Eczema is a common skin condition, accounting for more than 60% of all dermatological cases, which is widespread and notoriously difficult to cure. Itching is the most typical symptom of eczema. Patients often scratch the affected area, leading to skin damage or even bleeding, causing not only physical discomfort but also psychological distress.
There are many treatment methods for eczema. Acupuncture, a Traditional Chinese Medical technique used for both wellness and treatment, includes a special therapy with a history of over a thousand years—fire needle therapy, which may offer unexpected relief for chronic eczema sufferers.
What is Eczema?
Eczema is a common skin condition that usually manifests as itching, swelling, or red bumps of various sizes on the skin. It can be triggered by multiple factors, including certain foods, insect bites, medications, and viral infections. Symptoms can last from minutes to years. In severe cases, swelling of the throat and airways may occur.
Chronic eczema typically presents with dry lesions. The skin becomes rough and may even develop into lichenified (thickened and leathery) patches.
Chronic eczema is a common allergic skin condition characterized by oozing, infiltration and thickening, scaling, and lichenification. Patients often suffer from intense itching.
How TCM view Eczema?
In TCM, eczema is viewed as an imbalance in the body’s Qi and blood, usually due to external pathogens or internal dysfunction. TCM identifies several potential causes of eczema:
– Invasion by wind-heat or wind-cold: External factors like wind, heat, or cold can penetrate the body’s defenses and lead to skin reactions such as eczema.
– Qi and blood stagnation: Poor circulation of Qi and blood can result in stagnation, which may cause rashes.
– Wind-heat or blood-heat: Excess heat in the blood or heat caused by wind can lead to symptoms such as redness, itching, and swelling of the skin.
Fire Needle Therapy in TCM
What is Fire Needle therapy?
Fire needle therapy has a history of over 2,000 years in China, which is one of acupuncture treatment in Chinese medicine. The technique involves heating the tip and lower part of a special needle until red-hot, then quickly inserting it into specific acupuncture points on the body to a certain depth before withdrawing it. This method combines the stimulating effect of acupuncture with the warming effect of moxibustion to achieve therapeutic results.
Fire needles operate at a temperature of 400–600°C. The high heat causes protein coagulation, sterilization, and disinfection. Simultaneously, the thermal stimulation activates local immune responses, improves blood circulation, and helps absorb and reduce inflammation.
Is Fire Needle Therapy Suitable for Chronic Eczema?
Fire needles apply sustained heat stimulation to the skin, stimulate meridians and acupuncture points, and invigorate Yang energy to expel pathogenic factors through the pores. Additionally, the stimulation of affected areas by fire needles can damage diseased tissue, improve circulation, activate various enzymes, promote metabolism, control inflammation, raise pain thresholds, and provide soothing, anti-itch, and healing effects.
Fire needle therapy is easy to perform, works quickly, and has shown excellent results in treating persistent skin conditions like neurodermatitis, chronic eczema, and nodular prurigo. The heat effect improves microcirculation in affected areas, accelerates the absorption of inflammation and metabolic waste, and alleviates local symptoms.
While there is minor pain involved, the procedure does not leave scars. With repeated treatments, the localized inflammation from minor burns is absorbed, and the inflammatory edema in skin lesions gradually subsides, easing the patient’s suffering.
Successful Case
It was a frightening experience for Mr. Bei when recalling ten-year battle with chronic eczema. Over the past decade, he struggled with frequent itching on his back, neck, and limbs. He had tried oral anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory medications, as well as topical steroid creams. Initially, these measures temporarily relieved the itching and reduced rashes, but the condition kept recurring and was never fully resolved.
Over time, even the same treatments became less effective. The itching worsened, rashes spread, and his skin thickened and became dry. However, everything changed after he received fire needle therapy at Shanghai Medical Clinic in Dubai.
After a diagnosis by Dr. Wang, a TCM practitioner at the clinic, a shallow insertion technique using fine fire needle clusters was employed. The needle tips were heated in an outer flame until red-hot and then quickly and vertically inserted into the lesions to a depth of 0.5–1 mm. Each needle tip was pricked three times before being reheated and reused. The process covered the affected area thoroughly. Treatment lasted five months, using only localized shallow fire needle therapy. After just three sessions, his itching symptoms fully resolved with no relapse.
Why Choose Shanghai Medical Clinic?
Fire needle therapy is one of an ancient acupuncture technique and it has been passed down in China for over a thousand years. It is simple to perform, delivers quick results, and requires a short treatment course—making it a worthy option for eczema patients.
Shanghai Medical Clinic in Dubai has over 30 years of experience using fire needle therapy to treat eczema and other skin conditions. If you are struggling with eczema, our certified Chinese doctor will tailor a personalized treatment program of fire needle just for you. Please feel free to contact us for consultation by WhatsApp +971 555918602.
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