Starting from the "point", local stimulation. Moxibustion is that the warm stimulation of moxa fire directly acts on specific parts of the human body (usually the parts where specific acupoints are located or the painful parts of the human body), thus achieving the effect of treating diseases and protecting health. The warm stimulation of moxa fire on human body can enhance local blood circulation and lymphatic circulation. If the blood and lymph circulation are smooth, the metabolic capacity of skin tissue will be strengthened, and pathological products such as inflammation, adhesion, exudate and hematoma can also be well dissipated. The combination of different infrared bands emitted by the moxa sticks can express certain information, and then the moxibustion practitioners feel the movement of energy, which is the movement of qi. Local warm stimulation can also cause the diffusion of inhibitory substances in cerebral cortex and reduce the excitability of nervous system, thus achieving the effect of sedation and analgesia. The effect is better than taking painkillers, without any toxic side effects.
Disperse along the "line" to regulate the meridians. Meridian theory is the basic theory of moxibustion, and the stimulation of acupoints will eventually regulate the internal organs and limbs of the human body through the meridian system of the human body, so that the overall function of the human body can maintain a good operation. First of all, meridians and acupoints are externally sensitive to drugs. The so-called external sensitivity means that choosing acupoints is better than choosing common body surface acupoints as moxibustion sites. If the moxibustion point deviates from the acupoint, there will be no telepathy, and the treatment and health care effect will be greatly reduced. Secondly, meridians and acupoints are opposite. Meridian is definitely not a simple route to follow the body surface, but a multi-level, multi-functional and multi-morphological regulation system, which connects the internal organs of the human body and connects the skin and the body surface outward.
It can be seen that moxibustion needs to be reasonably selected and flexibly used in clinical practice under the guidance of the overall concept of traditional Chinese medicine and the idea of syndrome differentiation and treatment, in order to exert its greatest effect.