Moxibustion Zusanli acupoint selection method
1. Sit in a chair, bend your knees, put your feet flat, naturally lay flat on the ground, put your hands around your knees, put your index finger on the front edge of your tibia below your knees, put your fingers together, and touch the acupoints with your fingertips. 3 inches below the lateral knee eye, between the outer edge of tibia, tibialis anterior and extensor digitorum longus.
2. Stretch your foot and take it, one inch below the highest point of the tibial tubercle below the knee and one inch outside. Its relationship with Yang Lingquan is one inch up and down. That is, Zusanli is one inch lower than Yangling Spring, and then it opens one inch outside. Yanglingquan is a triangle between tibial tuberosity and fibular capitulum, and the lower corner is the acupoint, which can be used to confirm the location of Zusanli.
Six therapeutic effects of moxibustion at Zusanli
2. It has the function of tonifying kidney and benefiting qi: it is effective for tinnitus, dizziness, lumbago, frequent urination, enuresis, dysuria, nocturnal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation and asthma.
3. Moxibustion on Zusanli has a step-by-step strengthening effect: it can enhance the physical strength of lower limbs, and prevent and treat symptoms such as edema of limbs, fatigue, pain of thighs and knees, and general weakness. It can be used for preventing and treating tibiofibular neuralgia, sciatica, poliomyelitis, beriberi and peripheral neuritis.
4. Prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases: Zusanli is the acupoint of the stomach meridian, which is in charge of the digestive system. There's a saying called three miles to tuck in the belly. Moxibustion at Zusanli point is quite effective for abdominal diseases, such as gastrointestinal weakness, hypofunction, loss of appetite, loss of appetite, peritonitis, intestinal thunder, diarrhea, constipation, dyspepsia, liver disease, stomach spasm, acute and chronic gastritis, oral and peptic ulcer, acute and chronic enteritis, pancreatitis, ascites swelling, intestinal obstruction, dysentery and gastroptosis. However, heartburn caused by hyperacidity on an empty stomach should not be moxibustion at Zusanli, and Yanglingquan moxibustion near it has a good effect.
5. Some intractable diseases: headache, insomnia, anemia, neurasthenia, breast pain, flatulence, hemiplegia, etc. You can moxibustion Zusanli.
6. Other chronic diseases: such as eye diseases, decreased vision, nasal diseases, ear diseases, allergic diseases, etc., can all be moxibustion at Zusanli point.