The role of moxibustion

Warming and dispersing cold

The normal life activities of the human body depends on the role of qi and blood, qi line is blood line, qi stops the blood stops, the blood and qi in the meridians in the popular, is entirely due to the "qi" push. Various reasons, such as "cold is gas collection, heat is gas disease," etc., can affect the popularity of the blood, change all kinds of diseases. The temperature of the blood is smooth, cold is astringent, that is to say, the operation of qi and blood has a warm is dispersed, the cold is condensed characteristics. So Zhu Danxi said: "blood see heat is line, see cold is condensation. Therefore, all diseases in which qi and blood are congealed and have no signs of heat can be treated with the method of warming qi.

The Ling Shu - prick section of the true evil, said: "the blood in the veins, condensation and stay stop, Fo's fire adjustments, Fo can take it". The Spiritual Pivot - forbidden to serve" also cloud: "trapped under the person, the pulse blood knot in the middle, blood cold, so it is appropriate to moxibustion". Moxibustion is the application of its warm stimulation, play the role of warming the paralysis. Through the hot moxibustion on the meridian points of warm stimulation, can warm the cold, strengthen the body qi and blood operation, to achieve the clinical therapeutic purpose. So moxibustion can be used for blood cold running poorly, stagnant condensation caused by paralysis, diarrhea and other diseases, the effect is very significant.

Passing the qi

The meridians are distributed in all parts of the human body, connected to the internal organs, the external surface muscles, bones and other tissues. Normal body, qi and blood in the meridian flow, orderly operation, if due to wind, cold, summer, moisture, dryness, fire and other external causes of aggression, the human body or local qi and blood stagnation, meridian obstruction, there can be a series of symptoms and a series of dysfunctions such as swelling and pain, at this time, moxibustion treatment of certain acupuncture points can play a role in regulating the qi and blood, dredge meridian and balancing the role of the functions of the clinic can be used for sores, boils and swelling, frostbite, urinary tract obstruction, Infertility, sprains and contusions, etc., especially in surgery, injuries and more applications.

Supporting yang and fixing off

Life depends on yang qi as the fundamental, get its place is the life of the people, lose its place is the death of the people, so yang disease is yinheng, yinheng is cold, for the syncope, or the yuan qi is weak and trapped, the pulse of the micro want to get rid of, when the time is right, just as the "Su wen - syncope theory," as the cloud: "yang qi is weakened in the lower, then the cold and syncope". Yang gas weakening of the yin gas alone, Yang Qi is not in the hands and feet, then the hands and feet against the cold. Where the disease is critical, the decline of yang qi, yin and yang away from the decision of the disease, with large cones heavy moxibustion, can remove the cold, back to the sun to save off. This is not as good as other acupoint stimulation therapy. The Song Dynasty "Acupuncture and Moxibustion" also mentioned: "Where drowning, a night can still be saved, the dead clothes, moxibustion umbilical cord that is living.

The theory of typhoid fever, pointed out: "Shaoyin disease vomiting, hands and feet against the cold? Pulse does not come, moxibustion of the Shaoyin seven strong." "Drooling, cold hands and feet, irritability, moxibustion of the syncopated yin, no pulse, moxibustion". Description of any vomiting, diarrhea, cold hands and feet, weak pulse and other Yang Qi deficiency of critical patients, such as large moxa cones heavy moxibustion Guanyuan, Shenque and other acupuncture points, due to the nature of the pure Yang, coupled with the fire is Yang, the two yang, often can play a supportive of the Yang solid off, back to the Yang to save reverse, save the dying of the disease role, in the clinic, often used in the stroke off the acute abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, dysentery and other emergencies first aid.

Lifting the sun to lift the trap

Because of the weakness of yang qi is not solid and other reasons can lead to the upper virtual reality, gas deficiency subsidence, prolapse, yin quite, long leakage of long diarrhea, leakage, slippery fetus, etc., the "Spiritual Pivot - meridian" cloud: "subsidence of the moxibustion", so the gas is deficient in the subsidence of the prolapsed organs, more than moxibustion therapy. On the sinking of a disease, the founder of the doctrine of spleen and stomach Li Dongyuan also believes that "the sinking of the person, the skin and hair are not wind-cold", "there is nothing else in heaven and earth, only yin and yang two only, the Yang outside in the upper, the Yin within the lower, today said that the sinking of the person, the Yang gas into the Yin gas, is the Yin reverse on the restoration of the Yang, the pulse evidence is seen in the outside, then moxibustion". The first thing that you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and then you can do it.

