The efficacy, functions and methods of fumigating mugwort leaves

Moxa leaves are good for the body and very healthy. There are many ways to use moxa leaves. Smoking moxa leaves is a health care method favored by many people now. It is not only the best way to remove cold and dampness. This method can also dredge the meridians. Below is what I have collected for you about the effects and functions of smoked mugwort leaves. I hope you will like it.

Effects and functions

1. Disease prevention and health care. That is to say, smoked mugwort leaves can stimulate the body's righteousness, enhance disease resistance, and play a role in disease prevention and health care when there is no disease.

2. Warm the meridians and dispel cold. Because it is moxibustion fire, it has the effect of warming and dredging the meridians and dispelling cold evil.

3. Soothe Yang and strengthen the body. It means that the heat produced by fumigating mugwort leaves has the function of supporting Yang Qi, lifting traps and solidifying them.

4. Eliminate blood stasis and resolve knots. That is to say, fumigated moxa leaves have certain functions of promoting blood circulation and qi, eliminating blood stasis and dispersing knots and swelling.

5. To attract the attention of laymen. Because the warmth of smoked mugwort leaves can open the skin, make the hair orifices unobstructed, and provide a way for heat to escape, thus achieving the effect of inducing heat.

6. Kill germs. There has been a proverb among the people: If a family has had moxa for three years, the doctor will not use it. The smoke produced when smoking mugwort leaves can effectively inhibit the spread of various pathogens in the air, but it is harmless to humans and animals and is a natural "insecticide".

Method

1. Cut the ginger into very thin slices, steam it in a pot until it becomes soft and set aside.

2. Use 6 to 8 moxa sticks in summer (8 to 10 moxa sticks in winter). Go to a stationery store to buy a large clip to hold the moxa sticks, or tie the moxa sticks in a row with tape. ignite.

3. Place the steamed ginger slices on the back. The rows of lit moxa sticks are kept half an inch to an inch away from the ginger slices, and slowly move up and down. Usually smoked for 30 to 40 minutes. When you feel pain, try to move away.

One thing to note is that when first inhaled, some people will feel obvious burning and pain. This is because the meridians are blocked and a large amount of heat cannot be dissipated quickly. If the meridians on the back are smooth, even if the whole row of moxa sticks is very close to the back, there will be no pain, only a warm and comfortable feeling. After smoking, remove the ginger slices. As long as the skin under the ginger slices is wet and the ginger slices are also wet, it means there is heavy cold and dampness in the body. For people with less cold and dampness in the body, after smoking and roasting with a large amount of moxa sticks for dozens of minutes, the ginger slices should be crisp and the skin should be dry.

4. Paste ginger slices around the lower abdomen and navel, and smoke them up and down for 20 to 30 minutes.

5. Smoke 30 to 50 times on the outside and inside of both calves, up and down from the ankle to the knee, back and forth.

Tips

1. How to light moxa sticks

More careful friends may use matches to light moxa sticks. Of course, fire ignition is limited to golden moxa velvet. Such moxa sticks The velvet has very few impurities and is easily ignited. It is common to use a lighter to light it. In some special cases, for example, the thick moxa sticks used in thunder-fire moxibustion can be lit with an alcohol lamp.

2. How to extinguish the moxa sticks

During the moxibustion process, it is inevitable that there will be many moxa sticks that cannot be used up at one time. So how to extinguish the moxa sticks correctly under such circumstances? Common The best way is to put it in an air-isolated bottle and extinguish it. Or extinguish it with water and then dry it in the sun, or use a special fire extinguishing cap to extinguish it.

3. High-quality moxa stick brands

High-quality moxa stick brands include Hubei Qi Ai and Nanyang Hanyi. The moxa sticks in these two places are better mainly because of their geography. The location makes it easier to produce high-quality moxa sticks, and secondly, it is the largest moxa stick production and distribution center in the country.

4. The smell of old moxa sticks is fragrant, without the grassy smell of dang moxa sticks. The moxa smoke is light white, not strong, not pungent, and has a fragrant smell. The overall moxa stick is straight, firm and not soft, and the velvet body is soft and contains Platycodon grandiflorum impurities. Velvet color is earthy yellow or golden yellow without any green color. The firepower is gentle but not strong, and the moxibustion feeling is strong. A moxa stick with the above characteristics is considered a good moxa stick.