Can I have moxibustion during menstruation? Who is not suitable for moxibustion?
Moxibustion has a history of thousands of years in China. Has unique health care function. Moxibustion is to promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relax tendons and activate collaterals. Many people use moxibustion to treat dysmenorrhea and some female diseases, pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis, endometritis, cervical erosion, infertility and many other gynecological diseases. Then it is inevitable that you will have menstruation. So, can you moxibustion during menstruation? Can I have moxibustion during menstruation? Some people have a large amount of blood during menstruation. Moxibustion is to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and to relax menstruation and activate collaterals. If you moxibustion at this time, it may further promote the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, resulting in more menstrual blood. If you have less menstrual flow, then your menstrual moxibustion just takes advantage of moxibustion's functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, relaxing menstruation and activating collaterals to promote the increase of menstrual flow. Eliminate some blood stasis in the body and achieve the purpose of treating diseases. But menstrual moxibustion must vary from person to person. Pay attention to the following points during menstruation: 1, pay attention to vulva cleaning, and wash vulva with warm water every day during menstruation; Don't use a tub bath when taking a bath, it's better to use a shower to avoid dirty water entering the vagina and causing inflammation. 2, menstrual period must not have sex, because sex life is easy to bring bacteria into the vagina and cause inflammation, but also cause menorrhagia, prolonged menstruation and so on. 3, menstrual period should have enough sleep, eat less cold and spicy food, be careful not to catch cold and get wet. Although menstrual period is a little uncomfortable, you can work, study and participate in general housework as usual, but try to avoid too intense labor and don't stay in wet places for a long time. People who are not suitable for moxibustion 1, patients with hypertension, although moxibustion is introduced in various professional books, depending on the severity, the safer method is to control blood pressure first and then select points based on syndrome differentiation. 2. Benign tumors need strict syndrome differentiation. 3, malignant tumors, moxibustion is not recommended, moxibustion will lead to qi and blood rushing. 4, there are metal embedded parts in the body, cautious moxibustion, the physical principle is simple, no longer elaborate. 5, face and other exposed parts, do not directly moxibustion, in case of scarring, affecting the appearance. 6, extreme fatigue, hunger, satiety, drunkenness, sweating, emotional instability, or women avoid moxibustion during menstruation. 7, some infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions or extreme physical exhaustion, skinny and other taboo moxibustion. 8. People who have no self-control ability such as mental patients should avoid moxibustion. 9, thin skin, less muscle, muscle aggregation, pregnant women's lumbosacral, lower abdomen, male and female nipples, genitals, testicles and so on. Do not moxibustion. In addition, do not directly moxibustion joints. In addition, don't moxibustion big blood vessels and heart. The eyeball belongs to the face, so don't moxibustion.