In Traditional Chinese Medicine, a few drops of blood let out from one of the peripheral points acupuncture points can have significant health benefits. Bloodletting is one of the oldest Acupuncture techniques, which is effectively used for helping to increase blood circulation, and induce a therapeutic effects on the body.
It is commonly used for alleviating heat, convulsions, mental distress, fevers and many other ailments including: reducing blood pressure, increasing blood circulation, facilitating in the creation of new blood, sore throat, cardiac pain, headache, redness of eyes, hernia, prolapsed uterus, dream disturbed sleep, toothache, facial swelling, cold feeling in legs and feet, dizziness, blurred vision, deafness, nasal obstruction, and mental disorders.
Research has also shown that the act of bloodletting slows the growth of bacteria.
