So what kind of "artifact" is this moxibustion stool? Looking up on a treasure, although I didn't find the brand mentioned in the news, I got nearly 5,000 product results, with prices ranging from tens of yuan to several thousand yuan. Among them, most of them are promoting the efficacy of gynecological health care. "According to the theory of sitting moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine, the moxa stick is volatilized by heating the sitting position, which makes the moxa stick effect elements volatilize and penetrate into the body."
Does Chinese medicine really have the saying of "sitting moxibustion"? Sun Simiao mentioned in Qian Jin Fang that "all moxibustion methods must be straight, and the four bodies have no inclination. When moxibustion, the hole is not straight and useless, just broken ears. Sit and sit with moxibustion, lie and lie with moxibustion, and don't let acupuncture stand. " Sitting moxibustion refers to sitting moxibustion when acupoints are selected at buttocks, sacrococcygeal region and perineum. It can be seen that it is a moxibustion posture, just like lying and standing. There is no difference in the efficacy of seats made of different materials, just like sitting on a straw mat, wooden stool or sofa, but the hardness is different, and the efficacy will not be different because of different materials.
Moxibustion patients mostly sit on hollow stools or barrels, and moxibustion is lit below to ensure that acupoints are exposed and in close contact with moxibustion. The so-called "moxibustion stool" is obviously different from traditional moxibustion. It uses the heat energy of burning wormwood to physically heat the stool under the ass. What is the temperature range? How much heat can the skin at the moxibustion site penetrate even if it is exposed? Even if it can promote the volatilization of effective substances in mugwort leaves, can macromolecules such as the so-called "moxa stick effector" go deep into the body? Its scientific nature is questionable.
In addition, although moxibustion is a technical means of acupuncture treatment, it is not omnipotent. Clinically, sitting moxibustion is mostly used to treat perianal chronic eczema, and smoke oil produced by burning moxa can also be used to kill insects and moisturize skin. Extending to moxibustion therapy, it is also used for chronic, deficiency-cold and cold-induced blood stasis diseases. Such as chronic respiratory diseases caused by deficiency of spleen and lung, chronic gastropathy caused by weakness of spleen and stomach, gynecological diseases caused by cold coagulation of blood vessels, arthritis caused by cold-dampness blocking collaterals, plaque psoriasis caused by cold coagulation and blood stasis, etc.
If it must be related to the treatment of gallstones and cysts, it is that moxibustion combined with traditional Chinese medicine can be used to relieve symptoms when there is moderate deficiency cold and dull pain in chronic stage. However, in the case of infection, acute attack and aggravated pain, clinical anti-infection, analgesia and surgical treatment must be carried out.
"Bian Que's Heart Book" records: "People often have moxibustion when they are not ill. Although they don't live forever, they can live for more than a hundred years. " Mencius also has the saying that "seven years of illness and three years of courtship". All these indicate that Ai has high medical value in traditional Chinese medicine. At present, moxibustion is more and more convenient to use. It can be applied, inverted, smokeless, fixed in position, preventing burns and reducing smoking.
Although moxibustion is a Chinese medicine technique suitable for family operation, it should be remembered that moxa sticks are "medicine". Only by using good medicine and the right medicine can the disease be cured. It is suggested that you consult a doctor before use, select acupoints and control the temperature and time of moxibustion to ensure safe and effective implementation. Whether it is treatment or health care, the key to the curative effect of moxibustion lies in its dialectical application under the guidance of meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine. Facts have proved that anyone who advocates that he is a panacea or equipment must never be deceived.
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Is moxibustion and moxa stick fumigation the same thing?
Moxibustion and moxa stick fumigation are slightly different. Moxibustion uses the heat generated by burning moxa sticks to treat diseases; Folium Artemisiae Argyi is used to treat sinus, hypertrophy and invasive diseases with the help of smoke generated by the burning of Folium Artemisiae Argyi.
Is Ai Rong better than Ai Ye?
Artemisia argyi leaves are mostly raw leaves, which mainly have the functions of warming meridians, dispelling cold and eliminating dampness. A small amount of wormwood is taken orally to treat gynecological dysmenorrhea caused by cold coagulation of blood vessels, such as Aifu Nuangong Pill. Bathing and soaking feet with raw Artemisia argyi leaves decoction has the effects of fragrance, avoiding filth, eliminating dampness and detoxifying. Modern research shows that the water extract of Folium Artemisiae Argyi has broad-spectrum antibacterial effect.
After years of Chen Fang, the volatile oil of Artemisia argyi leaves is reduced and mashed into moxa sticks, which is the raw material of moxibustion. Easy to burn, so the smoke is reduced and the heating effect is strong.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Folium Artemisiae Argyi have different uses. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is used for moxibustion. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is taken orally or washed externally. Because the smoke of raw mugwort leaves is too thick after burning, it is not suitable for moxibustion, and it is more suitable for smoking mosquitoes. So there is no saying that wormwood is more effective and advanced than wormwood.
Rumor expert: Ping Li, deputy director and researcher of Beijing Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Expert: Professor Cheng Kai from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.