Whereas in pre-modern Western medicine bleeding took the barbaric form of draining the patient of considerable quantities of blood by the application of leeches, the Chinese directed a far gentler form of bleeding to specific points.
As the word "micro-puncture" implies, the amount of blood drawn never exceeds a few drops-no more than would be withdrawn in an ordinary blood test. Frequently just one drop of blood removed at the appropriate acupuncture point will give immediate and startling results. For example, one drop withdrawn from the finger terminal point of the small intestine meridian will instantly relieve certain cases of pain from a stiff shoulder. Some types of headache, such as hangover headache, respond to the same procedure applied to the finger terminal of the large intestine meridian.
As the word "micro-puncture" implies, the amount of blood drawn never exceeds a few drops-no more than would be withdrawn in an ordinary blood test. Frequently just one drop of blood removed at the appropriate acupuncture point will give immediate and startling results. For example, one drop withdrawn from the finger terminal point of the small intestine meridian will instantly relieve certain cases of pain from a stiff shoulder. Some types of headache, such as hangover headache, respond to the same procedure applied to the finger terminal of the large intestine meridian.
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