Moxibustion is a traditional treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine. Nowadays, many people still use moxibustion for health preservation. Moxibustion is one of the health preservation projects, and many diseases can also be treated through moxibustion. So, what are the functions and taboos of moxibustion?
The function of moxibustion
1. Warm meridians and dispel cold: Moxibustion can warm and unblock meridians, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relieve pain, and can be used to treat various diseases caused by cold coagulation stagnation and meridian obstruction, such as wind cold warm obstruction, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, cold hernia and abdominal pain.
2. Shu Feng Jie Biao: The heat generated by burning Ai Rong can warm the middle and dispel cold, dispersing wind cold and relieving external symptoms. It can be used to treat symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea caused by external pathogenic factors and spleen and stomach deficiency cold.
3. Fu Yang Gu Tuo: Ai Ye has the properties of pure yang, and combined with the fact that fire belongs to yang, the combination of two yang can often play a role in Fu Yang Gu Tuo, returning yang and rescuing reverse, and saving critically ill diseases. It can be used to treat stroke, abdominal pain, vomiting, dysentery and other diseases.
4. Ascending yang and lifting depression: Moxibustion therapy has the effects of nourishing qi and warming yang, elevating yang and lifting depression, stabilizing the fetus and strengthening the meridians. It is also effective for patients with weak yang and loose pores, and can treat diseases such as prolapse, vaginal prolapse, long-term diarrhea, collapse, and slippery fetuses
5. Detoxification and Heat Release: Moxibustion can also be applied to the treatment of early-stage ulcers in surgery. It can treat ulcers that cannot heal for a long time and promote healing and muscle growth.
6. Disease prevention and health care: Moxibustion not only has therapeutic effects, but also has the functions of disease prevention and health care. Because moxibustion on acupoints can increase stomach qi, increase yang qi, and replenish essence and blood, thereby strengthening the body's resistance and preventing pathogenic diseases, achieving the effect of disease prevention and health care.
7. Regulating immunity: Moxibustion can regulate the immune function of the human body, increasing it at low levels and decreasing it at high levels, achieving the effect of enhancing immune function.
Taboos of Moxibustion
1. Do not directly apply moxibustion to exposed areas such as the face to prevent scar formation and affect aesthetics.
2. Do not apply moxibustion to areas with thin skin, few muscles, and muscle aggregation, as well as the lumbar and lower abdomen of pregnant women, nipples, genitals, testicles, etc. Also, do not directly moxibustion the joints. In addition, do not apply moxibustion to large blood vessels or the heart, and do not apply moxibustion to the eyes and face.
3. Extreme fatigue, excessive hunger, overeating, drunkenness, sweating profusely, unstable emotions, or women should avoid moxibustion during menstruation.
4. During certain infectious diseases, high fever, coma, or severe physical exhaustion, such as emaciation and standing bones, moxibustion should be avoided.
5. People without self-control, such as psychiatric patients, should avoid moxibustion.
