The health-preserving function of moxibustion is as follows.

1. Harmonize Qi and Blood: Qi is the source of life and blood is the material basis. Sufficient qi and blood, sufficient qi, life activities will be normal; Or you'll get sick. Moxibustion can invigorate qi and nourish blood, regulate qi and harmonize the middle energizer, and achieve the purpose of health care.

2. Warming meridians and dredging collaterals: Meridians are channels for qi and blood circulation, and smooth meridians are conducive to qi and blood circulation and nutrient transport. If pathogenic factors invade the meridians, it will lead to diseases. With the help of its function of warming skin, moxibustion warms skin meridians, promotes blood circulation and unblocks collaterals, thus achieving the effect of treating various diseases caused by cold, blood stasis and meridian obstruction.

Extended data

Moxibustion is a therapeutic method to prevent and treat diseases by stimulating moxa fire in basic specific parts of human body. Its mechanism is first related to the warm stimulation of local fire. It is this warm stimulation that causes local skin congestion and telangiectasia, enhances local blood circulation and lymphatic circulation, and relieves and eliminates smooth muscle spasm.

Strengthen the metabolism of local skin tissue and promote the dissipation and absorption of pathological products such as inflammation, adhesion, exudate and hematoma; It can also cause the diffusion of inhibitory substances in cerebral cortex, reduce the excitability of nervous system, and play a sedative and analgesic role; At the same time, heating can also promote the absorption of drugs.

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