Ai, a kind of grass with special effects. There is a kind of grass, which looks very ordinary and can be seen everywhere in rural areas and fields in the north and south of China. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, this kind of grass was collected from the ground as a person who abides by traditional customs and silently prays to ward off evil spirits. In the south of China, Hakka people in Guangdong like to make soup with its roots to dispel wind and warm the stomach. In rural Anhui, according to the old man's words, pregnant women know how to bathe or fumigate with water soaked in it, so as to regulate qi and blood, drive away cold and dampness. Burning this grass to drive away mosquitoes and flies is a common sight in rural and suburban areas at night.
This kind of grass is amazing and common. It's ai. In ancient Chinese medical books, it is mentioned that moxibustion is a treatment method of "medicine is too late, needle is too late, so moxibustion is needed", saying that moxibustion can cure many diseases that acupuncture and medicine cannot cure. "Life-saving method: burn moxa first" means that moxa can prolong life and tonify kidney.
Moxibustion is an important part of ancient Chinese medical technology, which is characterized by no medication and no toxic side effects. It is a green original ecological therapy. Moxibustion is the moxa heat produced by moxibustion materials made of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, which stimulates acupuncture points or specific parts on the body surface and adjusts the physiological and biochemical functions of human disorder by stimulating menstrual activities, thus achieving the purpose of treating diseases and preventing diseases. "Moxibustion" has become a routine method and is also recorded in ancient books. It has gone through a long period of experiment, research and development, and has been in use ever since.
The fire of Ai is the fire of pure Yang. Therefore, the ancients in China called the sun the sun of the sky and Ai the sun of the earth. Yang Qi is the foundation of life. Neijing says: "If the sun is the sun, if the sun is lost in the sky, it will lose its life without showing its strength." If we count the yang as 100, then the process from birth to death is from one hundred to zero, so it is very important to maintain and strengthen the yang in health preservation.
The heat generated by wormwood is incomparable with other heating substances. The special short infrared ray generated by burning "Ai" has a penetrating power three to four times that of ordinary long infrared ray, which can activate cellular immune activin and improve human immunity.
Ancient moxibustion has the function of automatically finding diseased parts and dredging meridians. The continuous burning and conduction of moxa fire can make the pure yang and warm air of moxa fire penetrate into the body from the surface of human skin, reach the diseased part, get through the obstruction, and automatically adjust the rise and fall of yin and yang in the body, thus achieving the functions of strengthening yang, preserving health and treating diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine research institutions use other medicinal materials and other substances, various physical and chemical methods, radiation methods and so on to do comparative research with Ai. Therefore, there is no way to completely replace Ai.
The Chinese words "Ai" and "Wa" originally meant to restore rule. In ancient times, young and beautiful girls were also called Shao Ai, which was an ideal extension of the medical use of Ai.
Why can ancient moxibustion cure diseases?
Where does the strange evil come from? Where does the disease come from? The human body is the unity of opposites of Yin and Yang. Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of diseases is due to the imbalance of yin and yang. During the occurrence and development of diseases, some pathological products will inevitably accumulate. If the accumulated pathological products can find a way out in time, the disease will be frustrated and recovered.
Chinese medicine practitioners have learned that all people have a meridian phenomenon, just like a running generator with voltage and current on the wire. The twelve meridians and 365 points are stations and channels for transmitting information between human organs and various functions of officials. In a healthy state of life, the five zang-fu organs are closely connected with acupuncture points and pores on the body surface through the meridian system, while in a pathological state, acupuncture points and pores are natural channels and gaps for venting pathological products.
Moxibustion, like acupuncture, selects the corresponding parts on the internal information channel of the human body and artificially stimulates sensory transmission with specific factors, so that the benign cycle can be restored and consolidated, and the vicious cycle can be interrupted and blocked, thus achieving the effect of preventing and treating diseases.
Both acupuncture and moxibustion have dual functions of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors, but in the sense of reinforcing points, the role of moxibustion is to supplement more and less, and the role of acupuncture is to supplement more and less. Acupuncture is the main channel, but it can't supplement Yuanyang; Moxibustion is to replenish first and then drain, so that evil spirits can be eliminated by themselves under the condition of improving vital qi.
