the needle in your right hand to prick the skin of the acupuncture points or reaction points to bleed. Bleeding from picking and pricking). Sometimes it is necessary to break part of the fibrous tissue, then disinfect the area and cover it with a dressing. It is often used to treat red and swollen eyes, hemorrhoids and other syndromes. ·The cutting method usually uses a knife such as a small eyebrow knife. The method of holding the knife is convenient for operation. Make the blade and the cutting part roughly perpendicular, and then advance the knife to cut. Suitable for bloodletting in oral cavity, dorsal ear vein, etc. Selection of needles 1. Three-edged needle: Made of stainless steel, divided into two types: thick and thin. The tip of the needle has three edges on three sides and is very sharp. The thick needle is 7 to 10 centimeters long and has a needle handle diameter of 2 millimeters. It is suitable for bleeding from the limbs and trunk. The thin needle is 5 to 7 cm long and has a needle handle diameter of 1 mm. It is suitable for bleeding from the head, face, hands and feet. 2. Small eyebrow knife: 7-10 cm long, 1 cm long blade, very sharp. Efficacy and role·Antipyretic effect Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are two main types of fever, one is fever due to Yang excess, and the other is fever due to Yin deficiency. The antipyretic effect of bloodletting applies to the former.
Because excessive Yang Qi will inevitably lead to excessive blood, bloodletting can reduce excessive blood, thereby reducing the evil heat in the blood vessels and normalizing the Qi and blood of the body. ·Analgesic effect Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "there is no pain when there is pain" and "no pain when there is pain". This means that diseases with painful symptoms must have blocked areas in their meridians. Bloodletting therapy can directly bring out the stasis pathogenic factors in the meridians and adjust the blocked obstruction. The meridians will be unblocked and the pain will be stopped immediately. For many clinical acute diseases, such as sore throat and migraine, bloodletting therapy can quickly achieve good results. ·Detoxification effect The detoxification effect mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine refers to the syndrome that occurs when the body is unable to resist poisonous evils due to its own dysfunction under pathological conditions, such as "red thread boils" caused by excessive poisonous fire, and poisonous diseases. Sores and carbuncles caused by evil. Bloodletting not only allows the poisonous evils that have invaded the body to be discharged with the blood, but more importantly, it can restore the body's functions to normal through the function of "regulating blood and regulating qi" to inhibit the expansion and regeneration of pathogenic factors. ·Fire-purging effect: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that internal disturbance of fire can cause a variety of diseases, often manifested as restlessness, sores on the mouth and tongue, pain and swelling of limbs, irritability, and even fever, coma, delirium and other symptoms. Bloodletting therapy can directly cause the evils of fire and heat to be purged with the blood, and is suitable for a variety of heat syndromes. · Anti-swelling effect Swelling and pain are mostly caused by qi stagnation and blood astringency, which leads to stagnant meridians. Bloodletting can directly eliminate the stagnant Qi, blood and disease pathogens in the local meridians, promote the smooth flow of the meridians, and thereby achieve the purpose of reducing swelling. ·Antipruritic effect: Itching is a manifestation of wind evil existing in the blood vessels. Therefore, there is a therapeutic principle of "treating wind first to treat blood, and wind in blood will eliminate itself". Bloodletting is to regulate blood and regulate qi, so that blood vessels can flow smoothly and wind evil will not remain, so as to achieve the effect of dispelling wind and relieving itching. ·The effect of relieving numbness. Symptoms of numbness often occur if the Qi deficiency cannot reach the fourth end of the blood, or the blood deficiency cannot be nourished. Use filiform needles to prick the acupuncture points on the affected side of the limb to cause a small amount of blood to bleed to treat numbness. This method is guided by the theory that blood circulates and Qi flows, and the effect is relatively good. ·Anti-emetic effect Acute vomiting is usually caused by excessive gastric heat or liver-qi invading the stomach or food stagnation. Bloodletting can purge heat and calm the liver-qi, and can relieve gastrointestinal stagnation. Therefore, it can relieve vomiting and stop vomiting. ·Anti-diarrheal effect The scope of bloodletting treatment for diarrhea generally