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Can acupuncture be used during menstruation?
Traditional Chinese medicine literature attaches importance to taboo acupuncture during pregnancy, but ignores menstrual taboos. Therefore, many doctors and patients are at a loss whether acupuncture can be used during menstruation. Can acupuncture be used to treat menstrual diseases? According to reports, the stimulation of acupuncture can really produce some bad stimulation and influence on normal menstruation, such as promoting pelvic congestion, increasing uterine contraction, and even leading to irregular menstruation. Therefore, women with normal menstrual cycle, menstrual color, menstrual volume and menstrual quality should not be treated with acupuncture during menstruation; If the menstrual cycle, menstrual color, menstrual volume, menstrual quality and other congenital abnormalities, such as amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, etc., acupuncture can be used to regulate menstruation and relieve pain during menstruation. For some patients with acute rescue, acupuncture can also be used for treatment. Menstrual disorders caused by acupuncture can be treated by moxibustion at Guanyuan, Sanyinjiao and Zusanli points. Menstrual retreat and menorrhagia, amenorrhea, plus Shu Tian and Guilai points; Irregular menstruation is divided into qi sea and blood sea. Dysmenorrhea is divided into two parts: the ground machine and the brain shell. Generally, menstrual disorder can be corrected after 3 ~ 5 times of treatment.