Moxibustion therapy is a flexible application of these basic principles of traditional Chinese medicine. The ancients emphasized that health preservation is "nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter, so as to follow its roots". At least in daily habits, "warming is not as good as cold."
We modern people often do the opposite. The rhythm of modern life is too difficult to follow the "sunrise, sunset and rest", living in the ubiquitous environment of air conditioners, refrigerators and cold drinks since childhood, coupled with the improper use of a large number of drugs and hormones, overeating cold food, improper body insulation, staying up late and so on. The yang on which human health depends is easy to accelerate. Increasing the fire of life in the furnace is increasingly needed by modern people.
What diseases can ancient moxibustion treat?
Moxibustion has a wide range of adaptability, which is suitable for both chronic patients with long-term weakness and acute patients with mild illness. Patients with fever can also be treated with moxibustion. People with weak vitality generally have poor absorption of gastric function, and it is difficult to fully digest and absorb drugs after taking drugs. Many drugs must consume their vitality to play their role. Taking medicine for a long time without restoring and replenishing vitality in time will inevitably damage vitality. Ancient moxibustion can directly heat the meridians without going through the stomach meridian, nourish energy, improve vital qi, regulate the meridians, and eliminate diseases and pathogens.
Such as kidney deficiency, insomnia, puffiness, anemia, various chronic gynecological diseases, chronic nephropathy, rheumatoid disease and spondylitis. The intractable diseases of western medicine can be cured by moxibustion at Guanyuan and other acupoints. Moxibustion on Guanyuan is the principle of naturally supplementing nature in the future. The ups and downs of the "yin and yang" of the human body have a fixed law, so that the vitality is gradually sufficient, and yin and yang must operate according to the law. There is no need to artificially adjust the ups and downs. There are great drugs in the human body!
The qi of zang-fu organs gathers at Shu point in the chest and abdomen, which is called "Moxue point". There are 12 acupoints in the six zang-fu organs. Acupoint moxibustion can treat visceral diseases, such as dredging meridians with a strong airflow, and at the same time opening the main door to drain away the lesions, with very good results.
In our daily life, when we catch a cold, we can moxibustion at Dazhui point, and the effect is quick. Moxibustion at Dazhui point is better until the skin is ruddy, and it is best to sweat slightly every time. Moxibustion is also very effective in preventing frequent colds. You can use mild moxibustion to moxibustion Zhongwan, Guanyuan and Zusanli. Modern people have a lot of gastrointestinal discomfort. If you have general gastrointestinal problems, you can moxibustion Zusanli, Shenque and Guanyuan. Whether the stomach is hot or cold, moxibustion can be done in the middle.
Most people can't remember too many acupoints, but as long as they remember the four important acupoints of human health and warm moxibustion for a long time, they can achieve the effects of strengthening the body, enhancing immunity and delaying aging. The four key points of health care are Guanyuan, Zhongwan, Zusanli and Mingmen.
I don't know what to do with acupoints. What happened to moxibustion? Moxibustion directly acts on the uncomfortable affected part, which was called Ashi point or Tianying point in ancient times, and can also be taken near or not far from the affected part. We call it "nearest point selection".
What is the emphasis on ancient moxibustion health care?
The human body is consuming at any time. Although we can moxibustion at any time, there are still some matters needing attention in moxibustion.
What should I pay attention to after moxibustion?
It is best not to wash your hands or bathe in cold water for at least one hour after moxibustion; Drinking warm water more than usual after moxibustion is helpful to detoxify, but never drink cold water or ice water.
Is everyone suitable for ancient moxibustion?
Pregnant women, people who are extremely tired, hungry, full, drunk and sweaty, and people who are extremely tired and have no self-control ability are not suitable for moxibustion. Some special parts and large blood vessels, heart parts and eyeballs belong to the face, and moxibustion is not allowed.
▌: Why do some people have the reaction of disease aggravation after moxibustion?
