Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Bloodletting

1. Treatment of patients with cerebral hemorrhage (stroke):

Anyone who bleeds will be in a coma. That is, puncture the Yintang, Taiyang, Taichong, and ten fingers to bleed 1-5 drops, which can help the patient wake up early and reduce the degree of hemiplegia. Remember: if the patient is in a coma for more than 24 hours, the hemiplegia rate is more than 90%. If it exceeds 72 hours, 100% of the sequelae of hemiplegia will occur. It is extremely difficult to treat. Therefore, it is a secret skill worth a thousand gold to make the patient wake up early. After the patient wakes up, take the Dazhui, Quchi, Weizhong points, and puncture blood, and the patient will have hope of recovery.

2. Neuralgia: If it is pain in the gallbladder meridian (pain on the outer side of the calf and thigh), you should carefully check the Yanglingquan and Fenglong acupoints to see if there are swollen blood vessels. If so, bleeding will occur and the disease will be cured.

3. People who are prone to boils and carbuncles should prick the posterior heart point for blood.

4. For patients with conjunctivitis in the early stage and sty without suppuration, prick the temple and squeeze out 7-9 drops of blood. Squeeze out 3-5 drops of blood from the tips of the middle toes of both feet. If you prick the blood today, the disease will be cured tomorrow.

5. For those with rheumatism that is most severe in the legs:

Then, a 3-inch prick point is made beside the third, fourth, and fifth thoracic vertebrae to cause bleeding, which will show immediate and significant effects. Many patients with serious illnesses that have lasted for several years are cured after 1-2 treatments.

6. People with gastric or duodenal ulcers:

Take the blue veins from Neiting to Jiexi on the foot and prick them, and prick them near the outer ankle to bleed. For gastric ulcer, you should find the blood vessels within 0.5 inches above Tiaokou point and 2.5 inches below Tiaokou point.

7. Chronic nephritis:

(1) If yellow water is produced by bloodletting at the Bishu point, the patient will recover when the yellow water is gone. (2) Around the kidneys. (3) Around the navel (the middle of the navel should not be pierced).

8. Bloodletting for hepatitis: Yangjiao, Zusanli, Quze, Yanglingquan, Sanyinjiao.

9. Ascites due to liver cirrhosis: Use the acupoints for hepatitis plus: Shenshu, Yaoshu, Tiaokou acupoint (0.5 inches above and 0.5 inches outside), and Ganshu.

10. Special acupoints for hemorrhoids: (1) Weijiao acupoint, find the white spot inside the mouth, and it will heal after 1-3 times. (2) For patients with redness, swelling and ulceration of the anus, prick the blood at Weizhong acupoint, and the pain will be relieved.

11. Insomnia: (1) Shenmen, Xingjian, Zusanli. (2) Dazhui, Shendao, Zhongwan. Cupping after puncture.

12. Cervical spondylosis: tender points, Tianzong, Jianzhen and Chize points.

13. For any internal chest injury, bloodletting must be performed at the following points: Dazhui, Jianjing, and then the injured area.

14. Periarthritis of the shoulder: Shenguan point (1.5 inches below Yanglingquan) and Chize point. Effective after one use.

15. Acute and chronic throat diseases: Dazhui, ear tip, dorsal ear vein, Shaoshang, Quchi, Taiyang, bleeding will reduce pain.

16. Impotence: (1) Puncture Shenshu and Fuliu to induce bleeding, and cupping Guanyuan and Bladdershu for 15 minutes. (2) Puncture Sanyinjiao and Mingmen to induce bleeding, and cupping Shenshu and Xuehai.

17. Hypertension: Taiyang, Dazhui, ear tip, and varicose vein on the back of the ear. Blood pressure will drop after bloodletting. Note: Do not drink water within one hour after bloodletting, otherwise the effect will be poor.

18. Asthma: Bloodletting at Dazhui, Feishu, Fengmen, Gaomang, Lieque. Cupping at Zhongfu and Dazhui for 15 minutes.

19. Hyperlipidemia: Dazhui, Taiyang, Yaoshu, Weizhong, Quchi.

20. Rheumatic heart disease: Yangjiao, Chize, Taiyang.

21. Feather-shaped flesh around the eyes: Shaoze, Zhiyin, ear tip, Dazhui, once every other day, one course of treatment for ten days.