Therefore, moxibustion therapy can not only play a beneficial qi and warm yang, rising yang to lift the trap, and the role of the tire fixed menstruation, the guard yang is not solid, coupled with the laxity, but also have the effect. So that the function of the body to return to normal. Such as prolapse of the anus, yin quite, long leakage and other diseases, available moxibustion Baihui point to enhance the Yang Qi, in order to "push up the", and as the "class Jing Tuyi" cloud: "hole leakage in the cold prolapse of the anus, moxibustion moisture hundred strong. In short, this is one of the unique effects of moxibustion.

Pulling poisonous heat

Throughout the ages, there are many medical doctors have raised the issue of forbidding moxibustion, such as the "General Records of the Holy Spirit" pointed out that: "If you are sick with moxibustion, it is a great reversal of the"; in recent times, many textbooks of acupuncture and moxibustion are also forbidden to moxibustion as a hot case. But ancient and modern medical doctors have different opinions. In the ancient literature, there is also "hot available moxibustion" records, moxibustion treatment of carbuncle, first seen in the "Huang Di Nei Jing", all generations of medical books will be moxibustion as an important treatment of this disease.

The Tang Dynasty "Preparing for the Emergency Qianjin Essentials" further pointed out that moxibustion on the internal organs of the real heat has the role of cathartic, the book many places also on the heat toxicity caused by carbuncles and Yin deficiency of internal heat of the moxibustion of the treatment of the exposition, such as contained in the: "small intestines full of heat, moxibustion yin are, with the years strong", and such as "intestinal carbuncle flexion of the two elbows, is moxibustion elbow sharp bones each. Moxibustion elbow tip sharp bone each hundred strong, then under the pus and blood, that is poor." Thirst, dry mouth can not be ninja, moxibustion of the small intestine Yu hundred strong, across the three inches of moxibustion". Jin Yuan doctor Zhu Danxi that the heat with moxibustion is "from the treatment" of the meaning; "Introduction to Medicine" is to clarify the mechanism of the heat with moxibustion: "hot moxibustion, lead to the heat of the gas outside the fire, fire on the meaning of dryness".

Medical Jinjian - carbuncle moxibustion, pointed out that: "carbuncle within seven days of the beginning of the first, open the knot pulling poison moxibustion is most appropriate, not painful moxibustion to the pain side stops, sore moxibustion pain to the time". In short, moxibustion can lead to heat and make heat go out. Moxibustion can dissipate cold, but also can clear heat, indicating that the original functional state of the body to play a two-way regulation. Especially with the increase of moxibustion and the expansion of clinical scope, this role is increasingly recognized.

Prevention of health care

China's ancient medical doctors have long recognized the importance of disease prevention, and put forward the "prevention of disease in the future", "treatment of disease" academic thinking, and moxibustion in addition to therapeutic effects, there are preventive and health care role, is the role of prevention of disease. The role of health care, is one of the methods of disease prevention and health care, which has a lot of records in ancient literature.

As early as in the "Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" mentioned; in the "dog rodding moxibustion three, that is, the method of moxibustion of dog injuries," in order to prevent rabies. "Buiqi Qianjin want to square" has "where eunuchs travel to Wu Shu, the body often have to three or two places of moxibustion, do not make sores temporarily, then the miasma plague malaria gas can not be with the people". That moxibustion can prevent infectious diseases. Acupuncture and moxibustion "mentioned moxibustion foot Sanli can prevent stroke.

The folk saying also said, "If you want the body safe, three miles often do not dry", "three miles of moxibustion, all the disaster and disease". Because moxibustion therapy can be warmed up, so moxibustion foot Sanli, in the epigastric region, can make the stomach gas often, and the stomach for the sea of water and grain, Rongwei's out of the five viscera and bowels, are subject to its gas, stomach gas often, the gas and blood full; fate for the human body where the real fire, for the people of the fundamental;

Guan Yuan, the sea of Qi for the hiding of the essence of the storage of blood, moxibustion on the acupuncture point can make the person's stomach gas, yangqi foot, blood, which strengthens the body's resistance to disease and evil, to achieve the prevention of diseases and evils. Diseases and evils are difficult to offend, to achieve the function of disease prevention and health care. In modern times, moxibustion has become one of the most important health care methods.

