In fact, moxibustion has no special fixed time. You can moxibustion at any time. It can be broken sooner or later. You can do it before and after meals, as long as you are not too hungry before meals, and you can do it half an hour to an hour after meals. You can't do it if you are too full and hungry.

If it is moxibustion according to the course of treatment, it is best to moxibustion continuously every day for the first three times, with each acupoint15-20 minutes, and then moxibustion every other day 10 days can be regarded as a course of treatment. Children and the elderly need shorter moxibustion time. Moxibustion can be used flexibly for health care. Choosing the time of moxibustion according to your actual situation and comfort does not necessarily require moxibustion for a long time. Generally speaking, the local skin blush is the degree, and the moxibustion time with moxa stick can be shorter, and the moxibustion time with moxa moxibustion device or moxibustion pot can be slightly longer because it is milder.

Regarding the season, moxibustion pays attention to solar moxibustion, because it is the time when yin and yang alternate in the human body during the solar term. At this time, moxibustion will get twice the result with half the effort. Chinese medicine health care talks about winter diseases and summer solstice, which means that the diseases in winter can be traced back to summer, and the diseases that fall in summer should be recuperated from summer. East is the time of "one yang rising" in a year, which is most suitable for moxibustion to supplement yang.

Choosing the right time will have a better effect on moxibustion treatment, as follows:

1, for example, using moxibustion to treat insomnia, insomnia is often because you can't sleep at night, so if you choose to do moxibustion at night, it will play a better role in the treatment of diseases;

2, winter disease is treated in summer, and when the yang is at its peak in the dog days, choose Sanfutie to treat deficiency-cold diseases, especially respiratory diseases. At this time, some doctors also advocated that moxibustion should be done on the part of the three-volt patch at the same time, which could strengthen the warming meridian and dispelling cold effect of the three-volt patch. Do it when the sun is full, so it is best to choose daytime and morning.