22. Otitis media: bloodletting from the external ankle joint.

23. Epilepsy: Recipe 1: Taiyang, Quze, Weizhong, Yangjiao. Recipe 2: Bloodletting at Shaoshang and Renzhong. Cupping at Ganshu and Dazhui for 15 minutes. Recipe 3: Find the pain point at the lower part of the back neck and Neiguan acupoint and prick with plum blossom needle to bleed.

24. Mental illness: Taiyang, Quze, Weizhong, Shuchong, Yangjiao, Fenglong, Xinshu, cupping after bloodletting.

25. Key points of back diagnosis: There should be no protruding blood vessels on the back. If there are, they are lesions. People with long-term illnesses will have black moles on their backs.

The Secret of Bloodletting

For a disease that has not been cured for a long time, when no other treatments are effective, you should prick blood from the swollen blood vessels at the ankles, elbows, wrists, and joints. This can have unexpected effects. This is my experience.

Bloodletting should generally not be done at night, but in the morning or noon.

Collection of Bloodletting Methods

1. Puncture the collateral vessels at the temple: To treat migraine: puncture the filled blood vessels at the temple with a three-edged needle and use a cupping jar to make the bleeding volume reach 15-30ml.

2. Puncture the tendons and veins on the back of the ear: for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. The treatment method is: find 1-3 thick veins with a clear and obvious direction on the back of the patient's ear, and use a three-edged needle to prick the distal end of one vein to let out a few drops of blood each time; for the treatment of acute tonsillitis. Most children will experience less sore throat and dysphagia after pricking the bleeding, their body temperature will gradually drop, and their tonsil swelling will disappear.

3. Puncture the sublingual collateral vessels: treat peripheral facial paralysis and relieve acute abdominal pain.

4. Popliteal vein and cubital vein puncture method:

Simple gastritis: Find the dilated and small veins in the popliteal and antecubital fossa on both sides. You can also use the popliteal, upper and lower veins of the antecubital fossa or larger blood vessels. After routine disinfection, use a three-edged needle to puncture the veins to release a few or dozens of drops of mucus, black-purple and easily coagulated blood, and cooperate with the puncture of the bilateral veins under the tongue to bleed.

Treatment of posterior brain sore: The patient stands, and the doctor gently pats the popliteal fossa with his palm to fully expose the local blood vessels. After routine disinfection at the Weizhong point, use a three-edged needle or a filiform needle to slowly pierce the popliteal vein 0.5-1 minute deep, and then slowly withdraw the needle to bleed. The amount of blood let out is based on the amount of blood that flows to the heel and then pressure is applied to stop the bleeding, about 3-4 ml.

The method for lumbar sprain is: let the patient lie prone, bend his knees and press the acupoint in the middle of the popliteal fossa. Keep the finger on the patient and straighten the leg. The origin is exactly this acupoint, which is in the middle of the popliteal fossa, at the midpoint of the popliteal transverse line. Then dip the finger in physiological saline and gently tap the Weizhong acupoint several times to fully expose the purple veins and collaterals. Then strictly disinfect it, fix the acupoint with the left thumb end, hold the three-edged needle with the right thumb and index finger to aim at the acupoint, and quickly prick the acupoint within a diameter range of 0.3-0.4cm. Generally, the amount of bleeding is determined by the dark purple turning red. This method can cure lumbar sprain, sciatica, heatstroke, nosebleed, measles, lower limb phlebitis and other diseases within 1-4 times.

5. Local vein puncture method: treatment of acute inflammation of the great saphenous vein.

The method is: treat the affected part of the affected limb with cord-like redness and swelling, generally at the two ends of the red and swollen vein or its branches, and the most prominent bulge, and quickly insert the needle with a three-edged needle. Quickly puncture 3-5 times, the depth of the three-edged needle insertion needs to penetrate the wall of the vein, and after bleeding, use the flash fire method to quickly remove the cupping jar from the bleeding site. At this time, blood can be seen accumulating in the cupping jar, and the bleeding stops in about 1 minute. Bleeding at least 10 times at each point, the cupping time is about 15 minutes, once a day. For patients with varicose veins in the lower limbs for half a year, use a three-edged needle to puncture six or seven stagnant veins in both lower limbs, and stop bleeding with dry cotton balls after bleeding about 300ml. Once a week, 3 times to heal. Treatment of acute mastitis. The specific method is: take the vein below the local lump, disinfect it with iodine cotton balls, and quickly puncture it with a three-edged needle to make it bleed 3-10ml, and then cup it for 5 minutes after the bleeding stops. After removing the cup, perform local routine disinfection.

