Fatigue after moxibustion;
After careful analysis, we found that people who are sleepy after moxibustion are generally people with weak qi and blood. These people are usually afraid of cold, laziness and difficulty sleeping, especially the elderly, but in recent years there is an obvious trend of rejuvenation.
The principle of moxibustion is to mobilize the qi and blood of the whole body by stimulating the corresponding acupoints, thus stimulating the self-healing ability of the human body and achieving the effect of treating diseases without taking medicine. Just like the performance of the human body after surgery, the human body will be hot and tired. This is because the human body is mobilizing qi and blood to "fight" wounds and diseases, so it is very tired and sleepy.
During moxibustion, the qi and blood of the human body are transferred to the focus, which leads to the deficiency of qi and blood in other parts, so it is easy to feel sleepy, especially for people with weak qi and blood, and it is more prone to drowsiness during moxibustion. I want to sleep because sleeping can enhance human immunity, reduce the consumption of qi and blood by other organs, and thus eliminate the source of disease more, which belongs to human instinctive reaction.
Therefore, when we feel sleepy after moxibustion, it is beneficial to have a proper rest, but don't sleep for too long, otherwise it will affect our normal sleep at night. Many people still don't feel this kind of fatigue after moxibustion for half a month or even a few months. This situation is also normal. After confirming that there are no mistakes in their moxibustion methods, they can continue moxibustion.
Hunger after moxibustion:
Like fatigue, it is normal and good to feel hungry after moxibustion, which shows that moxibustion is effective. During moxibustion, the human body mobilizes qi and blood to reach the focus. In order to get more qi and blood, people instinctively speed up the efficiency of spleen and stomach work and transport more food to produce qi and blood, thus better treating diseases. The food in the stomach is digested faster, so people will feel hungry, or they will be hungry faster than usual.
Some people have a weak sense of hunger, but after moxibustion at Wanqu, Shenque, Zusanli and Tian Shu, their imagination of hunger after moxibustion is more obvious, which shows that the hunger of moxibustion patients has a certain relationship with their own spleen and stomach state.
After feeling moxibustion:
If you are sleepy because of insufficient blood, you can eat more foods that tonify blood, such as ginger, red dates, longan, etc., or soak your feet in health. If you are hungry, you can eat more vegetables and grains and keep a healthy diet.
Whether moxibustion produces the above two kinds of moxibustion feelings is not the decisive factor of moxibustion quality, so we don't need to pay too much attention to it. Moxibustion has many forms, and it may also cause fever, heat transfer, soreness and pain. After all, everyone's physique is different, and it is impossible to produce consistent performance.