Clinical research on the treatment of acne with blood-letting puncturing and cupping

In traditional Chinese medicine,acne has a name called Fen Ci,its etiology and pathogenesis is innate endoretention of damp heat in the body,and combined with being caught by wind pathogen.Blood-letting puncturing and cupping is a kind of Chinese medical therapy which combination of meridian-pricking therapy and cupping therapy,its effect is dredging the meridian passage,heat-clearing and detoxicating,subduing inflammation and eliminating stagnation.Through reviewing related articals in the field of blood-letting puncturing and cupping treatment on acne,we conclude that this therapy is effective,and it is more effective to combined acupuncture,ear point acupuncture,electric needling,fire needling therapy,drugs with blood-letting puncturing and cupping.But mechanism research is lacked,long-time effect study is rared.And the volume of bleeding,lasting time of cupping,treatment frequency,and classification of syndrome need to be given unified standards.