6. Puncture the collaterals at the meridians: A patient who had been suffering from colds for 2 months had the veins in his back and the two hypochondriacal regions appearing disordered, especially the veins on the back. Pulse diagnosis and treatment were combined, and the patient was diagnosed with a cold, and the syndrome was diagnosed as liver blood stasis and disharmony between Ying and Wei. The treatment was to break blood and remove stasis, and reconcile Ying and Wei. Take the veins of Qimen, Fengmen, and Ganshu on both sides and puncture them with cupping to bleed about 100ml, and cooperate with 5ml of sublingual vein bleeding, once every other day, and healed after 3 times. The method of puncturing the veins at the meridians was very effective for a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. The patient came to the doctor because of redness, swelling, pain, and limited movement of the knee joint. After puncturing the veins between Taibai and Gongsun with a three-edged needle and bleeding for 10 drops, the pain was immediately relieved.

Three-edged needle therapy

The method of using a three-edged needle to puncture a certain part of the human body and release a small amount of blood to achieve the purpose of curing diseases is called three-edged needle therapy. The ancients called it "puncturing collateral" or "puncturing collateral", and it is called "bleeding therapy" in modern times. The three-edged needle is made of stainless steel, about 6 cm long, with a slightly thick cylindrical handle, a three-edged body, and a sharp tip with blades on three sides.

The three-edged needle was called "sharp needle" in ancient times. The ancients attached great importance to it. For example, "Lingshu·Nine Needles Theory" mentioned that the sharp needle among the nine needles was mainly used for "draining heat and bleeding"; "Lingshu·Nine Needles Twelve Origins" proposed the treatment principle of "removing the old and stale, and removing the blood vessels"; "Lingshu·Official Needles" also recorded methods such as "collateral puncture", "praise puncture" and "leopard puncture". It can be seen that the ancients had rich experience in puncturing and bleeding, which also shows that the three-edged needle puncture and bloodletting method is a very important and commonly used acupuncture method.

1. Operation method

The acupuncture methods of triangular needle are generally divided into four types: point pricking, scattered pricking, collateral pricking, and picking pricking.

1. Point-puncture method (quick-puncture method)

Before acupuncture, use the thumb and index finger of the left hand to push and press the acupuncture site up and down at the predetermined acupuncture site to allow blood to accumulate at the acupuncture site. Then disinfect it with a 2% iodine cotton ball, and then deiodine it with a 75% alcohol cotton ball. During acupuncture, pinch the acupuncture site with the thumb, index and middle fingers of the left hand, hold the needle with the right hand, pinch the needle handle with the thumb and index finger, and put the middle finger close to the lower end of the needle body, with the needle tip exposed 3 to 5 mm. Aim at the disinfected site, pierce 3 to 5 mm deep, then quickly withdraw the needle, gently squeeze the area around the needle hole to cause a little bleeding, and then press the needle hole with a sterilized cotton ball. This method is often used for the Shixuan and Shierjing points at the ends of the fingers and toes, the ear tips, and the Zanzhu, Shangxing, and Taiyang points on the head and face.

2. Scattered Needle Method

Also known as leopard needle, it is a method of pricking the area around the lesion. Depending on the size of the lesion, more than 10 to 20 needles can be used, pricking from the outer edge of the lesion to the center in a circular pattern to promote the removal of blood stasis or edema, and achieve the purpose of removing blood stasis, promoting new blood, and activating blood circulation. This method is often used for local blood stasis, hematoma or edema, stubborn ringworm, etc.

3. Blood-pricking

First, tie a band or rubber tube around the upper end (proximal end) of the acupuncture site, and then quickly disinfect it. During acupuncture, press the left thumb on the lower end of the acupuncture site, hold the three-edged needle in the right hand, aim at the vein at the acupuncture site, and pierce the vein (2 to 3 mm). Immediately withdraw the needle to allow a small amount of blood to flow out. After the bleeding stops, press the needle hole with a sterilized cotton ball. When bleeding occurs, you can also gently press the upper end of the vein to help the blood stasis go out and the toxic evil be discharged. This method is often used for acupuncture points such as Quze and Weizhong to treat acute vomiting and diarrhea, heatstroke, and fever.

