Reminder: Acupuncture has 3 benefits, but it is not suitable for everyone, 4 kinds of people should think twice
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment method in which a doctor pierces acupuncture points on a patient's body to stimulate acupuncture points on the patient's body to treat the patient's disease. Everyone knows that acupuncture is a treatment method, but it is still a vague concept of what diseases it can treat. Therefore, today we will talk about the role of acupuncture and the suitable people for acupuncture.
The main role of acupuncture
- Unblock the meridians
People's meridians often have blockages. Using acupuncture and moxibustion to treat them can help patients to promote the smooth flow of the meridians and allow the meridians to function normally.
- Reconcile Yin and Yang
To explain in the words of traditional Chinese medicine, people's bodies often experience imbalance of yin and yang. If the balance of the body is broken, it means that our body is ready to get sick. At this time, acupuncture can be used to restore the balance of yin and yang to the body and restore the body to health. .
- Health care effect
Acupuncture and moxibustion has the effect of "reinvigorating the righteousness and eliminating pathogenic factors" in the interpretation of traditional Chinese medicine. That is, when there are no major problems with the body, acupuncture can be used to prevent diseases and keep the body in a "righteous" balance.
4 groups of people who are not suitable for acupuncture:
The first is diabetes. Because the glycemic index of the diabetic population is in a relatively high state, if a wound is caused during the acupuncture process, even a small needle opening will be difficult to heal. In addition, if the wound is not careful, it is easy to cause infection. Therefore, it is best for diabetic patients not to perform acupuncture treatment.
Followed by patients with coagulation defects. For example, patients with hemophilia and other diseases that are difficult to coagulate will continue to bleed once the needle opening is left after acupuncture. Therefore, patients with such coagulation defects may also stay away from acupuncture.
Furthermore, there are scars, tumor patients. Acupuncture is also less suitable for people with infections or scars on their skin. However, the current clinical acupuncture treatment has a good anti-inflammatory effect, so it is necessary to analyze the situation in detail.
Finally, pregnant women or patients with frequent miscarriages. Pregnant women are best not to perform acupuncture, because there is a risk of miscarriage if one is not careful. Acupuncture and moxibustion should also be performed with caution in patients with frequent miscarriages resulting in habituation. Menstruating women should not use acupuncture if it is not for the purpose of regulating menstrual disorders.
Extending a discussion: Can AIDS be infected through acupuncture?
From a purely theoretical point of view, the treatment behavior of acupuncture and moxibustion is likely to make patients infected with AIDS. However, it is difficult for the pathogen of AIDS to survive outside people's bodies. It is assumed that the acupuncture needles are infected with the virus, and the virus will be introduced into the body after piercing the next patient's body within a few seconds. However, in general, regular Chinese medicine hospitals will sterilize the needles and then treat them, so the chance of infection is minimized. If you are very worried about this problem, it is best to go to a regular large hospital for treatment or health care. The process of disinfection of equipment in large hospitals is relatively strict, which also ensures people's psychological safety. Private clinics cannot guarantee the infection rate, but all in all, the chance of contracting AIDS through acupuncture and moxibustion is still relatively small, especially the probability of infection in sterilized organs is very small.