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Precautions

1. Persistence: When applying moxibustion, we should pay attention to the concentration of the mind, do not be distracted when applying moxibustion, so as not to move the moxa stick, not in the acupoints, futile injury to the skin and flesh, waste of time. For health care moxibustion, it is necessary to long-term persistence, occasionally moxibustion is not able to receive the expected results.

2. To pay attention to the accuracy of the body position, acupuncture points: body position on the one hand should be suitable for the needs of moxibustion, at the same time to pay attention to the position of comfortable, natural, according to the prescription to find the right parts, acupuncture points, in order to ensure that the effect of moxibustion.

3. Fire prevention: modern people's clothing is a lot of chemical fiber, down and other texture, it is easy to ignite, therefore, moxibustion must pay attention to prevent the fire, especially with moxa cones moxibustion to be more careful, in order to prevent the cones tumbling off. After moxibustion with moxa sticks, you can take the lit end of the moxa stick into a bottle with a diameter slightly larger than the moxa stick to facilitate extinguishing.

4. Pay attention to keep warm and prevent heatstroke: because moxibustion to expose part of the body surface parts, in the winter to keep warm, in the summer high temperature to prevent heatstroke, but also pay attention to the regulation of indoor temperature and open the ventilation fan, in time to change the fresh air.

5. To prevent infection: septic moxibustion or due to improper application of moxibustion, localized burns may be sores, resulting in moxibustion sores, be sure not to break the sores, if it has been broken and infected, to use anti-inflammatory drugs in a timely manner.

6. To master the procedure of moxibustion: if the moxibustion points are many and scattered, it should be carried out according to the order of the back first, then the chest and abdomen, first head and body limbs.

7. Pay attention to the time of moxibustion: some diseases must pay attention to the time of moxibustion, such as insomnia, moxibustion before going to bed. Do not apply moxibustion before meals on an empty stomach and immediately after meals.

8. To be gradual, the first use of moxibustion should pay attention to the amount of stimulation, the first small amount, small dose, such as small cones, or moxibustion time is shorter, the number of strong less. Later, then increase the dose. Do not start with a large dose.

9. Prevent halo moxibustion halo moxibustion is rare, but once the halo moxibustion will appear dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, pale, panic, sweating, and so on, and even fainting. Fainting moxibustion, to immediately stop moxibustion, and lie down and lie down, and then add moxibustion foot Sanli, gentle moxibustion for about 10 minutes.

10. pay attention to the adjustment of the temperature of the moxibustion: for the skin sensory retardation or children, with the finger and middle finger on both sides of the moxibustion site, in order to sense the temperature of the moxibustion site, so as not to cause burns to the skin, but also to receive a good effect.

Contraindications of moxibustion

Because moxibustion to fire moxibustion, moxibustion is not pay attention to the possibility of localized skin burns, on the other hand, the process of moxibustion to be depleted some of the essence of blood, so some parts of the body or some people can not be moxibustion, these are contraindications to the application of moxibustion. Ancient moxibustion method, more taboos, some taboos can be broken, but some cases really should be taboo.

1. All exposed parts, such as the face, do not directly moxibustion, in order to prevent the formation of scarring, affecting the aesthetic.

2. Do not apply moxibustion to thin skin, less muscle, tendon and flesh, lumbar-sacral area of pregnant women, lower abdomen, male and female nipples, pubic area, testicles, etc. Also, do not apply moxibustion directly to joints. In addition, do not apply moxibustion directly to the joints. In addition, do not moxibustion at the large blood vessels, heart parts, the eye belongs to the face, also do not moxibustion.

3. Do not apply moxibustion if you are extremely tired, hungry, full, drunk, sweating, emotionally unstable, or if you are menstruating.

4. Certain infectious diseases, high fever, coma, during a stroke, or extreme physical exhaustion, skinny bones and other contraindicated moxibustion.

5. People without self-control, such as psychiatric patients, avoid moxibustion.

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