Chinese Blood Letting / Wet Cupping

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Chinese Blood Letting may be done on the legs, ears, fingers toes, depending on the patients individual issues. Wet cupping is usually performed on the patients back.

Chinese Blood Letting is great for supporting detoxification, as it pulls out 'bad' blood, and qi stagnation (pain), and removes external pathogens which may have invaded the body

Blood Letting or Wet Cupping can be effective for pain conditions,  some neurological conditions, knee pain, lower back pain, abdominal and digestive conditions, gallstone pain, kidney conditions, varicose veins, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, infertility, uterine fibroids, high blood pressure, coccyx pain, circulatory conditions, headaches, reflux, inflammation, detox support, and also interestingly anger or highly emotional conditions.

Single use, disposable cups, and sterile, one-time use only lancets are used. 

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND CLINICAL SAFETY

Thornton Acupuncture clinic is registered and licensed by Wyre Borough Council, and operates in accordance with all required health hygiene and duty of care standards

For treatments involving bloodletting or other procedures where clinical waste is produced, strict infection control protocols are followed including the safe handling and disposal of sharps and clinical waste through appropriate licensed services

I take hygiene, patient safety and clinical practice extremely seriously and follow rigorous procedures expected within a professional clinical environment

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