Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the 45 days from the autumnal equinox to beginning of winter are autumn and winter seasons, and the main qi is yin, and it is either cold or cold. At this time, the yang of the human body gathers, the yin grows longer, and the yang of the stomach is weak, resulting in impaired digestive function; At the same time, dryness dominates the lungs in autumn, and cold dryness dominates after the autumnal equinox, so the symptoms of deficiency-cold related to the lungs will increase. Therefore, moistening dryness, nourishing lung and strengthening spleen and stomach have become the focus of moxibustion health care in autumn equinox.
Moxibustion at autumnal equinox takes Dazhui, Shu Fei, Dachangshu, Shenshu, Guanyuan, Navel, Tian Shu, Zusanli and Hegu, once a day for 30 minutes. Moxibustion for one week 12 days.
Common points for moxibustion health care in autumn equinox
Dazhui point
Function: benefiting qi and strengthening yang
Indications: fever, malaria, spinal cough, dyspnea, bone steaming hot flashes, stiff neck, shoulder and back pain, strong waist and spine, varus cornus, infantile convulsion, epilepsy, five strains, seven injuries, heatstroke, cholera, vomiting, jaundice and rubella.
Moxibustion: Dazhui point, the intersection of hand, foot, three yang and Du meridian. Moxibustion can be used for 5 15 minutes each time.
Shu Fei pt.
Function: regulating lung qi, tonifying deficiency and clearing heat.
Indications: Lung meridian and respiratory diseases, such as pneumonia, bronchitis, tuberculosis, cough, asthma, hematemesis, bone steaming, hot flashes, night sweats, nasal congestion, etc.
Moxibustion: Take prone position. Ignite the moxa stick and apply moxibustion at a distance of 1.53 cm from the lung acupoint 1020 minutes.
Shenshu point
Function: Externally dispersing kidney heat.
Indications: enuresis, nocturnal emission, impotence, irregular menstruation, leucorrhea, edema, tinnitus, deafness and low back pain.
Moxibustion: mild moxibustion, each point 10 15 minutes, once a week 12 times, and long-term persistence.
Guanyuan point
Function: the function of nourishing the body, consolidating the body and replenishing the lower energizer.
Indications: tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, regulating chong and ren, regulating qi and blood, and strengthening body. It is often used for stroke, fatigue, mental fatigue, emaciation and weakness. Diarrhea, rectocele, hernia, bloody stool, blood drowning, dysuria, frequent urination, urinary incontinence and other intestinal and urinary system diseases; Male diseases such as nocturnal emission, white turbidity, impotence and premature ejaculation; Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, leucorrhea with reddish discharge, uterine prolapse, functional uterine bleeding, pruritus vulvae, lochia and placenta retention.
Moxibustion: each point is suspended for 10 minute, and three months is a course of treatment. Rest for a week before continuing the second course of treatment.
Tianshu point
Function: Dispelling and regulating intestine and fu-organs, regulating qi and stagnation, and resolving food stagnation.
Indications: Abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, dysentery and other gastrointestinal diseases. Gynecological diseases such as irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea.
Moxibustion: pregnant women should not moxibustion.
Zusanli point
Function: tonify qi and blood, strengthen body resistance and cultivate yuan.
Indications: Stomach pain, vomiting, abdominal distension, diarrhea, joint pain of lower limbs, edema and fatigue.
Moxibustion: aiming at Zusanli, the distance is about 0.5 1.0 inch, which makes the patient feel warm and comfortable locally. Generally, the moxibustion time of each acupoint is 1520 minutes until the skin is slightly flushed, and moxibustion is performed every other day, about ten times a month. Old people can have moxibustion about 30 minutes before going to bed every day. Pay attention to avoid the wind when applying moxibustion.