Overview

Cold is a common respiratory disease caused by many viruses. The common cold is an upper respiratory tract infection caused by rhinovirus, which often occurs in winter and spring, and the onset is urgent. The early symptoms include dry throat itching or burning sensation, sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose, or low fever and headache, and it is often complicated with bacterial infection. Medicine calls it a "cold".

Influenza caused by pathogenic wind is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus, which easily occurs in spring. Its main characteristics are sudden onset, chills, high fever, headache, general aches and other systemic symptoms, and the upper respiratory symptoms are mild. Traditional Chinese medicine calls "catching a cold at the time", which is obtained by feeling evil at the time.

symptoms

pathogenic factors are combined, and the condition is serious. According to clinical manifestations, any exogenous pathogenic wind is called cold, with symptoms such as headache, stuffy nose, runny nose, fear of wind and mild symptoms; Cold pathogen is wind-cold cold, with symptoms of aversion to cold, fever, anhidrosis, headache, sore limbs, heavy nasal congestion, watery nasal discharge, itchy throat, cough, thin and white sputum, tight pulse, and thin and moist tongue coating, while wind-heat pathogen is wind-heat cold, with symptoms of fever, slight aversion to wind-cold, headache, swelling and pain in throat, slight thirst, cough, etc. If it is accompanied by the evil of epidemic disease, and the onset is acute, the condition is more serious than that of wind-heat cold, and it is contagious, which is easy to cause outbreaks or pandemics, so it is called influenza, that is, it is called influenza in ancient times.

General moxibustion conditioning scheme:

Acupoint selection: Dazhui and Yintang

You can moxibustion according to this moxibustion. Once a day for the first 3 days, and moxibustion is recommended for 2~3 days later. Control it for about 1-15 minutes at a time. (The best time for moxibustion is around 9: a.m., around 3: p.m., and moxibustion is forbidden after 8: p.m.)

Intensive moxibustion conditioning scheme

The first day, Feishu, Yanglingquan and Shenque

The second day, Dazhui, Hegu, Tiantu and Shenque

The third day, Fengfu, Hanging Bell and Shenque <

Precautions before moxibustion:

1 When we use moxibustion to treat diseases, the acupuncturist will assign us several acupoints, so there is a fixed order for moxibustion at these acupoints. The order is Yang first, then Yin, Yang in the back and Yin in the abdomen. First up, then down, first left and then right. This can make the body achieve the balance of yin and yang and smooth qi and blood, otherwise it will be easy to cross-breath, leading to qi disorder.

The first acupoint when we do moxibustion must be Mingmen, because Mingmen is the portal of life and the starting point of moxibustion conditioning, which is equivalent to a key to open the door of the human body.

2 You can't get cold during moxibustion and after moxibustion. Pay special attention to the warmth of the neck, waist, abdomen and feet. Because the heat will cause the pores of the body to open during moxibustion, it is easy to be invaded by cold and evil spirits if we don't pay attention to keep warm at this time.

3 The conditioning process of moxibustion is best carried out in the daytime. If you go to work during the day and are free only at night, it is best to finish before 8 pm, so that the effect is better. Only once a day. Moxibustion for a long time cannot be adjusted in the morning and then in the afternoon. This is not appropriate.

4 Don't take a bath, wash your hands with cold water, drink cold drinks and eat cold things, including fruits, within 2 hours after moxibustion.

5 drink 2-3ml of warm water before and after moxibustion. Don't eat cold food (watermelon, banana, crab, cold drink, herbal tea, etc.) during moxibustion. If you feel hungry during moxibustion, just eat something digestible and fill it up. Don't eat too much.

6 You can't have an empty stomach or be too full during moxibustion. Half an hour after dinner is best. Because the body energy is not enough on an empty stomach, and it is unable to receive external energy, it is very likely that there will be a phenomenon of dizzy moxibustion, so it is impossible to moxibustion on an empty stomach

8 Do not moxibustion during menstruation for women without special circumstances. Unless dysmenorrhea, menstruation can't come, and the amount is small, you can consult the teacher with acupuncture points and moxibustion; If the menstrual flow is relatively large at ordinary times, you should avoid menstrual moxibustion to avoid excessive menstrual flow and prolonged menstrual period; Moxibustion can be used if the amount of menstruation is small or dysmenorrhea and menstruation caused by cold and dampness do not come down.

