Collection time of mugwort leaves: it is best to collect mugwort leaves and mugwort flowers during the Dragon Boat Festival every year when they are lush, seedless and the leaves are not suitable for breaking.
1. Four moxibustion methods of Tibetan medicine moxibustion
Four moxibustion methods: Tibetan doctors have four moxibustion methods: boiling, burning, baking and smoking.
Cooking method: When moxibustion, burn the affected area into spots.
Cauterization: When moxibustion is applied, tiny blisters are cauterized in the affected area.
Baking: a method of burning red skin without hurting the skin when moxibustion is applied.
Fumigation: there is a slight burning sensation during moxibustion, resulting in shock and pain.
2. Tibetan fire moxibustion acupoints
(1) Tibetan fire moxibustion acupoints: Fire moxibustion acupoints are generally divided into acupoints determined by pain and acupoints fixed by Tibetan medicine theory.
(2) Acupoints defined as pain: refers to acupoints where the acupuncturist presses the painful part with his fingers, the patient feels pain and comfortable, and the pulse is flashing and the veins are prominent, and moxibustion is applied at the place where the disease is located.
(3) Fixed acupoints: According to the theory of Tibetan medicine, there are more than 100 acupoints concentrated in specific acupoints of internal organs.
3. The efficacy of Tibetan fire moxibustion
It has the effects of sealing blood vessels, relieving pain, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, reducing swelling, clearing visceral leakage, drying yellow water, helping stomach fire, and refreshing.
Tibetan doctors believe that diseases that cannot be effectively treated by other therapies for a long time can be treated by fire moxibustion. At the same time, Tibetan fire moxibustion can enhance physical fitness and improve immunity, which is a characteristic therapy for prevention and health preservation.