Moxibustion is a method commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat diseases. The method of moxibustion is actually not difficult. Many people also use moxibustion at home to treat some diseases, and it also has certain health care effects. There are some things that need to be paid attention to when using moxibustion. So what are the health-preserving effects of moxibustion? What should you pay attention to when doing moxibustion? Let me introduce it to you below.

1. Common health-preserving effects of moxibustion

1. Regulating yin and yang: The balance of yin and yang in the human body means the body is healthy, and an imbalance of yin and yang will cause disease. Moxibustion can restore the imbalance of yin and yang. balance.

2. Reconciling Qi and blood: Qi is the source of life, and blood is the material basis. If Qi and blood are sufficient and Qi is well organized, human life activities will be normal; otherwise, disease will occur. Moxibustion can replenish qi, nourish blood, regulate qi, and improve middle qi to achieve the purpose of health care.

3. Warming and dredging the meridians: The meridians are the pathways for the movement of qi and blood in the human body. Unblocked meridians are beneficial to the movement of qi and blood and the transportation of nutrients. If the disease invades the meridians and causes them to be blocked, it will cause disease. Moxibustion relies on its effect of warming the skin, warming the meridians of the skin, activating blood circulation and unblocking meridians, so as to achieve the effect of treating various diseases and syndromes caused by cold coagulation, blood stagnation and meridians obstruction.

4. Strengthening the body and dispelling evil: When righteousness is present, evil cannot be eliminated. Moxibustion can cultivate the body's righteousness by applying moxibustion to certain acupoints and enhance the body's ability to prevent and resist disease.

2. Precautions for moxibustion at home

1. Be attentive and patient: pay attention to concentration when applying moxibustion, and do not distract your attention during moxibustion to prevent the moxa stick from moving. Not on the acupuncture points, it will only hurt the skin and waste time. For health care moxibustion, you need to persist for a long time. Occasional moxibustion will not achieve the expected results.

2. Pay attention to the accuracy of body positions and acupuncture points: on the one hand, body positions must be suitable for the needs of moxibustion, and at the same time, attention must be paid to comfortable and natural positions. The correct parts and acupoints must be found according to the prescription to ensure the effectiveness of moxibustion. Effect.

3. Fire prevention: Many of modern people’s clothes are made of chemical fiber, down and other materials, which can easily catch fire. Therefore, when performing moxibustion, care must be taken to prevent fire, especially when using moxa cones. Be careful to prevent the moxa cone from rolling and falling off. After moxa stick moxibustion, the lit end of the moxa stick can be stuffed into a bottle with a diameter slightly larger than the moxa stick to facilitate extinguishment.

4. Pay attention to keeping warm and preventing heatstroke: Because part of the body surface needs to be exposed during moxibustion, it is necessary to keep warm in winter and to prevent heat stroke when the temperature is high in summer. At the same time, attention should be paid to adjusting the indoor temperature and turning on ventilation fans. Get fresh air in time.

5. To prevent infection: purulent moxibustion or improper moxibustion, local burns may lead to sores, and moxibustion sores must not be broken. If the sores have been ulcerated and infected, anti-inflammatory drugs must be used in time.

6. It is necessary to master the procedure of moxibustion: If the acupoints for moxibustion are many and scattered, they should be carried out in the order of back first, then chest and abdomen, head first, then limbs.

7. Pay attention to the time of moxibustion: For some diseases, you must pay attention to the time of moxibustion. For example, for insomnia, moxibustion should be performed before going to bed. Do not apply moxibustion on an empty stomach before meals or immediately after meals.

8. It should be done step by step. When using moxibustion for the first time, you should pay attention to the amount of stimulation. Start with a small amount and a small dose, such as using a small moxa stick, or the moxibustion time should be shorter and the amount of stimulation should be smaller. Increase the dose later. Don’t start with high doses.

9. Prevent fainting from moxibustion: Although fainting from moxibustion is rare, once you faint from moxibustion, you will experience dizziness, dizziness, nausea, pale complexion, palpitation, sweating, etc., and even fainting. After dizziness occurs, stop moxibustion immediately, lie down quietly, and then add moxibustion at Zusanli for about 10 minutes with gentle moxibustion.

10. Pay attention to the adjustment of the moxibustion temperature: For those with slow skin sensation or children, use the index finger and middle finger on both sides of the moxibustion site to feel the temperature of the moxibustion site, so as not to burn the skin but also to Received good results.

3. Which groups are not suitable for moxibustion

1. Patients who are overworked, hungry or nervous are not suitable for moxibustion treatment. People with weak constitution should not use too strong moxibustion.

2. Moxibustion is not suitable for spontaneous bleeding or continuous bleeding after injury, or skin infections, ulcers, scars and other areas; moxibustion should be done with caution in the eye area, neck area, chest and back, etc.

3. Pregnant women and children with unclosed fontanelles are not suitable for moxibustion.

4. Mental patients and other severely ill patients who are not suitable for moxibustion treatment should also use moxibustion with caution.

4. Benefits of moxibustion for women

1. After moxibustion, there will be a sensation of channeling in the meridians and a feeling of Qi, and there will be a crispy feeling. This is a good phenomenon.

2. After moxibustion, you can feel the heat reaching the perineum. This is a good phenomenon and indicates that the Ren channel has been opened.

3. After moxibustion, the complexion becomes rosy and shiny, and the skin is plump and moisturized. Pigments fade quickly and acne disappears.

4. After moxibustion, people feel much better and relaxed. Very good feeling.

5. Feeling of cold. You will feel a cool breeze after moxibustion. People with cold constitutions often experience this phenomenon and need more moxibustion.

6. Grumbling stomach or flatulence promotes intestinal peristalsis and helps eliminate turbid gas from the body, which is a very good phenomenon.

7. If the upper body is hot or only the lower body is hot during moxibustion, it means that the meridians in the less hot half of the body are not very open.

8. If your mouth is dry and your throat is uncomfortable after the treatment, it means that there is a weak fire in the upper burner. It should be combined with shoulder and neck moxibustion, and the effect will be very good.

9. It is better to sweat profusely in summer. But in winter, moxibustion is better if the whole body is slightly sweating, especially the forehead, palms, and soles of the feet should be hot and sweaty. Those who sweat profusely must be relatively weak.

10. During the moxibustion process, you will feel a stream of hot air forming in the lower abdomen, and it can form airflow with the person's consciousness, flowing back and forth in the person's meridians, up to the top of the head, and down to the On the soles of the feet, there are different feelings of soreness, numbness, swelling, and pain wherever they pass, just like practicing qigong. This is a very good phenomenon.