Is bruise normal after acupuncture?

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Is bruise normal after acupuncture? Acupuncture and moxibustion is a good method of traditional Chinese medicine to help regulate the function of the human body, and the side effects of acupuncture and moxibustion are very small. Generally, you can choose acupuncture and moxibustion to treat diseases. Can you do acupuncture and moxibustion in winter? Now let's have a look!

Is bruise normal after acupuncture?

After acupuncture and moxibustion, the bruise of acupuncture and moxibustion site was mostly caused by subcutaneous capillary hemorrhage. If the patient has coagulation dysfunction, there will be a coin size bruise. Secondly, it is possible that the doctor pricked the subcutaneous arteriole when acupuncture, and the arteriole bleeding formed subcutaneous ecchymosis. No matter what the situation, patients do not need to be nervous, do not have to worry, bruising can be absorbed by the human body, purification, generally 2-3 days can be self-healing. If there is a large area of bruise, you can choose hot compress to disperse blood stasis.

Bruising is the rupture of capillary in the body, which is also a normal physiological phenomenon. Because of the vulnerability of blood vessels, transient bruising can be quickly recovered. If it is more serious, it needs hot compress. After acupuncture and moxibustion, the bruise of acupuncture and moxibustion site was mostly caused by subcutaneous capillary hemorrhage. If the patient has coagulation dysfunction, there will be a coin size bruise. Secondly, it is possible that the doctor pricked the subcutaneous arteriole when acupuncture, and the arteriole bleeding formed subcutaneous ecchymosis.

Generally, it can be completely eliminated in about 2 days. Small bruises can be completely eliminated in a day or so, but larger bruises can be eliminated in a few days, and there is no need to worry about it. If there is no skin injury in the bruise area, wet and hot compress the affected area with a towel. To promote local blood circulation, play the role of removing blood stasis.

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After acupuncture and moxibustion, there will be bruises. Generally speaking, after acupuncture and moxibustion, there will not be bruises. When acupuncture is applied to places with rich blood vessels, such as around our eyes, face and abdomen, it is easy to have bruises. In the process of acupuncture, some small blood vessels were broken, or some thick blood vessels were damaged. After bleeding to the subcutaneous, the blood was blocked in the subcutaneous, and then it was bruised or purple. This kind of congestion will be absorbed after 1 to 2 weeks, and the color of congestion will gradually change until it disappears. Therefore, bruise after acupuncture is a very normal situation, we do not have to worry.