Moxibustion, a moxibustion method in acupuncture therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, is a treatment method that uses moxa heat produced by moxibustion materials made of folium Artemisiae Argyi to stimulate acupuncture points or specific parts on the body surface and regulate the physiological and biochemical functions of human body disorder by stimulating menstrual activities, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing diseases and treating diseases. The application of moxibustion originated from the use of fire after human mastery, and the time was also in the Stone Age.
Moxibustion originated in ancient China, because its mechanism of action is similar to acupuncture therapy, and it has a complementary therapeutic effect with acupuncture therapy. Acupuncture is usually used together, so it is called acupuncture. Acupuncture has a far-reaching influence at home and abroad, but when modern people say moxibustion, they often only refer to acupuncture, and rarely include moxibustion.
Moxibustion is a therapeutic method to prevent and treat diseases by stimulating moxa fire in basic specific parts of human body, and 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, relieves and eliminates smooth muscle spasm, and strengthens local skin tissue metabolism.
Promote inflammation, adhesion, exudate, hematoma and other pathological products to dissipate and absorb; 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.