Ms. Wang, 56, felt unwell, so she went to a Chinese medicine clinic near her home for treatment, and after acupuncture, she developed knee pain and other symptoms.
It wasn't until the discomfort was so strong that the lady went to the hospital in the company of her family, but it was too late.
Soon after, the lady passed away in the hospital, just 1 day after her acupuncture.
This sounds very surprising and frightening, it is obviously a good thing to maintain health and cure diseases, why did it become a death?
Professional doctors remind that acupuncture and other traditional Chinese medicine methods have their particularities, and there are two key points in this, which everyone must pay attention to when choosing.
First, there are many accidents related to health care therapy related to traditional Chinese medicine
In the past two years, the revival of the national tide is not only about young men and women wearing Hanfu or new Chinese-style improved clothing in the streets and alleys, but also about middle-aged and elderly health care.
In the thermos cup of many people's offices, it is no longer a simple tea leaf or wolfberry chrysanthemum, but a large handful of mysterious medicinal tea.
Usually I have backache, and the first thing I think of is to go to the "Chinese medicine health center" to go to acupuncture, or cupping or something.
Even if you really feel unwell, you like to find a place to feel your pulse to see if it is a deficiency of spleen or lack of qi and blood, and even Baduanjin is popular all over the country regardless of age.
In the past decade, acupuncture therapy has ushered in an unprecedented development, and now it is not only in China, but also on the world stage compared to other types of therapy.
According to statistics, clinicians in 183 countries have started using this therapy, and more than 10 million treatments are performed in the United States each year.
The popularization of traditional Chinese medicine and the concept of health preservation is not a bad thing, but the news on the Internet does not seem to say so.
According to news reports, someone had done acupuncture with a 3-centimeter-long silver needle and pierced it into the body.
This is not an isolated case, and if we are usually careful, there is a lot of similar information.
For example, in 2017, a woman in Jinan, Shandong Province, who developed a fever after treatment, initially insisted that it was a detoxification of the body.
Later, Ms. Shi fell into a coma and was hospitalized for treatment, only to save her life.
Second, the qualification of TCM-related health care therapies is a mystery, and we must pay attention to screening when choosing
Wang Jing, deputy chief physician of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and vice president of the Stone and Gua Sha Professional Committee of the Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association, once said that compared with other types of therapy, acupuncture, scraping, and cupping have a relatively high safety factor, but the actual requirements for operation and professional knowledge are quite high.
Usually we go outside to do acupuncture, only know that it is pricked by needles for a while, whether it has any effect or not, many people do not know, anyway, being pricked will not necessarily cause any serious consequences.
This has led to the popularity of many "health centers" with the name of traditional Chinese medicine but without qualifications.
Let's look at such a set of data, not to mention the qualifications for practicing medicine, as far as the only health care professional "health care therapist" announced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is concerned, only 1.5 million people have obtained this certificate.
Let's think about it again, how many health centers are there around the residential area where you live, where you can hang acupuncture, cupping, and moxibustion?
One statistic shows that the number of employed people in this industry has reached 1 million nationwide, which is already telling.
Some people even said that although there are relevant regulations, it is not troublesome if you want to open such a store.
As long as it is approved, no matter what the application is, it can be opened into a health care center, anyway, as long as nothing happens, then it will be fine.
Of the dozens of health care facilities on a street, there are often a few that are not really qualified to treat them.
This kind of institution, not to mention the real treatment of diseases, is that the equipment and environmental sanitation can be rated.
I don't know what germs I carry, whether the needle has been strictly sterilized and pierced into the body, whether it is life or death really depends on my immunity and luck.
3. Not all diseases are suitable for acupuncture, and if you feel unwell, you must do a systematic examination
In terms of the process of visiting a hospital in a normal way, diagnosis is divided into multiple steps: self-description of the condition, doctor's judgment and instrument examination, and Chinese medicine is no exception.
Sometimes superficial symptoms aren't necessarily what really makes you uncomfortable.
For example, if you feel back pain, many people may judge that you are too tired these days, or that you have been working at the desk for too long.
If you only find an ordinary Chinese medicine health center to feel the pulse, there is no professional instrument to assist in diagnosis, the doctor is experienced, but if it is a little worse, there is a high probability that he will tell you that the spleen is weak, dampness and other panacea reasons.
Is it enough to do acupuncture or moxibustion?
In fact, back pain is also likely to be caused by coronary heart disease or angina, which are very dangerous conditions if not treated properly.
At this time, if you choose massage, acupuncture, etc., it is still a trivial matter to delay the effective treatment of the condition, and it may aggravate the condition.
Information sources:
Jinyang.com2024-01-04——Women have severe anemia due to 200ml of cupping and bloodletting every week, and not everyone can pull out the cupping
Economic Information Daily 2017-06-30
Xinzhong Daily Comprehensive 2022-12-13