Chinese medicine believes that the foot is the concentration of human meridians. The pathological changes of zang-fu organs can influence each other through meridians, and the effect of treating the pathological changes of zang-fu organs can be achieved by dredging the qi and blood of meridians. Soaking feet is of great benefit to health. Soaking feet with Folium Artemisiae Argyi can make full use of the medicinal efficacy of Folium Artemisiae Argyi.
The general method of soaking feet with Folium Artemisiae Argyi: Take 50g of Folium Artemisiae Argyi (one handful is enough), add water into the pot, boil for 10 minutes after the water boils, turn off the fire, pour it into the basin, and wait until the water cools naturally to a temperature suitable for feet to soak feet. Soak until the whole body is slightly sweaty, and the foot bath is over. Then massage Yongquan point for 50- 100, and you can undress and have a rest.
1 Soaking feet with mugwort leaf water can effectively dispel deficiency fire and cold fire, and can treat oral ulcer, sore throat, periodontitis, gingivitis, otitis media and other head and face diseases related to deficiency fire and cold fire. As long as the above diseases occur, take a small handful of mugwort leaf and soak feet with boiled water or take a quarter of pure mugwort leaf, shred it, put it in a foot soaking bucket, and use it. Soak until the whole body is slightly sweaty, and you can't sweat. Drink more warm water, usually for several times, that is, after 2-3 days. At the same time, drink more warm water, don't eat cold food, and pay attention to rest. The discomfort of the head, face and throat caused by virtual fire and cold fire will obviously improve or disappear.
For patients with severe cold and dampness, it is ok to soak their feet with mugwort water once a week, but at the same time, they must stop eating cold food. You can also soak your feet with wormwood leaf water and drink a cup of ginger and jujube water to get rid of the cold without diarrhea. As long as there is no obvious fire, only soak your feet with warm water every day, not with mugwort water. But stop all the cold food, and don't let the cold and dampness invade again. Slowly, you will find that your body will not get angry easily if you eat tonic food again, and your physique is gradually strengthening.
2. Soaking feet with mugwort leaves has the effect of dispelling cold. Soaking feet with hot water every day has the effect of promoting blood circulation to drive away dampness and cold in the body. Moreover, mugwort leaves can pass through twelve meridians and regulate yin and yang. People with smooth meridians will have smooth qi and blood, while people with healthy qi and blood will naturally have nowhere to stay. (For the cold-dispelling effect of mugwort leaves, it is suggested that you can use the method of moxibustion with mugwort sticks, and the effect will be more obvious. )
Reminder: Folium Artemisiae Argyi is bitter, and bitter substances, such as bitter gourd and coptis chinensis, generally have a cooling effect, so Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the effect of reducing fire, especially liver fire. However, for people who are physically weak and lack of qi and blood, it is recommended to drink a bowl of jujube longan soup or tea before soaking their feet to supplement the vitality that may be lost in the body; If people with yin deficiency feel dizzy after soaking their feet in mugwort leaves, please eat half a catty to a catty of metapenaeus ensis tonic immediately. After eating, they will feel refreshed and full of energy, because the body's ability to absorb nutrients will be greatly enhanced after expelling evil fire in the body.
Usage of moxa stick
Burn the affected area after ignition, 2 ~ 3 times a day.
A. Mild Moxibustion: Ignite the moxa stick and smoke moxibustion at the moxibustion site, so that the patient feels comfortable and has no burning sensation.
B, bird pecking moxibustion: ignite the moxa stick, aim at the moxibustion site, like a bird pecking, fall together, one far and one near.
C, rotary moxibustion: hang the lighted moxa stick 2-3CM above the moxibustion site, move left and right, and rotate back and forth.
However, refined moxa sticks, which can be used for direct moxibustion and moxibustion, is one of the oldest medical skills in China, and belongs to physical therapy for external treatment. It originated in ancient times and was formed during the anniversary of Shang Dynasty, which lasted for thousands of years. Warm moxibustion beauty is made of wormwood, the king of hundred herbs, and 13 kinds of precious Chinese herbal medicines. After being lit, it is put into a warm moxibustion apparatus to generate warm stimulation, and with the infiltration of wormwood oil (or essential oil) around the meridians or affected areas, it helps the human body to fully warm the meridians, warm and replenish vitality, reconcile qi and blood, moisturize skin color, and emit healthy spirits.
Warm moxibustion for health preservation has six major effects on the body:
Warming muscles and dispelling cold, dispelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome;
Warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis;
Warming the middle and activating the interior, strengthening the viscera and strengthening the fu-organs;
Warming yin to tonify deficiency, restoring yang to consolidate and remove;
Promoting qi and blood circulation, eliminating fire and removing stasis;
Balance yin and yang, health care and disease prevention.
Performance: Warming meridians and dredging collaterals, benefiting qi and activating blood, dispelling cold and relieving pain, ascending yang and lifting depression, tonifying deficiency and removing stagnation.
Usage: Burn the affected part after ignition, 2 ~ 3 times a day.
A. Mild Moxibustion: Ignite the moxa stick and smoke moxibustion at the moxibustion site, so that the patient feels comfortable and has no burning sensation.
B, bird pecking moxibustion: ignite the moxa stick, aim at the moxibustion site, like a bird pecking, fall together, one far and one near.
C, rotary moxibustion: hang the lighted moxa stick 2-3CM above the moxibustion site, move left and right, and rotate back and forth.
Function governs metallurgy: promoting qi and blood, expelling cold and dampness. It can be used for treating arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, muscle paralysis, joint and limb pain, epigastric cold pain, scapulohumeral periarthritis, lumbar muscle strain, lumbago and leg pain, bone loss, intervertebral disc herniation, epigastric cold pain, cough and asthma, facial paralysis, dysmenorrhea, etc.
Usage: Take off the backing paper under the adhesive film, light the moxa tube and stick it on the acupoint.
Taboo: 1.
2. People with skin allergy should not be moxibustion.
Precautions: When applying moxibustion, operate carefully to prevent skin burns. Pregnant women should follow the doctor's advice when applying moxibustion.
Scope of application:
Physically, it can dredge channels and collaterals, be harmonious and dirty, balance yin and yang, adjust physiological functions, enhance human immunity and keep fit.
Warm moxibustion is performed after the abdomen is massaged with essential oil. Warm moxibustion method: use a warm moxibustion stick to roll back and forth in the abdomen, and then point the points around the umbilicus (Return, Qihai, Guanyuan); Time: 15 minutes
Usage and dosage: direct burning method. A moderate amount, the blush is degrees, once a day 1-2 times. Or follow the doctor's advice.
Specification: each piece weighs about 26 grams.
Validity: five years
Matters needing attention in warm moxibustion massage:
1, moxibustion on the left first, then moxibustion on the right.
2. Do not wash your hands or take a bath with cold water within half an hour after warm moxibustion.
3, after warm moxibustion, drink more warm water than usual (never drink cold water or ice water), which will help excrete toxins from the body;
4, it is not appropriate to warm moxibustion within one hour after a meal. No moxibustion if the pulse exceeds 90 times per minute; Hunger, satiety and drunkenness prohibit moxibustion; Pregnant women are prohibited; No moxibustion on the inflamed parts of the body!
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