The master (1) said that moxibustion can replenish yang energy.

I felt really comfortable when I first started moxibustion. My whole body felt warm and I felt refreshed. But after persisting for a year, I am more afraid of the cold than before. I have to do moxibustion regularly to feel less cold. Isn't this... a problem?

When he said this, Little A’s delicate and slightly yellow face was full of confusion.

Moxibustion was originally a unique external treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine. Because it is simple to operate and seemingly easy to master, in recent years it has gradually left the hands of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and evolved into a fashionable method of health maintenance for all.

You know, medicine must be complicated, but fashion must be simple. The change from treatment technology to health care fashion means that the moxibustion you see will no longer be reliable. Unreliable medical technology is dangerous: when used to treat diseases, it may worsen the condition; when used for health preservation, originally healthy people may become no longer healthy. This is a simple truth, it makes sense in one point, and there is no need to say more.

For children who have some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, it is difficult to understand why moxibustion makes people become more and more afraid of the cold. This issue needs to be analyzed for everyone.

Moxibustion is a kind of warm therapy. In theory, it should have a good effect in dispelling cold. It should not get colder with more moxibustion. However, in fact, many patients feel uncomfortable after long-term moxibustion. More afraid of the cold. Not only are you more sensitive to the cold, but your complexion may also become duller and yellower. (I know that for girls who love beauty, coldness can be tolerated, but becoming ugly is intolerable!)

The more moxibustion is applied, the colder it becomes, for these two reasons.

First, you catch cold during moxibustion!

The skin is exposed during moxibustion. If the indoor temperature is low or there is a breeze, it is easy to catch cold, leading to the invasion of cold air - frequent moxibustion and frequent cold. Because most of this cold invasion is slight and slow, patients often don't notice it. They only feel that the moxibustion area is warm and comfortable, and they don't feel that there is any coolness in the non-moxibustion area... Gradually, the whole person becomes I am becoming more and more afraid of the cold. (When the yin and cold in the body gradually become stronger, the qi and blood will not flow smoothly, and the complexion will appear dull and dull.)

In ancient times, there was no air conditioning and it was too cold in winter, so there was generally no condition for moxibustion. Modern people have air conditioners, but if the temperature is set too low, they will still catch cold even in summer. While blowing the cold wind, light moxa... Instead of pretending to treat winter illnesses in summer, why not turn off the air conditioner and go for a walk outside!

Second, the tolerance to cold is reduced.

Human beings are creatures with relatively strong adaptability to the environment. The homeless person who wears less clothing is not because he is physically strong, but he has developed a body that is less afraid of the cold by wearing less clothing. People who dare not wear less clothing because "Mom thinks you are cold" will automatically adapt to the cold. After lowering the temperature, I gradually became as afraid of the cold as my mother hoped to worry about. In the same way, people who regularly take moxibustion are used to the warmth provided by the outside, but are less tolerant of cold than ordinary people, and are more afraid of the cold.

Moxibustion can cure diseases and strengthen the body, but it is not suitable for treating "body cold" (2).

As a medical and health care method, it has the effects of warming and dispersing cold evil, warming meridians and unblocking collaterals, dispersing blood stasis and dispersing knots. It can stimulate the body's righteousness and enhance disease resistance. It is often used to treat various cold syndromes, asthenia and phlegm. syndrome and blood stasis syndrome, it can even restore yang and consolidate prolapse, and treat critical and severe cases. However, the effect of moxibustion does not include "making people less afraid of the cold".

Notes

(1) Master: Specifically refers to a person who, under the guise of traditional Chinese medicine, takes advantage of people’s eagerness to pursue health and seeks undue wealth in the era of market economy. Some of them have no medical qualifications, some have no diploma, and some have both! High concealment and great harm to society.

(2) Body cold: a commonly used term in some health clubs, health product salesmen and folk health exchange groups. The meaning is vague. Sometimes it is equivalent to being afraid of cold, sometimes it means greasy tongue coating, sometimes it means Synonymous with "a bruise after cupping". "Body cold" is not a traditional Chinese medicine term, and is basically not used in regular medical institutions (unless it is necessary for doctor-patient communication, and it is absolutely necessary to borrow it). Similar terms include palace cold, moisture, detoxification, etc.

If you want not to be afraid of the cold, you should exercise more!