There are many moxibustion health centers in the streets and alleys, and some people teach themselves to recuperate at home. It is natural for moxibustion to be popularized in an all-round way, but there are also many misunderstandings.
If you go into a misunderstanding, moxibustion will not only have no effect, but will hurt your body. Tachibana An Jr. is here today to tell you about the "misunderstanding of moxibustion"!
Correct moxibustion to preserve health and recuperate diseases
1, moxa stick
"I've been at home for three years, and I don't need a doctor." Moxibustion moxa sticks need three years to age, and the conditioning effect is good, but if you use inferior moxa sticks, it will directly endanger your health.
Many poorly made moxa sticks are not growing well. They have a lot of impurities when they are screened and made, and they are soft and easy to fall off when they are smoked and moxibustion. It is even said that the fire head fell on the body and directly burned the skin.
However, wormwood that has not been dried for a long time has insufficient properties. If used in moxibustion, it will damage meridians and consume qi and blood.
Therefore, when choosing moxa sticks, we should pay attention to whether there are impurities; Roll it tightly, and the wormwood must be made into moxa sticks. The golden yellow texture is better.
2. Kill Ai
After friends finish moxibustion, I don't know what to do with the burning moxa stick. Some friends may say that I watered it with water or cut off the burning part directly.
But pay attention to killing moxa, because the moxa sticks used for making moxa sticks are flammable. Even if you can't see the smoke and internal heat, the moxa stick under the fire head may still burn weakly, which is very likely to rekindle and even cause a fire.
The correct way is to prepare a stainless steel or glass cup, wait until moxibustion is finished, put it in the cup, seal the cup, block the air from entering, and completely extinguish the moxa stick.
3. Before and after moxibustion
Before moxibustion, you should not be too full. After meals, try to rest for a while before moxibustion. We need to drink water before moxibustion to prevent excessive water loss in the body.
Some friends want to take a bath after moxibustion because of the smell and sweating of wormwood. But after moxibustion, you must not take a bath or undress and blow dry. You should put on clothes and wrap the moxibustion part.
Because of the medicinal properties and heat of moxibustion, the pores on the surface of our body grow up and absorb energy to supplement righteousness. If we take a shower and catch cold immediately, "exogenous cold" will take the opportunity to come in, just like we open the door to let them in.
Here, Teacher Yuan will tell you a necessary technique before and after moxibustion, that is, before moxibustion and after moxibustion, you should press and pat the acupoints of fumigation moxibustion with your hands, which are divided into "opening acupoints" and "sealing acupoints".
It can help us to better absorb the pure yang medicine of wormwood and preserve the yang.
4. Electronic moxibustion
Behind the traditional moxibustion method, a new moxibustion method has emerged, namely "smokeless moxa stick" and "electronic moxibustion", which can avoid the smoke smell of the traditional moxibustion method, but is it really good?
Artemisia argyi is called "pure Yang grass". Fire originates from the sun and is very medicinal. Only Artemisia argyi has this effect, such as pine, cypress, bamboo, orange, elm, bitter orange, mulberry and jujube.
In ancient times, it was thought that this kind of Yagi fire was not suitable for moxibustion. The Yellow Emperor's Frog Sutra and Moxibustion and Firewood Method: "Moxibustion with Eight Wood Fires hurts blood, tendons and marrow."
Therefore, there is a saying that "the fire of Yagi is not desirable". Although smokeless moxibustion and electronic moxibustion can be used, they are not as good as traditional moxibustion in medicinal properties and effects.
5, don't often moxibustion.
Mencius once said, "A seven-year illness requires three years' support." This means conditioning the disease. The needed moxa sticks should be old, refined and pure, and more importantly, moxibustion should be used frequently to recuperate, so as to remove the root cause of the disease.
But now people's understanding of moxibustion is not profound. After trying moxibustion once or twice, I found that the effect was not great, so I stopped using it.
Everything needs a process, and so does moxibustion conditioning. Need deeper understanding and feelings. If you are sick, you will "prevent" if you are not sick.
However, many friends' own moxibustion methods may not be systematic, and they have no in-depth understanding of moxibustion, so the conditioning effect is naturally not good.