4. Picking method

Use your left hand to press both sides of the treatment area, or pinch the skin to fix it, and hold the needle in your right hand and quickly pierce the skin 1 to 2 mm, then tilt the needle body to prick the skin, so that a small amount of blood or mucus comes out. There is also a method of piercing about 5 mm deeper, tilting the needle body and gently lifting the needle tip to pierce the subcutaneous fibrous tissue, then removing the needle and covering it with a dressing. This method is often used for frozen shoulder, stomachache, cervical syndrome, insomnia, bronchial asthma, vascular neuralgia, etc.

(II) Scope of application

The bloodletting therapy with three-edged needles has the effects of dredging the meridians, activating the collaterals, purging heat, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is applicable to a wide range of syndromes, heat syndromes, blood stasis, pain, etc. It is commonly used for certain acute and chronic diseases, such as fainting, high fever, heat stroke, closed syndrome of stroke, sore throat, red and swollen eyes, stubborn ringworm, initial stage of furunculosis, sprains and contusions, malnutrition, hemorrhoids, stubborn arthralgia, headache, erysipelas, numbness of fingers (toes), etc.

(III) Notes

1. Provide necessary explanations to patients to eliminate their concerns.

2. Strictly disinfect to prevent infection.

3. The technique should be light, steady, accurate and fast when pricking. Do not use too much force to prevent piercing too deep, causing too much trauma and damaging other tissues. Generally, bleeding should not be too much and arteries should not be injured.

4. This method is not suitable for people with weak constitution, pregnant women, postpartum women and those with bleeding tendency. Make sure the patient's body position is comfortable and be careful to prevent needle sickness.

5. Treat once a day or every other day, 1 to 3 times as a course of treatment. Generally, the amount of bleeding each time should be from a few drops to 3 to 5 ml.

4. About the amount of bleeding

1. In the bloodletting therapy, the amount of bleeding is directly related to the effect of treatment. In principle, it depends on the following aspects.

① Constitution: Generally, people who are light and strong, with abundant Qi and blood may bleed slightly more, while the elderly, weak, children and women will bleed less.

② Location: The amount of bleeding on the head, face, limbs and toes should be small. The amount of bleeding on the limbs can be slightly larger.

③ Condition: In case of Yang syndrome, excess syndrome, heat syndrome and new disease, more blood volume should be required; in case of Yin syndrome, deficiency syndrome and long-term disease, less blood volume should be required.

2. In the specific operation, the amount of bleeding after pricking is generally divided into four different types:

① Micro-bleeding: The amount of bleeding is about 1 drop, including local congestion, oozing blood, and the "bleeding like soybeans", "stopping when bleeding" and "micro-bleeding" mentioned in the "Inner Canon of Medicine". Micro-bloodletting is mainly used for superficial diseases of larger areas such as neurodermatitis, chronic ulcers of lower limbs, psoriasis, vitiligo, peripheral neuritis, stubborn ringworm, chronic soft tissue strain, headache, insomnia, etc., and skin acupuncture is often used.

② Small amount: The amount of bleeding is generally about 10 drops (about half a milliliter). Small amounts of blood are mainly used for some acute and febrile diseases such as colds, acute conjunctivitis, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, malaria, etc. on the acupuncture points of the head, face, fingers, and toes. The three-edged needle quick puncture method is often used.

③ Moderate amount: Moderate amount of bleeding refers to the amount of bloodletting of about 10 ml. It is mainly used for some surgical infectious diseases and some emergencies such as furuncle, carbuncle, mastitis and acute soft tissue sprain, heat stroke, various pain syndromes, mental system diseases, etc. The three-edged needle pricking method is often used on the limbs.

④ Large amount: The amount of bleeding exceeds 15 ml, reaching dozens or hundreds of ml, or even more. This method is mostly used for some chronic systemic diseases and some acute evidence, such as sequelae of stroke, sequelae of concussion, polycythemia vera, mania, etc. When bleeding, you can use a three-edged needle to slowly pierce and add a cup or syringe to draw.

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