What are the functions of traditional Chinese medicine moxibustion?
Moxibustion therapy, whether used for treating diseases or preserving health, has remarkable effects, which are manifested in all aspects.
First, disease prevention and health care.
Traditional Chinese medicine has always emphasized nip in the bud, not nip in the bud. It's really "righteousness exists, and evil can't be made." Moxibustion stimulates human body, which can stimulate healthy qi, enhance human body's ability to resist "evil spirits" and play a role in disease prevention and health care.
Second, reconcile yin and yang.
The balance of yin and yang in human body is fundamental to the occurrence and development of diseases. Using the reinforcing and reducing effect of moxibustion therapy, the effect of harmonizing yin and yang can be achieved.
Third, warming meridians to dispel cold.
The so-called "heat is cold, cold is hot", through moxibustion to stimulate meridian points, moxibustion heat can warm meridians and expel cold evil in the body, which is a concrete manifestation of "cold is hot".
Fourth, clearing away heat and toxic materials.
Moxibustion can not only dispel cold, but also relieve depression and heat. The warming effect of moxibustion can make the skin wide open and the hair opening unobstructed, which opens a channel for the release of heat, thus playing a role in inducing heat to outsiders.
Fifth, help Yang save lives.
The wealth of heaven is a red sun, and the wealth of mankind is a real sun. The essence of human existence is the spirit of the sun. When the spirit of the sun finds a suitable place, people live, but when it is lost, people die. If the yang sinks and the yin and yang separate, it will cause collapse. The heat of moxibustion can help yang and cure collapse. Yang Qi's decline made Yin Qi prosper alone, while Yang Qi was weak, so his hands and feet were cold.
Six, removing blood stasis and dissipating stagnation
Moxibustion can promote qi and blood circulation, remove blood stasis and dissipate stagnation. The chapter "Lingshu" in Huangdi Neijing said: "The blood in the pulse is the fire tone of the Buddha, and the Buddha can take it." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that qi is handsome for blood, and blood follows pneumatic, while qi can pass through and qi moves with blood. Moxibustion can make human qi flow smoothly and eliminate blood stasis in the body.
Moxibustion tips
Moxibustion, a moxibustion method in acupuncture therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, is a treatment method that uses moxa heat produced by moxibustion materials made of folium Artemisiae Argyi to stimulate acupuncture points or specific parts on the body surface and regulate the physiological and biochemical functions of human body disorder by stimulating menstrual activities, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing diseases and treating diseases.
The application of moxibustion originated from the use of fire after human mastery, and the time was also in the Stone Age.
Moxibustion originated in ancient China, because its mechanism of action is similar to acupuncture therapy, and it has a complementary therapeutic effect with acupuncture therapy. Acupuncture is usually used together, so it is called acupuncture.
Acupuncture has a far-reaching influence at home and abroad, but when modern people say moxibustion, they often only refer to acupuncture, and rarely include moxibustion.
Moxibustion
Although moxibustion is good, it will get twice the result with half the effort if the method is wrong. How can moxibustion be correct? Generally speaking, there are three correct moxibustion methods:
1, hanging on the back: aim one end of the lighted moxa stick at the part that needs moxibustion, move it around 3 cm away from the skin in parallel, or repeatedly rotate moxibustion to make the skin feel warm but not burning until the skin turns red.
2. Hanging moxibustion: Also known as mild moxibustion, aim the lighted moxa stick at the part that needs moxibustion, and smoke moxibustion at the place 3-5 cm away from the skin, paying attention to the fixed position, so that the moxibustion part has a warm feeling until the skin is red.
3, sparrow peck: aim one end of the lighted moxa stick at the part that needs moxibustion, just like sparrow peck, moxibustion is carried out from top to bottom, and the distance between the burner and the skin is kept at 2-3 cm until the skin is red. Pay attention to the fall of moxa ash during moxibustion to avoid scalding the skin.
Moxibustion taboo
Because moxibustion fumigation uses fire moxibustion, careless moxibustion may cause local skin burns. On the other hand, some Xue Jing will be injured in the process of moxibustion, so some parts or some people can't be moxibustion. These are all taboos of moxibustion. There were many taboos about moxibustion in ancient times. Although some taboos can be broken, some situations should be taboo.
1. All exposed parts, such as the face, should not be directly moxibustion, so as not to form scars and affect the appearance.
2. Do not apply moxibustion to areas with thin skin and few muscles, waist and sacrum of pregnant women, lower abdomen, nipples, genitals and testicles of men and women. In addition, do not directly moxibustion joints. In addition, don't moxibustion big blood vessels and heart. The eyeball belongs to the face, so don't moxibustion.
3. Extreme fatigue, hunger, satiety, drunkenness, excessive sweating, emotional instability, or female menstrual taboo moxibustion.
4. Some infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or extreme physical exhaustion and emaciated bones are all prohibited from moxibustion.
5. People who have no self-control ability such as mental patients should avoid moxibustion.