refers to thermal diarrhea caused by stagnant heat in the intestines and stomach, or diarrhea caused by the epidemic, causing clear and turbid diarrhea, etc. Its mechanism is to purge fire and lower heat to achieve the effect of raising clearness and lowering turbidity. ·First-aid effect The so-called first-aid effect refers to the symptoms of sudden fainting, convulsion and unconsciousness. Bloodletting can improve blood circulation and is a very good and effective rescue method. Classification of acupuncture and bloodletting·Slow acupuncture is suitable for venous bloodletting. For acupuncture points such as Quze, Weizhong, Taiyang, etc., first use a rubber band to tie the points that should be pricked. The surgeon uses a three-edged needle in his right hand to aim at the acupoint or the place where the vein begins, and slowly prick for 0.5 to 1 minute, and then Slowly withdraw the needle. When all the black blood turns red, untie the rubber band and rub the needle hole with a sterilized cotton ball for a moment. ·Speed ??acupuncture is suitable for sore throat, red and swollen eyes, heat stroke, stroke and other symptoms. For sore throat, prick Shaoshang; for heat stroke, prick Shixuan; for stroke, prick Twelve Wells and other points. When pricking, first use your thumb, index finger and middle finger to pinch the acupuncture point that should be pricked. Hold a triangular needle or filiform needle in your right hand and quickly insert it for 0.5 to 1 minute, withdraw the needle immediately, and then squeeze the area with your hand to cause bleeding. ·Pick needling is suitable for acupuncture points on the hands, chest, back, head, face and superficial muscles. When acupuncture, aim at the local rash point, pinch the muscles around the rash point with your left hand, and use a three-edged needle in your right hand to pick out the bleeding. ·Circum acupuncture is suitable for carbuncles, paralysis, plague and other diseases. Use a three-edged needle to prick a few or dozens of needles around the red and swollen area, and then gently squeeze it with both hands or use a cupping cup to draw out the bad blood and relieve the swelling and pain. ·Dense acupuncture is suitable for skin diseases such as ringworm. When pricking, use a plum-blossom needle to hit the affected area to cause slight local bleeding. Contraindications 1. This therapy is generally prohibited for patients with thrombocytopenia, hemophilia and other bleeding-prone diseases, as well as those with haemorrhage and hemangiomas. 2. People with anemia, hypotension, pregnancy, hunger, satiety, drunkenness, and excessive fatigue should not use this therapy. Notes 1. First, explain the patient well to eliminate unnecessary concerns. 2. Bloodletting needles must be strictly sterilized to prevent infection. 3. When performing acupuncture and bloodletting, care should be taken that the needle should not be inserted too deeply and the wound should not be too large to avoid damaging other tissues. When cutting a blood vessel, it is advisable to just scratch it, but not to cut it. 4. Generally, the amount of bloodletting is about 5 drops, which should be done once a day or every two days. For those with a large amount of bloodletting, the amount of bloodletting should not exceed 2 times a week. 1 to 3 times constitutes a course of treatment. If the bleeding is difficult to stop, use compression to stop the bleeding. 5. If this therapy is only used for symptomatic first aid, a comprehensive examination is required before treatment after the condition is relieved. Bloodletting must not be abused. Through thousands of years of medical practice, the annotation therapy has been commonly used by doctors in clinical practice, and its efficacy has also been improved. Especially for some acute and severe diseases, it has the characteristics of timely rescue, rapid results, and no side effects. This therapy is based on the theory of meridians and the principle of acupuncture, using needles to puncture specific parts or acupoints to let blood flow to dredge meridians, regulate qi and blood, and promote the exit of evil spirits. Clinically proven, this therapy has the effects of calming, relieving pain, purging heat, reducing swelling, first aid, detoxifying, and removing blood stasis. Acupuncture and bloodletting therapy is a commonly used clinical method in modern TCM treatment. Bloodletting therapy in the West is different from bloodletting therapy in traditional Chinese medicine. Bloodletting therapy was once popular in the West, and there are some similarities. An example of abuse is Washington, the founding president of the United States. He was an ardent believer in bloodletting and performed it on many of his servants. On December 14, 1799, Washington fell ill, suffering from fever and difficulty breathing.
