Generally, moxibustion is a painful place. In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, the pain point is the "Ashi point" directly taken, which is conducive to dredging local meridians. Others habitually moxibustion some fixed parts alone when doing moxibustion, so the effect of moxibustion will be greatly reduced.
Flexible acupoint selection during moxibustion is the first step of moxibustion success. As the saying goes, "acupuncture points have acupuncture points, and drugs have medicinal properties." Acupuncture points are like Chinese medicine, and matching acupuncture points is like a prescription. Choosing the right acupoints is like grasping the right prescription, which can give yourself dialectical conditioning and be the master of your body.
In fact, matching points is not as difficult as we thought. As long as the rules are mastered, a large part can be easily mastered, not to mention daily health care. After mastering these five-step acupoint selection methods, it is not so difficult to do moxibustion.
Judge whether there is Ashi point.
Anyone who learns moxibustion will first come into contact with Ashi point. When you press a certain part of your body, there are obvious reaction points, such as pain, soreness, numbness, and visible changes, such as spots, eczema, redness, etc., as long as they are collectively called Ashi points.
The principle of selecting Ashi point is that "there are all kinds of movements inside, there must be external withdrawal", and the most common symptoms are discomfort, cold and heat, qi stagnation and blood stasis. Moxibustion at Ashi point can regulate diseases from the outside to the inside.
Follow the principle of nearest acupoint selection.
The principle of proximity means that selecting points near body lesions can achieve good results in moxibustion. For a simple example, when you have a stomachache, besides moxibustion at Ashi point, it is also very useful to take nearby Tianshu point and Zhongwan point.
(Tianshu point)
(zhongwan point)
However, it should be noted that some sensitive and important parts, such as the heart, are not suitable for nearby acupoints because moxibustion is not recommended directly, but some large acupoints that nourish the heart, such as Neiguan, Shenmen and Qu Ze. This is related to another principle of acupoint selection, that is, acupoint selection along meridians.
(Neiguan point)
(Shenmen point)
(Cape Qu Ze)
It is very important to choose acupoints along the meridian.
You found that when moxibustion nursed back to health, there was something wrong with your feet, but the acupoints were on your waist. It's obviously a headache, but the acupoints are in the hands. This is mainly through the meridians in matching points.
There are the twelve meridians in the human body, and eight strange classics run through the whole body. Moxibustion stimulates acupoints through the heat of moxa sticks and is transmitted to the whole meridian. Therefore, selecting points along the meridians can effectively regulate the body-related symptoms.
For example, Zusanli point on the leg is an important point on the stomach meridian. When the stomach is uncomfortable, you often moxibustion Zusanli;
(Zusanli point)
There are also symptoms of dysmenorrhea, which are often treated with Sanyinjiao point on the leg, and Taixi point on the kidney meridian is also often used to treat symptoms such as kidney deficiency. These are all examples of acupoint selection along meridians.
(Sanyinjiao point)
(Taixi point)
Therefore, in daily life, when you feel uncomfortable somewhere in your body, you can find important points on the meridians for moxibustion, which can fundamentally alleviate the problem.
Experiential acupoint selection
Moxibustion therapy, passed down from generation to generation, has stood the test for thousands of years. Some acupoints have some remarkable special effects and become practical acupoints passed down from mouth to mouth.
For example, metrorrhagia, constipation, sore throat, dampness and prosperity. These are all valuable experiences accumulated in daily moxibustion, which will be remembered naturally when used more.
(eight points)
(Shousanli point)
(Ikezawa point)
(Fenglong point)
Therefore, when doing moxibustion, be a conscientious person and keep useful and commonly used acupoints in mind, so that you won't panic when using them.
Judge whether it is related to viscera.
People have five internal organs. When the body is uncomfortable, it is necessary to make sure that the disease is related to a certain internal organ. Each organ has a corresponding Shu, Yuan and Order, which can be matched with points.
For example, the Shu point of the liver is Ganshu, the original point of the kidney is Taixi point, and the tomb of the stomach is called Zhongyu. If we often feel flustered, we can take Zhongshan point and use Shu Fei or Xinshu for moxibustion to calm our nerves.
(Zhongshan corner)
(Shu Fei)
(Xin Yu)
When our stomachs are upset, we can choose Zhongwan point with Pi Shu or Shu Wei to strengthen the spleen and regulate the stomach.
(zhongwan point)
(bark tree)
(Shu Wei)
This point matching method is simple and easy. The premise depends on whether you can find out the viscera corresponding to the disease, and then make dialectical adjustment with the corresponding acupoints.
Acupoint moxibustion seems difficult to master, but as long as you contact and persist for a long time, you will become an expert, make up for it diligently, and you will gradually master it if you use it more.