What are the advantages and disadvantages of facial acupuncture?

Although Chinese medicine is slower to take effect than Western medicine, it can effectively cure diseases. Therefore, more and more people now adopt Chinese medicine to treat diseases and regulate their bodies. Acupuncture is a very important treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine. It can effectively promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and activate meridians. Many people also use facial acupuncture for beauty. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of facial acupuncture.

Three benefits of facial acupuncture

1Keep fit and stay healthy

Acupuncture beauty is also recognized by many people in life. In your life, you should pay attention to choosing a beauty method that suits you. Spirit, also known as spirit, is the characteristic of human life activities. A person's mental appearance is a full reflection of the body's essence, energy, and spirit, and energy and blood are the material basis of mental activities. The spirit relies on the nourishment of energy and blood to be smart. According to the theory of the unity of form and spirit and the coexistence of form and spirit in traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture clinical practice has always focused on form and spirit and emphasized spirit as the main focus.

2. Promote menstruation and eliminate spots

Eliminating some plaques is also very effective, and you need to take some reasonable acupuncture measures in your life. Chloasma is very common clinically. It refers to light brown or dark brown pigmentation spots that occur symmetrically on the face. It is prone to occur on the nose, forehead, cheeks, around the mouth and cheeks, and most of the time there are no subjective symptoms.

3. Remove acne

When undergoing acupuncture, you should pay attention to your physical condition and choose acupuncture measures that are suitable for you. According to TCM syndrome differentiation and analysis, acne can be divided into lung-stomach damp-heat type and blood stasis and phlegm stagnation type. Acupuncture can not only clear the heat from the lungs and stomach, but also resolve phlegm and turbidity, promote capillary blood flow, and strengthen epidermal cells.

Disadvantages of facial acupuncture:

Facial acupuncture has no side effects, but some patients with other diseases who blindly undergo acupuncture may affect their physical health. Do not undergo cosmetic acupuncture in the following five situations.

The patient should not undergo acupuncture immediately when he/she is too hungry, tired or too nervous.

Pregnant women should be cautious about acupuncture. Generally, acupuncture is prohibited in the first three months of pregnancy to avoid causing miscarriage. Acupuncture should not be performed during menstruation.

Acupuncture is not recommended if there are areas of infection, ulcers, scars or tumors on the skin.

Patients who often have spontaneous bleeding or bleeding that does not stop after injury should not undergo acupuncture.

Acupuncture points prohibited on the head and face: Ancient Chinese medical books record that acupuncture is prohibited on the Chengqi point, Huizong point, Naohu point, Shenting point, and Yuzhen point on the head and face.