When it comes to moxibustion, we should start with fire. Primitive humans discovered fire, invented fire and used it, which is of great significance in the history of human health care. Using fire can help people keep out the cold, and reduce wind-cold exogenous diseases and cold-dampness diseases caused by living in dark and humid places for a long time; Can resist the invasion of wild animals, enhance self-defense ability, and reduce traumatic diseases caused by fighting with wild animals; Can make people eat cooked food instead of raw food, and reduce the occurrence of intestinal infectious diseases, digestive system diseases, parasitic diseases and other related diseases; It can improve the digestion and absorption of food, promote human development, improve human quality, improve health and prolong life. More importantly, it provides important conditions for moxibustion treatment. As early as thousands of years ago, when primitive people made a fire to keep warm, cook or drive away wild animals with bonfires, they might sometimes be burned by spilled Mars. When splashed on sick primitive people, this local burning alleviated the symptoms of some diseases. This happens again and again, and over time, people are inspired. They began to consciously choose some dry plant stems and leaves as fuel to stimulate the local temperature.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi, alias Artemisia argyi, Moxibustion Grass and Artemisia scoparia. Picking Folium Artemisiae Argyi of Compositae or Folium Artemisiae Argyi of the same genus in spring and summer, drying in the shade or in the sun, removing fluff, pulverizing and preserving. Folium Artemisiae Argyi contains volatile oil and aromatic oil, and is rich in protein, minerals, various essential amino acids, carotene, pantothenic acid, choline, vitamin B 1, B2, C and so on. This product is bitter and pungent, warm and nontoxic, and has the functions of regulating qi and blood, treating bacillary dysentery, dispelling cold and dampness, preventing miscarriage and stopping bleeding. Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the characteristics of easy combustion, lasting heat production, fragrant smell, difficult shedding, rich resources and convenient processing and storage. So it later became the most important raw material for moxibustion treatment.
Moxibustion is divided into direct moxibustion, indirect moxibustion, moxa stick moxibustion, warm acupuncture and warm moxibustion according to treatment methods. "Direct Moxibustion" means that moxa cones of appropriate size are directly placed on the skin for moxibustion. If moxibustion needs to burn and fester the skin and leave scars after healing, it is called scar moxibustion. If you don't burn purulent skin and leave no scars, it's called seamless moxibustion. "Indirect moxibustion" is a moxibustion method to separate moxa cone from skin at the acupoints where moxibustion is applied, including ginger moxibustion, garlic moxibustion, salt moxibustion and aconite cake moxibustion. "Moxibustion with moxa sticks" includes mild moxibustion and bird pecking moxibustion. Warm acupuncture is a combination of acupuncture and moxibustion, which is suitable for diseases that require both needle retention and moxibustion. "Warm Moxibustion" is a kind of cylindrical moxibustion device made of metal, so it is also called warm moxibustion. The bottom of the cylinder is sharp and flat, and a small cylinder is sleeved inside the cylinder, and there are holes around the small cylinder. When moxibustion is applied, moxa or medicine is added into the small barrel of the warm moxibustion apparatus, and the cover of the warm moxibustion apparatus is fastened after ignition, so that it can be placed at the acupuncture point or the moxibustion site for ironing moxibustion until the skin of the moxibustion site is rosy. It has the functions of harmonizing qi and blood, warming middle warmer and dispelling cold.
Nowadays, moxibustion therapy is widely spread at home and abroad. Simple, convenient, effective and cheap, it is deeply loved by patients. Moxibustion therapy has a wide range of applications, which can be widely used to treat diseases such as internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics and facial features. Secondly, moxibustion has a peculiar health care function. Disease-free moxibustion can stimulate healthy qi, increase disease resistance and resist the invasion of evil spirits. "Bian Que's Heart Book" says: "People often have moxibustion before they get sick. Although they don't live forever, they can live for more than a hundred years. " The yang of middle-aged and elderly people is declining, so moxibustion should be used to replenish fire and help yang and cheer up the spirit.
Qian Guang's famous doctor Bao Gu is the first female moxibustion therapist in the medical history of China. Born in Yongjia for three years (309), he was the home of an official Taoist, and his father Bao Jing was also a Taoist in the Jin Dynasty, whose words were too mysterious. Born in the East China Sea (the sea east of Pixian County, Jiangsu Province), he was born around 260 AD. Bao Liang, "be clear-minded and see nature, learn the history of classics, cultivate self-cultivation, and learn both inside and outside." He has been ordered to go to war many times, from official to assistant minister of Huangmen and magistrate of Nanhai County. He dived with his only daughter. That is, the world-famous Bao Gu took office in Nanhai, Guangdong. Baogu was deeply influenced by Taoism since he was a child. She studied Taoism and medicine with her father. She is familiar with medical skills, alchemy, self-cultivation and has a deep knowledge of medical research. A poem once praised: "The turn of the well and the neighboring clouds, the rugged curtain of jujube flowers, is Weng Baishi's exhaustion of rice, and his husband Dan Miao is not waiting for poverty, so he can't reward ancient drinkers." Dragon bell to help cancer patients. I have come to beg for three years of love, and I should return to the spring of ten thousand years. "Poetry is probably the practice of collecting herbs from corn. Her footprints are all over Guangzhou, Nanhai, Huiyang and Boluo. Excellent medical skills, good at moxibustion. She used wormwood with red feet growing everywhere at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain to treat diseases, which is famous all over the world for treating tumors and warts. Therefore. Later, people called this kind of red-footed wormwood "Bao Gu Ai".
Legend has it that one day, on the way back from practicing medicine and collecting medicine, Bao Gu saw a young girl taking pictures by the river and shed tears. Bao Gu looked forward and saw many dark brown tumors on her face, which was very ugly. Therefore, the villagers despised her and rejected her. No man who wants to marry her can't get married, so he cries. Bao Gu asked why, that is, he took some red-footed mugwort leaves from the medicine bag, rubbed them into moxa wool, lit them with fire, and smoked them gently on the girl's face. Soon, through the moxibustion of Baogu, all the pimples on the girl's face fell off, and there was no scar, and she became a beautiful girl. She thanked her and left happily. Through this story, we can realize her unique moxibustion method and superb medical skills. Unfortunately, however, Bao Gu did not leave any works. Later generations think that her moxibustion experience may permeate into her husband Ge Hong's Elbow Spare Emergency Prescription. There are 109 acupuncture prescriptions in this book, among which moxibustion prescriptions account for more than 90. The function, function, operation method and matters needing attention of moxibustion are comprehensively discussed.
In recent years, with the magical story of Baogu moxibustion and people's understanding of the uniqueness of moxibustion therapy, moxibustion therapy has gradually attracted the attention of the medical community. The pace of modern research is also accelerating. With the development of science and technology, moxibustion will be more and more widely used in clinic.