How does acupuncture help a deep bruise?

Question

I've read the western take on why acupuncture helps joint issues and emotional-related issues. How does it help deep bruises?

Answer 1

There IS a western take on acupuncture and it is more than just the placebo effect.  It can help promote circulation on the local level through nitric oxide release.

However, for deep bruises, I would not recommend acupuncture as there are less invasive methods to treat it.  Ice packs for the first day or two, and then warm compresses to promote circulation and clearing of waste materials.

Answer 2

acupuncture will help you to decrease your pain by inserting needles in other points (not the bruised area).

also you can use herbal teas which stimulate blood circulation and decrease pain like ginger tea.

Answer 3

passing over the bruise with moxa...there is a moxa liquid made by blue poppy or Zeng Gu Shui...

Answer 4

Sticking a needle deep into tissues possibly may help to stimulate the blood supply and help speed up the mopping up process in a deep bruise.

Answer 5

The "western take"???   Acupuncture doesn't do anything other than temporary relief of pain, by activating the placebo mechanism.

Use an ice pack.\

EDIT: The placebo mechanism is a well studied, physiological mechanism, which works in agreement with what we already know about neuroanatomy and neurochemistry, and there are sound evolutionary reasons why such a response would be a useful trait.  We know that at least part of it is due to release of endorphins and opioids by the body.   We can block this response with naloxone, and in turn, treatments that rely on the activation of this response, [most of AltMed]  in turn can be blocked.   Release of NO may be part of if it as well, and acupuncture may or may not stimulate its production.  That hasn't been proven as yet, by that very small, isolated study cited by eclectic.  And even if that effect is proven in larger, better studies, so what?  It still is nothing mystical; no chi is being unblocked, no chakra has been energized, nobody's aura has regained its normal hue.  Acupuncture does work for some things, especially minor pain..it's just it has never been shown to work any better than the placebo response for any condition, ever.  Sticking needles into people just turns out to be a really effective way of generating a normal physiological response...should that be so surprising?

Answer 6

acupuncure helps everything.