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Traditional Chinese Medicine: What are the functions of acupuncture, massage and moxibustion?
Now more and more people are paying attention to health care, so what are the commonly used therapies for health care in traditional Chinese medicine? What are their functions and functions? Medical education network: I have sorted out the common effects of TCM health preservation for everyone. Let's get to know it together!

needle therapy

Acupuncture is China's unique method to treat diseases. It is a medical skill of "treating internal diseases externally". In order to dredge meridians, regulate qi and blood, make yin and yang relatively balanced, and the functions of viscera tend to be harmonious, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing diseases. Acupuncture therapy is a part of China's medical heritage and a unique national medical method in China. For thousands of years, it has made outstanding contributions to ensuring health and breeding the nation. Until now, it still undertakes this task and is trusted by the broad masses. The function and curative effect of acupuncture depend on acupoints, manipulations and patients' physical state. The same acupoint, if supplemented, can play the role of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. The same acupoint, if purgation is used, can play the role of dispelling cold, warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation, diuresis and detumescence. For example, acute inflammatory diseases, such as redness, swelling, fever, pain and other symptoms, acupuncture can play an anti-inflammatory role. For chronic deficiency-cold diseases, it can warm yang and dispel cold.

massage

Massage is a non-drug natural therapy and physical therapy. Usually, it means that doctors use their own hands to act on the patient's body surface, injured parts, uncomfortable places, specific acupoints and painful places, and specifically use various methods such as pushing, taking, pressing, rubbing, pointing and patting to achieve the functions of dredging meridians, promoting qi and blood circulation, healing pain, eliminating pathogenic factors and strengthening the body resistance, and reconciling yin and yang. For normal people, it can enhance the natural disease resistance of human body and achieve the effect of health care; For patients, it can not only make the local symptoms subside, but also accelerate the recovery of the affected function, thus receiving good treatment results. The mechanical stimulation of massage can increase the temperature of local tissues, promote the expansion of capillaries, improve blood and lymphatic circulation, reduce blood viscosity, reduce peripheral vascular resistance, reduce the burden on the heart, and can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases. At the same time, massage has the functions of diminishing inflammation, reducing fever, improving immunity and enhancing human resistance. It is precisely because massage can dredge meridians, make qi and blood flow everywhere, and keep the balance of yin and yang of the body, so after massage, you can feel muscle relaxation, flexible joints, make people refreshed and eliminate fatigue, which plays an important role in ensuring good health.

moxibustion

In all moxibustion groups, women have the best effect. In Chinese medicine culture, men belong to yang, women belong to yin, and their constitutions are mostly cold. However, moxibustion is pure yang therapy, which matches the female "negative" physique. At the same time, the mechanism of moxibustion itself "promoting blood circulation" is particularly prominent, which should conform to the physiological characteristics of women's "blood control". From these two aspects, moxibustion has the functions of warming channels and dispelling cold, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, and promoting cell regeneration. It also has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass, and can promote the circulation of qi and blood. At the same time, it also has the effects of warming and invigorating qi, restoring yang and resolving hard mass, and can stimulate the immune system and promote metabolism.