{"id":236,"date":"2017-10-05T15:23:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T07:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/10\/05\/do-you-want-to-try-traditional-bee-venom-therapy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T11:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T03:05:47","slug":"do-you-want-to-try-traditional-bee-venom-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/do-you-want-to-try-traditional-bee-venom-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Want To Try Traditional Bee Venom Therapy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Every day, Xiang Meng, an acupuncturist and practiationer of traditional bee venom therapy, w<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Every day, Xiang Meng, an acupuncturist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">practitioner of traditional<\/a> bee venom therapy, works while surrounded by buzzing bees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fr35ZcFyVdsqdfDARLxGMcH5etGS?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/do-you-want-to-try-traditional-bee-venom-therapy\/#A_bees_stinger_is_inserted_into_a_patients_skin_at_Xiang_Mengs_clinic_Photo_IC\" title=\"A bee&#8217;s stinger is inserted into a patient&#8217;s skin at Xiang Meng&#8217;s clinic. Photo: IC\">A bee&#8217;s stinger is inserted into a patient&#8217;s skin at Xiang Meng&#8217;s clinic. Photo: IC<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/do-you-want-to-try-traditional-bee-venom-therapy\/#Xiang_pulls_a_stinger_out_of_a_pressure_point_on_a_patients_face_Photo_IC\" title=\"Xiang pulls a stinger out of a pressure point on a patient&#8217;s face. Photo: IC\">Xiang pulls a stinger out of a pressure point on a patient&#8217;s face. Photo: IC<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/do-you-want-to-try-traditional-bee-venom-therapy\/#A_worker_collects_honey_from_beehives_Photo_IC\" title=\"A worker collects honey from beehives. Photo: IC\">A worker collects honey from beehives. Photo: IC<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/do-you-want-to-try-traditional-bee-venom-therapy\/#Nurses_use_wax_the_clinic_makes_from_honey_to_massage_patients_Photo_IC\" title=\"Nurses use wax the clinic makes from honey to massage patients. Photo: IC\">Nurses use wax the clinic makes from honey to massage patients. Photo: IC<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_bees_stinger_is_inserted_into_a_patients_skin_at_Xiang_Mengs_clinic_Photo_IC\"><\/span>A bee&#8217;s stinger is inserted into a patient&#8217;s skin at Xiang Meng&#8217;s clinic. Photo: IC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>When his patients come in for treatment, Xiang runs tests to make sure they are not allergic to bee venom. Then he opens a box filled with the insects and grabs a bee with tweezers, quickly jabs its stinger into pressure points on the patient&#8217;s body, then pulls the bee away, leaving its stinger in their skin along with its venom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FluOm9RQtAviu2eoP-vS_Qj9Tt0U?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"22.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Xiang_pulls_a_stinger_out_of_a_pressure_point_on_a_patients_face_Photo_IC\"><\/span>Xiang pulls a stinger out of a pressure point on a patient&#8217;s face. Photo: IC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The therapy has a long history. Practitioners use the venom to stimulate the skin and counteract the &#8220;venom&#8221; in patients&#8217; bodies that <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/traditional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traditional<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/chinese-medicine\/\" title=\"View all posts in Chinese medicine\">Chinese medicine<\/a> (TCM) doctors believe causes diseases.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic raises hundreds of thousands of Italian bees, because they have long stingers, a relatively large amount of venom each and breed quickly. Specialist beekeepers take care of the insects in the orchards and also harvest other bee byproducts, such as honey and beeswax.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlsGo_OiAh13Gk5Za4lU3NlUMEKJ?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_worker_collects_honey_from_beehives_Photo_IC\"><\/span>A worker collects honey from beehives. Photo: IC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The efficacy of the therapy is widely debated, just like many treatments in TCM.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, a Chinese acupuncturist in the US who offers bee venom therapy was sued by the state of California, with the authorities claiming that the therapy violates the state&#8217;s acupuncture regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Within China, the therapy is controversial as well. An acupuncturist in East China&#8217;s Zhejiang Province said the therapy is indeed recorded in old medical books, but it has risks, so not many hospitals provide this therapy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FsAWJLq5h4N1xhFCzxRHeivs7OGl?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nurses_use_wax_the_clinic_makes_from_honey_to_massage_patients_Photo_IC\"><\/span>Nurses use wax the clinic makes from honey to massage patients. Photo: IC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Chinese government has invested great effort in promoting TCM. But despite these efforts, in recent years, more and more young people are coming to question these traditional therapies. Many believe the therapies are not empirically tested and cannot be regarded as medical science.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to try this?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC QR.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every day, Xiang Meng, an acupuncturist and practiationer of traditional bee venom therapy, w Every day, Xiang Meng, an acupuncturist and practitioner of traditional bee venom therapy, works while surrounded &#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[3643,60,311,3691,353,306,29,34],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-3643","tag-china","tag-chinese-medicine","tag-do-you-want-to-try-traditional-bee-venom-therapy","tag-e-china-cities","tag-hiredchina","tag-jobs","tag-jobs-in-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25924,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions\/25924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}