Why Is There No Bleeding at Acupuncture Needle Insertion Points
Acupuncture needle insertion points are also known as acupoints and they are points of aggregates of Qi
or energy. For doctors who are highly trained and sensitive, the energy vortices at these points can be felt
easily at the fingertips when the fingers are moved over the acupoints.
In Western science, attempts to find out about acupoints are highly limited to the physical level as science
itself is self-limiting to physical measurements, entities and modalities. Research into the physiological
structures of acupoints have found that most acupoints hold endings of the various important body
systems such as but not limited to vascular, glandular, nervous, endocrinological, immunological systems.
For bleeding to occur, there needs to be perforation of the veins or vessels of the blood system in the
body.
In acupuncture, the needles do not actually pierce through the veins or vessels but are inserted near to the
endings of the various internal body systems. The purpose is more for stimulation rather than perforation
of the vessels. That is one of the simple explanations of why there is no bleeding at acupuncture needle
insertion points.
