What is Bloodletting Therapy?
Bloodletting therapy is a unique acupuncture treatment method in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is one of the most commonly used therapeutic techniques since the era of the Nei Jing (Inner Canon), which even considers bloodletting as the first choice for treating diseases and alleviating suffering. Depending on the patient’s specific condition, a three-edged needle or a thick, sharp needle is used to puncture specific acupuncture points or superficial blood vessels, allowing a certain amount of blood to be released to achieve therapeutic goals.
The Cultural History and Functions of Bloodletting:
Bloodletting therapy has a long history in China and is widely practiced among the populace. This therapy is characterized by its simplicity, ease of learning, quick effectiveness, high efficacy, and safety. It is effective not only for many common and frequently occurring diseases but also has unexpected effects on certain difficult conditions.
Modern Research on Bloodletting Therapy:
Modern studies summarize the following effects of bloodletting therapy: it has a good bidirectional regulatory effect on the blood system. Research indicates that bloodletting therapy can promote human metabolism, stimulate bone marrow hematopoiesis, accelerate metabolism, and improve microcirculation and vascular function through neuro-humoral regulation, facilitating the elimination of harmful substances from the blood and timely replenishment of beneficial substances into the bloodstream, thus helping the body re-establish homeostasis and restore normal physiological functions. By improving microcirculation, it can also prevent excessive inflammatory responses and promote recovery from inflammation.
What Problems Can Arise from Poor Shoulder and Neck Health?
Since the shoulder and neck are the main conduits for blood flow to the head and face, TCM emphasizes that the best way to regulate women’s health is to ensure smooth circulation of qi and blood. If qi and blood are obstructed, toxins can accumulate in the shoulder and neck, leading to stiffness.
When toxins accumulate in the shoulder and neck, they can compress blood vessels, hindering proper blood flow to the head and face, resulting in dizziness, headaches, insufficient oxygen supply to the brain, fatigue, decreased sleep quality, memory decline, and can also cause facial discoloration, darkening, spots, and skin aging.
Why is the Shoulder and Neck the First Area to Show Signs of Aging?
The body’s circulation flows from top to bottom. When there are high levels of toxins in the body, the first area where toxins accumulate is the shoulder and neck, as they are the crossroads of the body. This accumulation can lead to stiffness and aging of the shoulder and neck. When the shoulder and neck are obstructed, it can cause insufficient nourishment to the pituitary gland in the brain, impairing the secretion of growth and reproductive hormones, especially in women, which can directly lead to endocrine disorders and early onset of menopause.
The Current State of Shoulder and Neck Syndromes:
According to statistics from the World Health Organization, currently, 60% of people aged 30 have varying degrees of cervical spondylosis; 80% of people aged 40 have varying degrees of cervical diseases; and 100% of people over 60 have varying degrees of cervical spondylosis.
Populations Prone to Shoulder and Neck Disorders:
1. Individuals with a lack of exercise, prolonged computer use, and those in specific occupations with heavy backpacks.
2. Wearing heavy earrings, high heels, excessive phone use, and playing mahjong.
3. Washing hair while lying back, tight undergarments, poor sitting posture, and bad sleeping positions can lead to shoulder and neck issues at any age.
Scientific Research Evidence:It has been proven that any area of strain or blocked meridians has varying degrees of residual stasis. Only by thoroughly eliminating this residual stasis can the root of the strain be fundamentally resolved, and the best way to achieve this is through bloodletting therapy.
The Principle of Back Bloodletting:
After expelling deep-seated dampness and cold from the body using herbal fire therapy, TCM techniques are applied to repeatedly stimulate the areas of strain and blockage, breaking up accumulated lactic acid and nodules. In severely strained and blocked areas, plum blossom needles are quickly inserted to thoroughly expel the residual stasis and waste blood from deep within the body, achieving immediate improvement and treatment of shoulder and neck diseases.
Understanding Your Health Status Through Blood Color Analysis:
1. Dark black blood indicates chronic illness, suggesting long-term stasis of blood.
2. Blood mixed with water indicates rheumatism or liver disease.
3. Blood containing jelly-like mucus indicates dampness and toxin accumulation.
4. Light blood indicates inflammation or early-stage illness; purple-red blood indicates new injuries.
5. Blood resembling wash water indicates severe chronic dampness.
6. Clear watery discharge indicates edema.
7. Presence of bubbles indicates heavy dampness.
8. Foamy liquid indicates wind pathogen.
9. Large volume of blood indicates a long illness duration.
10. Small volume of blood indicates a short illness duration or deep-seated condition.
11. If a rush of heat is felt when removing a cupping jar, it indicates heavy damp-heat.
12. Slow bleeding despite multiple needle insertions suggests qi deficiency and blood deficiency.
13. Light bleeding that does not coagulate easily indicates blood deficiency.
14. Blood that settles quickly indicates qi deficiency.
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