His housekeeper and doctor bled him four times in one day. A total of about 125 ounces of blood was drained, which is about 3.5 liters. This blood volume is about half of the total blood volume of an adult. Washington died that night. According to later studies, Washington suffered from just an ordinary throat and tracheal infection. If he hadn't been bleeding too much, he wouldn't have died. With the development of medical science, no one uses bloodletting anymore. Even if it has a temporary effect on the "three highs", it is no longer used. Because modern medicine has developed a complete set of simple and convenient methods for detecting blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipids. For people who have been known to suffer from "three highs" through scientific testing, there is already a more scientific and targeted treatment plan. By the 20th century, bloodletting had been gradually phased out in the West. First of all, the theoretical basis of bloodletting therapy comes from the ancient Greek medical saints Hippocrates and Galin, who said that human life depends on four body fluids, blood, mucus, black bile and yellow bile. These four body fluids correspond to air, water, Earth and fire are close to the Chinese "metal, wood, water, fire and earth", with the addition of "qi" and the lack of "metal and wood". The ancient Greeks believed that blood is dominant among the four body fluids. Dr. Galin believed that blood is produced by the human body and is often "excessive". Just as the Ziyin School of Traditional Chinese Medicine says, "Yang is always in excess and yin is often in deficiency." Traditional Chinese medicine Nourishing yin, ancient Western medicine then used bloodletting. Galin also connected the subcutaneous arteries and veins of the human body with various internal organs of the body. The so-called "appearance on the outside and inside" means that when you get different diseases, you can open a hole in the blood vessel of the "appearance on the outside and inside", such as the right arm vein. Blood is taken to treat liver disease, and blood from the left arm vein is taken to treat spleen disease. Until the Middle Ages, the practitioners of bloodletting were church monks. It was not until 1163 that Pope Alexander III handed over this glorious task to the people, specifically to barbers. Now the sign of the barber shop is a rotating one. Red, blue and white tubes, red is arterial blood and blue is venous blood. Barbers developed a complete set of bloodletting procedures and tools. The blade used to cut blood vessels is called "Lancet". The famous British medical journal "Lancet" comes from the blade used for bloodletting. Bloodletting, which was very popular in Europe, spread to the American continent with the colonists. The famous American doctor Benjamin Rush promoted and practiced bloodletting. He was the only person to sign the American Declaration of Independence. A doctor graduated from the College of New Jersey, the predecessor of Princeton University, at the age of 14. He later founded the American medical education system. At that time, three-quarters of American doctors were his students, and he was known as the "Hippocrates of Pennsylvania." . From 1794 to 1797, there was an epidemic of yellow fever in Philadelphia. The doctor used bloodletting on a large scale to treat these "fever" patients. He could bleed more than 100 patients every day. The backyard of his clinic became a sea of ??blood, and flies breed in the blood. As dense as "clouds". At this time, a good-natured British reporter appeared. He was William Cobbett. This reporter looked through the death reports in Philadelphia in those years and found that the mortality rate of patients treated by this doctor was significantly higher than that of other patients, so he published an article saying that this doctor and his students had made outstanding contributions to the reduction of human population. . In anger, the doctor sued the British "slanderer" in Philadelphia in 1797. The success or failure of the lawsuit was obvious. On one side was the hero and famous doctor of Philadelphia, and on the other side was the foreigner who slandered Philadelphia's reputation. The court pronounced the verdict The doctor won and fined the Cobbett reporter $5,000, which was an astronomical figure at the time. The court's ruling amounts to a legal statement that bloodletting is effective. But almost at the same time as the court pronounced its verdict, Washington, the founding president of the United States, fell ill. The day he fell ill was December 13, 1799, a Friday, Friday the 13th. Western superstition is an unlucky day that "doesn't work for everything". By the 14th, several of the doctor's students had drained nearly 2,500 milliliters of blood from Washington, which was half of the human body's blood volume. The result was predictable: Washington died of hemorrhagic shock.