Can women use acupuncture during menstruation?

Acupuncture is a way of treating diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. This method of treating diseases is very convenient and can treat a variety of diseases. Because when treating diseases, the most important principle of traditional Chinese medicine is that if the qi and blood are unblocked, there will be no pain, and if there is pain, the qi and blood are blocked. Acupuncture is mainly used to dredge the patient's qi and blood. When women are menstruating, it is the time when menstrual blood is discharged. So can acupuncture be used during menstruation?

Can women receive acupuncture during menstruation?

During menstruation, due to the discharge of a large amount of menstrual blood, the qi and blood in the relevant organs and meridians are relatively insufficient, the adaptability to the external environment decreases, and the resistance to external stimuli is weakened. The combined sensations of numbness, swelling, soreness, heaviness, pain and wandering caused by acupuncture make it difficult for them to adapt, thus causing mental tension and emotional instability, disrupting the internal balance and normal rules of menstrual physiology, and leading to menstrual disorders. Therefore, whether acupuncture is suitable requires syndrome differentiation and analysis.

Chinese medicine experts say that you must be careful when choosing acupuncture during menstruation. If the physical illness is not very painful, do not undergo acupuncture treatment first, and wait until the menstrual period is over. If it is a very painful illness, a professional doctor will specify whether to have acupuncture, and acupuncture should be performed if possible.

Can women take acupuncture during pregnancy?

Since pregnancy is a special period, if various treatments are carried out arbitrarily, it may lead to miscarriage or premature birth. So, can acupuncture be used during pregnancy? Ancient and modern acupuncture literature pays more attention to the taboos during pregnancy, suggesting that acupuncture is prohibited in the lower abdomen for pregnancy below 3 months, and in the upper abdomen and lumbar sacral region for pregnancy above 3 months. For pregnant women with weak constitution or a history of habitual miscarriage, some acupuncture points that are more sensitive and can cause strong contraction of the uterus, such as Hegu, Sanyinjiao, Taichong, Zhiyin, Kunlun, etc., should be prohibited from acupuncture or given light stimulation.

It can be seen that there are many taboos in acupuncture therapy for women during pregnancy and menstruation. Therefore, during these two special periods, female friends should not perform acupuncture blindly to avoid unexpected events.

The patient's body function status determines the effect of acupuncture treatment

People all hope to choose famous doctors when receiving acupuncture treatment. In fact, the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy does not entirely depend on the doctor. To a certain extent, the functional state of the patient's body determines the therapeutic effect of acupuncture.

For the same disease, the treatment effect for the elderly is generally worse than that for the young, and the treatment effect for those with weak constitutions is generally worse than that for those with better constitutions. This is because the elderly and those with weak constitutions have reduced physical reaction and regulation abilities, and their response to stimuli is smaller.

Chinese medicine experts said that acupuncture achieves therapeutic purposes by stimulating and regulating the human body, and the "degree" of regulation is controlled by the body itself. For example, some people have dry coughs, which may be caused by upper respiratory tract infection. If not cured in time, repeated severe coughing may increase the excitability of the cough center in the brain. In this way, even if the respiratory problem is resolved, the dry cough will continue. In this case, if you take cough suppressants for a long time, the side effects cannot be ignored, but acupuncture treatment is both effective and safe.