Moxibustion is a moxibustion method in acupuncture therapy of traditional Chinese medicine. It is a therapeutic method that moxa heat produced by moxibustion materials made of moxa leaves stimulates acupuncture points or specific parts on the body surface, and regulates the physiological and biochemical functions of human disorder by stimulating menstrual activities, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.

Moxibustion has the following functions:

1, local stimulation

The warm stimulation of moxibustion can make local skin hyperemia, dilate capillaries, enhance local blood circulation and lymphatic circulation, relieve and eliminate smooth muscle spasm, strengthen local skin tissue metabolism and promote drug absorption.

2. Adjust immune function

Many therapeutic effects of moxibustion are also realized by regulating human immune function, which has the characteristics of two-way regulation, that is, the low one can increase and the high one can decrease, and this regulation is more obvious in pathological state.

3. Comprehensive function

Moxibustion therapy is comprehensive and the therapeutic effect is comprehensive. The stimulation of moxibustion heat regulates local qi and blood, and the combination of moxa fire and drugs will inevitably increase the curative effect of drugs. Aromatic drugs are particularly easy to absorb in a warm environment. When moxibustion is applied to acupoints, it first stimulates the acupoints themselves to stimulate the qi of meridians, mobilize the functions of meridians, and better play the overall role of promoting qi and blood and yin and yang.

The practice of moxibustion:

Selecting aged and ripe Artemisia argyi, removing impurities and thick stems, and rolling into velvet. Squeeze a proper amount of wormwood into a cylinder to make wormwood. Or squeeze a proper amount of moxa sticks into strips with both hands, and then roll them into a cylinder to make a roll of moxa sticks with a length of about 20 cm and a diameter of about 65438 0.5 cm. In addition, gaskets need to be prepared. Such as fresh ginger slices, garlic slices, garlic paste, medicine bottles, etc. In order to facilitate heat conduction and ventilation during moxibustion.

Extended data

Matters needing attention during moxibustion are:

1, attention should be paid to the accuracy of body position and acupoint selection: on the one hand, the body position should meet the needs of moxibustion, and at the same time, attention should be paid to the comfortable and natural body position, and the accurate position and acupoint selection according to the prescription should ensure the effect of moxibustion.

2, because moxibustion should expose some body surface parts, keep warm in winter, and prevent heatstroke every day in summer, but also pay attention to adjusting the indoor temperature and turn on the ventilator in time to exchange fresh air.

3. When using moxibustion for the first time, we should pay attention to the amount of stimulation, first a small amount, then a small amount. For example, if using moxa sticks, or the shorter the moxibustion time, the less the number of strong moxibustion. Increase the dose in the future.

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