If menstruation is found to be irregular, early or late, large or small after moxibustion for a period of time, it is a normal adjustment, and it will automatically adjust to a normal state after 1-2 months.

9 Moxibustion for pregnant women, if necessary, if the fetal position is not correct, or for pregnant women who are prone to miscarriage, you can do suspension moxibustion, but only under the strict guidance of the teacher.

1 people who have just finished the operation depend on the nature of the operation. Moxibustion is not suitable for the time being after major surgery, even if it is done, it must be done step by step. Because the body is in a very weak state, the amount of moxibustion must be small. Usually moxibustion can be done 2 months after major surgery, and moxibustion can help patients recover their vitality; Minor outpatient surgery doesn't hurt your vitality, and moxibustion can usually be done after 2 weeks.

11 It is best to moxibustion at one acupoint in the moxibustion conditioning process. Some people can accept one-time moxibustion at two or more acupoints. If you feel uncomfortable in such moxibustion, you should stop it immediately.

Recommendation 2: Moxibustion reaction and detoxification channels

1. Sweating and detoxification: I feel sweating during moxibustion and sweating after moxibustion, which may last for several days or longer.

2. When some people perspire for a period, they start to break out in red rashes and hard pimples, which is also a manifestation of detoxification. Generally, if you continue moxibustion, the rash will go down slowly, and the pimple will be hard. You can massage while moxibustion, and it will gradually disappear. This is a phenomenon of skin detoxification.

3. Excessive urination: This is also a sign that toxins are excreted from the urethra. At this time, you should drink more water. It doesn't matter that these reactions will gradually disappear. Generally, frequent urination after moxibustion indicates that the kidney and urinary system are not very good; Women suggest that there will be problems in gynecology.

4. Diarrhea occurs: frequent diarrhea, and the stool is extremely smelly, which is also a reaction to expel sick gas. Those who have this reaction usually have gastrointestinal problems or have tumors.

5. Some people will have sore throat and toothache, etc. At this time, drink more water, or cook a little mung bean porridge to drink. In severe cases, you can stop moxibustion. After these symptoms have passed, continue moxibustion, and the above symptoms may occur. Generally, after repeated several times, there will be no symptoms of getting angry.

6. Some people who have moxibustion for the first time may have symptoms of fever. It doesn't matter. Drink plenty of water. Scraping the meridian and bladder meridian or cupping will reduce the fever and reduce internal heat.

7. To treat diseases, we must give them a way out. When the vitality gathers in the viscera after moxibustion, the pathogenic factors will often find their own ways. These ways out are not necessarily designed by us, but the paths that the pathogenic factors are used to. The path of general diseases in the lower limbs is our ideal path. However, the discharge of diseases is independent of our will. He will find his own way out.

8. Some people will have dizziness, tinnitus and dizziness. If you encounter such a reaction, you can stop and rest for a few days. If this reaction can't be delayed, it will gradually disappear by pricking blood or scraping at the vertebral point. Some people will repeat this reaction for 2-3 times and gradually adapt.

9. It's normal for moxibustion to run through strings, so don't make a fuss. It's better to have moxibustion running through strings than not. The running through meridians indicates whether the meridians are unblocked.

1. Gynecological diseases will have secretions during moxibustion: some will have brown secretions, some will have watery secretions, and some will have purulent secretions. These are all moxibustion to help adjust and diminish inflammation. Generally, these secretions will gradually decrease after a stage.

if there are gynecological diseases such as fibroids, hydrops and cysts, there will be rotten meat, blood clots and blood during menstruation, which should be the decomposition of fibroids, hydrops and cysts. Don't be afraid, people with the above diseases suggest menstrual moxibustion to give the disease a way out, and menstrual period should be the path of discharge.