For example, many people will be thirsty after moxibustion, which is a normal struggle between good and evil. Those pathogenic factors have lived in the body for a long time. There will inevitably be various reactions at this time. Gradually, moxibustion will gradually accumulate enough healthy qi in the body, and evil spirits will gradually leave the body. Sometimes when we moxibustion abdominal pain, there will be discomfort in the liver area or upper abdomen. This may be because there are hidden dangers in the liver or diseases in the upper abdomen. Moxibustion will take the initiative to help us adjust. Moxibustion at Guanyuan point may reflect the hidden dangers in gynecology, prostate problems or some diseases in reproductive system.
The menstrual function of moxibustion is to tell us that the body has self-regulation function. As long as you get better, relevant departments will work together in Qixin. Everyone has different sensitivity to meridians, so the sense of moxibustion varies greatly among individuals. Young and middle-aged people tend to have a stronger and faster sense of moxibustion than the elderly, and women tend to have a higher sense of transmission than men.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that those who need to use mugwort leaves for a long time should be treated delicately and softly, which is called cooked mugwort leaves. If moxibustion fire is born, it is easy to hurt bones and muscles, so moxibustion should use aged moxa sticks, which has been repeatedly emphasized by doctors in past dynasties.
How to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of moxa sticks and moxa sticks to ensure the curative effect?
Mainly from four aspects: cashmere, color, taste and smoke. When we go to the market to choose moxa sticks and moxa wool, we can see that the colors of Ai Xin are blue and black. After burning, the firepower is strong, and the smoke is blue-black when burning, which is quite choking. Good Ai Chen, the color is khaki or golden yellow, and the color of smoke is pale white but not strong. After burning, the smoke fills the air from bottom to top, and the smell is mild and Ai Xiang, which is not pungent, and the moxibustion effect is better.
Modern mild moxibustion therapy
Due to the importance attached to moxibustion in ancient times, many moxibustion instruments have been developed under modern conditions. Warm moxibustion apparatus made of mugwort sticks and various mugwort leaves is called "mild moxibustion" because it generally does not damage the skin and is safe and secure.
▌ There are two common methods:
1) handheld mobile method. Ignite the moxa stick, move the moxa stick at the acupoint or the affected part, and fumigate and bake. By moving up and down or left and right, patients can moxibustion for a long time.
2) Tool support method. At present, there are all kinds of modern warm moxibustion devices, both hand-held and bundled, all of which are designed to relieve the burning pain of direct moxibustion and the fatigue of hand-held moxibustion. Even if moxibustion is done through clothes, penetration can continue to play a role.
"life-saving method: burn moxa first"
Ancient moxibustion is not only highly valued in China, but also sought after and applied in many countries.
In the 1920s and 1930s, infectious diseases ravaged Japan, and a man named Yuan Zhi Mentaro launched a nationwide "National Li Sanai Moxibustion Campaign", which greatly improved the national immunity.
In South Korea, there is a clip about moxibustion in the TV series Dae Jang Geum. Changjin's adoptive father was seriously seasick and fell into a coma. Changjin considered repeatedly using ancient moxibustion as a treatment, and the adoptive father recovered quickly. It can be seen that moxibustion therapy was quite common at that time and benefited the people in a simple and safe way.
Moreover, moxibustion therapy spread to Europe around17th century. In his book Overseas Experience, Germany Ganfu clearly advocated the use of moxibustion, and attached a picture indicating the acupoints and indications of moxibustion. It was Lalan, the director of surgery in Napoleon's army, who used moxibustion well in ancient times. Since then, the magical ancient moxibustion has been widely promoted in Europe.
I hope that every modern person can draw nutrition from the medical wisdom of their ancestors. By practicing the ancient moxibustion method, you can make yourself, your family and your friends have sufficient yang and vigorous viscera functions, thus minimizing diseases. I hope everyone can enjoy the natural life, experience the true meaning of life healthier and better, and carry on the cause of benefiting the masses.
(Excerpted from WeChat official account: Moment Ai?
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