What Are the Benefits of Bleeding at the Taichong Point?

Taichong point bloodletting is a method of acupuncture that stimulates the Taichong point to release the blood from the point, which can effectively lower blood pressure and is effective in treating insomnia and respiratory failure. It is suitable for people who often get angry or sulk and have a high effect of relieving anger. It is necessary to choose experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctors to perform Taichong point bloodletting, and the correct selection of acupuncture points is crucial for effectiveness.

Needle puncture at Taichong point has a good antihypertensive effect. Taichong is very sensitive to the regulatory effect on eosinophils. It has been reported that acupuncture at Taichong, Neiguan, and Subiao points has good curative effects on patients with respiratory failure. It also has good therapeutic effects on adolescent myopia. It is commonly used in modern medicine for the treatment of hypertension, headache, dizziness, hernia, insomnia, hepatitis, mastitis, menstrual disorders, functional uterine bleeding, incomplete uterine contraction, thrombocytopenia, cervical lymphadenitis, enteritis, urinary tract infections, joint pain in the limbs, intercostal neuralgia, lumbago, leg spasms, and various types of coma. It is one of the commonly used acupuncture points for acupuncture anesthesia.

Taichong point bloodletting is suitable for people who tend to get angry easily, suppress their anger, and often feel depressed, anxious, or difficult to solve their worries. Taichong is also known as the "Anger Relief Point". Pressing this point after getting angry can help relieve anger. In practice, patients with symptoms of anger and rage often have abnormalities at the Taichong point. Through acupuncture, massage, and other techniques at the Taichong point, it is indeed possible to alleviate the patient's emotional distress. The reflection area of the Taichong point on the foot corresponds to the chest, and pressing it can also relieve discomfort in the chest.

To locate the Taichong point, push from the junction of the big toe and the second toe towards the ankle on the dorsum of the foot until you reach the end of the connection between the two bones. This is the Taichong point, located approximately 4 centimeters above the seam of the big toe on the dorsum of the foot. When locating the Taichong point, you can adopt a sitting or supine position. The Taichong point is located on the dorsum of the foot, at the connection between the first and second metatarsal bones. Use your fingers to press upward along the gap between the big toe and the second toe until you can feel the pulse, which indicates the location of the Taichong point.