11. After several times of moxibustion or a period of moxibustion, some people will show cold limbs, which is the reaction of cold on the body surface after moxibustion, and some of the cold in the viscera is manifested on the body surface, which is more serious in winter and spring. If there is such a reaction, it shows the severity of yang deficiency in the body. It is necessary to continue moxibustion, and at the same time, cooperate with the scraping of the affected area, or massage and other auxiliary treatments to discharge the cold evil as soon as possible. Generally, this reaction can disappear when it is rainy in summer.

If the cold pathogen in the body is not exhausted, this reaction will still occur in other seasons, so it is very important to insist on moxibustion. Perhaps it really should be said that "seven years of illness requires three years of love". For patients with severe cold evil, you need to moxibustion intermittently for three years or even longer, so moxibustion is a slow effort.

what should be paid attention to in moxibustion

1. Pay attention to cold, keep warm, and don't touch cold water during moxibustion, especially in winter.

2. Don't get angry during moxibustion. If you get angry and bet on meridians, moxibustion will not work, on the contrary, it will aggravate the blood stasis.

3. Moxibustion is not suitable for people who are hungry and full. Moxibustion is easy to faint when they are hungry, and it is easy to have abdominal distension when they are too full.

4. People suffering from gastrointestinal diseases should not eat food during moxibustion, and can eat only half an hour after moxibustion.

5. It is best to drink 2-25ml of warm water before moxibustion, and 2-25ml or even a little more after moxibustion.

6. You can take a warm bath before moxibustion, and take a hot bath half an hour after moxibustion to slightly warm your skin.

7. Some people want to soak their feet during moxibustion, which can save time. You can soak your feet in hot water, and the water temperature should be higher than 5 degrees.

8. People who are moxibustion for the first time must learn to adapt to the heat step by step, and gradually add moxibustion tools. Don't put too much on it at once, and your body will be too tired and too dry.

9. The skin is blistered, and the small blisters can be absorbed by themselves. For the big blisters, you must pick them and cupping them here, so that the sick water inside can be pulled out as much as possible. Then mild moxibustion, if soaked in the active parts of joints, it is important to wait for scab and moxibustion, and the joints are not easy to heal.

Note

Because colds are common and often self-healing, many people don't pay attention to them. They always like to carry them, and only when they are exhausted do they go to the hospital. In fact, the treatment of a cold is not a trivial matter. Many common clinical symptoms of the five zang-fu organs are induced by colds, and various chronic diseases are often caused by colds, which make the condition repeated and aggravated. Moxibustion has a good effect on colds. However, the earlier the moxibustion, the better the effect. If you feel unwell at first, you will often get better after moxibustion. If you have a cold and constipation, and the stool will not stop after a single moxibustion, the symptoms will be repeated. Therefore, moxibustion on Zuo Daheng and Chengshan should be added immediately after the cold point for 1~15 minutes to relieve constipation.

case

Sun X X, female, 34 years old.

medical history and symptoms: I had flu and fever 1 days ago, but failed to respond to drug treatment. The body temperature is now 39℃, with headache, body pain, abdominal pain, dysphagia, anorexia, yellow urine, red face and tiredness.

conditioning: moxibustion with three-year old moxa paste. In the evening, we first moxibustion Fengmen, Yangling Spring, Shenque, Zuodaheng and Chengshan. After moxibustion, he sweated out and slept peacefully. The next day, when he defecated, his body temperature was normal and he recovered.

acupoint location map and explanation:

the acupoint selection location

is at the waist, on the posterior median line, in the depression under the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra. (that is, at the same level as the navel, you can look backwards along the navel, and the depression below the spinous process in the middle of the back is this point. )

Anatomical position

In the fascia of the back of the waist, supraspinous ligament and interspinous ligament; There are posterior branches of lumbar artery and subcutaneous venous plexus between spines; There are medial branches of the posterior branch of lumbar nerve.

Function indications

Low back pain due to asthenia, enuresis, diarrhea, nocturnal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, irregular menstruation, repeated fetal loss, and sweating.

