Therapeutic Effect of Cutaneous Needling and Cupping – Bleeding the Acupuncture Points on the Numbness and Pain of Blood Stagnation

摘要

Objectives: Aiming to study the therapeutic effect of cutaneous needling and cupping-bleeding on the prescribed points for regulating blood and dissolving stasis such as acupoints, Xinshu (BL15), Geshu (BL17), Xuehai (SP10) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) to treat those with the limb numbness and pain of the syndrome, blood stagnation by inducing Yang-Qi flow to the superficial defence. Methods: 56 patients with the syndrome who claimed the complaint of their limb’s numbness and pain were prescribed the treatment, including 42 treated patients and 14 cases for the placebo control. Their age is from 30 to 88 years old, and the gender rate of male: female Z 1:1.8. The AME blood sample needle and plastic vacuum cups were used to needlingcupping-bleed for the treatment, once a week, and 3 sessions for 1 course, and 1e2 courses for the full therapy. The statistical comparison showed the difference between pre- and post-therapy in the relief of the symptom of numbness and pain of the syndrome (p < 0.05). Result: After 1e2 courses, the relief rate of numbness and pain in the limbs of 42 treated patients was 94.52 1.03% (p < 0.05, and the clinical cure rate 83.04 2.03% (p < 0.05) but only one showed the relief response to the treatment in the placebo control group, the rate 7.14 1.21% (p > 0.05). No side-effect occurred during and after the therapy. Discussion: The wind-evil invades the superficial defence of the organism and the stays in the nutritious and blood ports due to the deficient Yang-Defence. The study induced Yang-Qi flow to superficial- nutritious defence ports to expel wind evil and to improve Qi-blood circulation, and to relieve the limb’s numbness and pain from blood stagnation by the technique. The acupuncture stimulation is able to amplify the therapeutic effect. Actually, it should be applied in the practice as a clinical choice.