[crusher2013]

They also once thought that bleeding you half to death was healthy!

We’ve advanced since then.

[piasa]

For some people, like the Irish who as a population are unusually predisposed to it, bleeding is still used if they have a usually hereditary condition called hemochromatosis, or “iron storage disease.”

[rawcatslyentist]

They also once thought that bleeding you half to death was healthy!

We’ve advanced since then.

So they say today.

Not tomorrow!

[Telepathic Intruder]

It does temporarily reduce blood pressure. Other than that, all it does is fatigue you by forcing your body to produce more replacement blood.