Health care

Mingmen point is located at the waist, which can strengthen the waist and tonify the deficiency, warm the spleen and kidney, and can treat lumbago due to deficiency, reversed spinal strength, nocturnal emission, frequent urination, diarrhea, nocturnal emission, white turbidity, impotence, premature ejaculation, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, repeated fetal fall, five strains and seven injuries, dizziness, tinnitus, epilepsy, panic, etc. For middle-aged and elderly people, rubbing Mingmen often can strengthen the kidney, strengthen the body, wet the kidney and strengthen yang, and delay aging.

location, indications, quick point selection

Dazhui and Du meridian acupoints. Big, many. Vertebra, the instrument of hammering, refers to the fact that the qi and blood substances in the point are real rather than virtual. The name of Dazhui means that the Yang-heat qi of the three yang of the hands and feet flows into this point and goes up to the head and neck with the Yang qi of the Du meridian. The substance of this point is the sufficient yang coming from Taodao point of Du Meridian, and the yang scattered on the back surface through the three yang meridians of hands and feet. The yang in this point is full and firm as a vertebra, hence the name.

The acupoint selection position

is on the posterior midline, in the depression under the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra, that is, in the depression below the most obvious protrusion behind the neck when the head is lowered. < P > Anatomical position < P > It is in the fascia of the back of the waist, supraspinous ligament and interspinous ligament; There are branches of transverse carotid artery and subcutaneous venous plexus between spines; There are medial branches of the posterior branch of the eighth cervical nerve.

Function indications

Fever, malaria, cough, dyspnea, hot flashes due to bone steaming, stiff neck, shoulder and back pain, strong waist and spine, angular arch inversion, infantile convulsion, epilepsy, fatigue due to five strains, fatigue due to seven injuries, heatstroke, cholera, vomiting, jaundice and rubella.

acupoint compatibility

Feishu, treating asthenia, night sweats and fatigue; (Attachment: Feishu point is 1.5 inches below the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra. )

cooperate with emissaries and milk roots to treat malaria due to spleen deficiency;

with sihua point, treat whooping cough; (Attachment: Sihua points: Shuangge Shu and Shuangdan Shu. )

with a curved pool to prevent meningitis;

Cooperate with Gu to treat leukopenia;

with Zusanli and Mingmen, improve the body's immunity;

Treating asthma with Dazhui, Asthma-relieving and Kongzui;

Blending Qu Chi, combining cereal and purging heat; (Attachment: Mild moxibustion for 1-2 minutes can release heat and tonify yang. )

It is used to treat epilepsy.

health care

massage: press the finger tip of one index finger vertically on Dazhui point, gradually press it hard and deeply, and press it for 3 seconds at a time. Then do rotary massage along the acupoints, with the intensity gradually increasing from light to heavy, clockwise first, then counterclockwise, 3 times each, to prevent local flushing. Once a day or every other day, 5 times is a course of treatment (mostly used for tonifying deficiency).

Massage to treat cervical spondylosis

The first measure: knead the contralateral cervical muscle with thumb, food and middle fingers for 3~5 minutes;

the second measure: alternately rub the back of the neck from top to bottom with the side edge of both thumbs for 2~3 minutes, and then rub the Fengchi point with both thumbs for 1 minute;

the third measure: press both sides of cervical spinous process with both hands and middle fingers, and cooperate with the flexion and extension of the head for about 5 minutes;

the fourth measure: press and knead Dazhui and Jianjing with the second finger in the food, and then press Quchi, Hegu, Neiguan and other points for 1 minute each, so as to seal the hall, which is the Du meridian point. Seal, generally referring to stamp; Hall, court hall. In ancient times, there was a "gap" between the brows of the forehead, and astrologers called it Yin Tang, hence the name because the acupoints were here.

The location of acupoint selection

is on the forehead of human body, when the connecting line between two brows intersects with the front midline.

anatomical location

skin-subcutaneous tissue-depressor brow muscle-frown muscle-frontal periosteum. The superficial skin is distributed by the supratrochlear nerve of frontal nerve. Muscle is dominated by the temporal branch of facial nerve, and its blood supply comes from the branches of supratrochlear artery and supraorbital artery and accompanying veins of the same name.

function indications

function: improving eyesight, clearing the nose, dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming the heart and calming the nerves.

indications: headache, dizziness, insomnia, conjunctivitis, blepharitis, rhinitis, frontal sinusitis, nosebleed, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, eclampsia, hypertension and infantile convulsion.