As a pure natural health care method, moxibustion has a history of thousands of years in China. It can warm meridians, dispel cold, prevent diseases and protect health, and is highly praised by people in past dynasties. Li Shizhen said in the Compendium of Materia Medica: "It is also a great achievement to treat all diseases and evils through the classics and indulge in Kangtai."

1. What's the function of mugwort?

"Materia Medica from the New" says: "Folium Artemisiae Argyi is bitter in taste, warm in nature, cooked and hot, and good at yang, which can restore yang loss, dredge the twelve meridians, take three yin, regulate qi and blood, expel cold and dehumidify, warm uterus ... so as to moxibustion fire, penetrate meridians and eliminate all diseases."

2. Why can Ai Huo strengthen yang?

Ai fire belongs to pure Yang fire, which has the functions of activating three yin and activating the twelve meridians. Continuous burning can make the warm and pure yang of moxa fire permeate from the muscle surface, and because it is related to viscera, it can make the yang accessible.

3. Why are modern people more suitable for moxibustion?

The yang of human body is very important. If sufficient, it can resist most diseases. Disease is a cold thing. When the human body is full of yang and vitality, the yin cold will stop. Modern people have lived in a world where air conditioners, refrigerators and cold drinks are everywhere since childhood, which consumes the yang of the body, causes low immunity, dysfunction of various systems of the body, and is injured by cold, resulting in various pains. Ai is a pure yang plant. Moxibustion can warm the yang for the body and expel the cold outside the body.

4. Why is moxibustion effective for diseases that cannot be cured by acupuncture and drugs?

"Introduction to Medicine" said: "Medicine is not as good as needle, it must be moxibustion." This is because acupuncture dredges meridians by mobilizing primitive energy. If the patient's vitality is sufficient, acupuncture and moxibustion will dredge the meridians, and the effect will be immediate. If the patient's Yuan Qi is insufficient and his vitality is insufficient to adjust, the natural curative effect is not good. However, people with weak vitality generally have poor absorption of gastric function, and it is difficult to fully digest and absorb drugs. Therefore, only moxibustion can directly compress the meridians to eliminate cold evil and regulate the meridians.

5. What are the feelings of moxibustion?

Changes of qi felt during moxibustion. According to different constitutions, this change of qi can be manifested as ten kinds of moxibustion sensations: acid, numbness, bloating, pain, itching, cold, heat, wind, cold and cool. These moxibustion feelings are diversified when they appear, sometimes like ants crawling, sometimes like running water, sometimes like cold air blowing, sometimes flickering. According to the different changes of moxibustion feeling, it can be summarized as three different effects of moxibustion in different periods.

Moxibustion sensation can be divided into three stages: the first stage is moxibustion fire along meridians: it mostly shows three thermal sensation phenomena: diathermy, thermal expansion and heat transfer, indicating that the qi of meridians in the body is activated to promote circulation; The second phase of the debate between good and evil: most of them are sour, numb, swollen, painful and itchy moxibustion, which shows that the qi of meridians in the body is stimulated and automatically fights against the evil qi of the focus. The third stage is to open the door to exorcise evil spirits: wind, cold, cold and moxibustion are the most common manifestations, indicating that the menstrual qi in the body is sufficient and the sick qi begins to be excreted.

6. What is the principle of moxibustion?

The heat generated by moxibustion combustion is a very effective physical factor infrared ray, which is suitable for body treatment. It is believed that infrared rays generated during moxibustion combustion can stimulate the hydrogen bonds of biomolecules in human acupoints, produce stimulated coherent resonance absorption effect, and transmit the energy needed by human cells through the nerve-body fluid system. Infrared radiation during moxibustion can provide necessary energy for metabolic activity and immune function of body cells, and can also provide activation energy for pathological cells lacking energy. However, when moxibustion is applied to acupoints, its infrared ray penetration ability is higher, and it can better send energy to the focus through the meridian system. Generally speaking, the principle of treating diseases and preserving health is to use heat to warm meridians, promote qi and blood circulation, dispel cold and remove dampness, and on the other hand, to rely on the medicinal properties of wormwood itself.