Brief introduction of moxibustion
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 modern people say acupuncture only refers to acupuncture, and rarely includes moxibustion.
It is a therapeutic method that moxa heat produced by moxibustion material 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 a history of more than 2,000 years in China, and its therapeutic effect has been confirmed by numerous clinical practices. The understanding of its mechanism is still an unsolved mystery. At present, the mechanism of moxibustion is considered to be related to the following five aspects.
Local stimulation
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, strengthens local skin tissue metabolism, and promotes the dissipation and absorption of pathological products such as inflammation, adhesion, exudate and hematoma. 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.
Meridian regulation
Meridian theory is an important content of traditional Chinese medicine and the theoretical basis of moxibustion. People are a whole, and the internal organs and limbs are coordinated with each other. This harmonious relationship is mainly achieved through the adjustment of meridians. Modern research shows that meridians and acupoints have three characteristics:
1. Meridian acupoints are externally sensitive to drugs, that is, some acupoints selected by the same moxibustion method are obviously different from ordinary body surface acupoints.
2. Meridians and acupoints amplify the effects of drugs. Meridian is not a simple body surface approach, but a multi-level, multi-functional and multi-morphological regulation system. Moxibustion is applied to acupoints, which affects their multi-level physiological functions. In this cycle induction process, they produce the results of mutual excitation, mutual coordination and mutual superposition, thus producing physiological amplification effect.
3. Meridian acupoints have the function of storing drugs in drug storage acupoints, and the physical and chemical effects of drugs stay at acupoints for a long time or are released to the whole body, which has an overall adjustment and cure effect on diseases.
Regulating immunity
Many experiments have confirmed that moxibustion can enhance 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.
Pharmacological effects of moxibustion
Although the use of moxibustion is not as rich as that of internal medicine, we can also see the dialectical treatment of moxibustion from the clinical application of various moxibustion and Taiyi and Lei Huo acupuncture. What is particularly worth mentioning is the role of moxa sticks, the main raw material of moxibustion. In Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty, Wu said: "Folium Artemisiae Argyi is bitter and pungent, warm and ripe, pure in yang, capable of resisting yang, dredging the twelve meridians, taking three yin, regulating qi and blood, expelling cold and dampness, warming uterus, stopping bleeding, warming middle warmer, relieving depression, regulating menstruation and preventing miscarriage." With its love fire, it can penetrate all meridians and eliminate all diseases. "It is no exaggeration to say that there is no moxibustion without Ai.
Synthesis
The effect of moxibustion on human body is mainly a comprehensive effect, which is the overall therapeutic effect of various factors influencing each other, complementing each other and exerting together.
First of all, the treatment of moxibustion is comprehensive. For example, if winter diseases are treated in summer, drugs such as white mustard seed are applied to Zhongshan, Shu Fei and Gaojia points to treat asthma, and aconite cake moxibustion at Shenshu points is used to resist aging. It includes local stimulation (local suppurative moxibustion, separated moxibustion), meridian points (specially selected points) and drugs, which are organically related.
Second, the role of treatment is comprehensive. The stimulation of moxibustion heat can regulate local qi and blood, and the stimulation of moxa fire combined with drugs will inevitably increase the curative effect of drugs. Aromatic drugs are particularly easy to be absorbed in a warm environment. When moxibustion is applied to acupoints, it first stimulates the acupoints themselves, stimulates meridian qi, mobilizes the functions of meridians, and gives full play to the overall functions of promoting qi and blood circulation and harmonizing yin and yang.
Third, people's responsiveness and therapeutic effect are comprehensive. Treatment (Moxibustion)-External factors can only play a role through internal factors (human reactivity). The researchers found that the same moxibustion therapy has different sensory transmission and different curative effects for patients with the same disease. The reason is that people have different reflexes. Under the guidance of the overall concept of traditional Chinese medicine and the idea of syndrome differentiation and treatment, all the above factors can be reasonably selected and flexibly used in clinical practice, thus giving full play to the greatest effect of moxibustion.
Warming meridians and dispelling cold
The normal life activities of human body depend on the function of qi and blood. The movement of qi leads to the circulation of blood, and the cessation of qi leads to the cessation of blood. The popularity of meridian blood gas is entirely due to the promotion of "Qi". Various reasons, such as "cold leads to qi stagnation and heat leads to qi disease", can affect the prevalence of blood gas and cause various diseases. While warm is slippery, cold is astringent, that is to say, qi and blood circulation has the characteristics of warm dispersing and cold coagulating. Therefore, Zhu Danxi said, "It's good if the blood is hot, and it will condense when it is cold." . Therefore, all diseases with blood stasis and no heat can be treated with warming qi. "LingShu? The article "Stabbing the True Evil" says: "The blood clots in the pulse and stays, and the Buddha can take it from the fire." "LingShu? The forbidden clothing also said: "If you are sleepy, your pulse and blood are in the middle, and your blood is cold, you should moxibustion." . Moxibustion is the application of its warm stimulation, which plays the role of warming meridians and dredging arthralgia. Through the warm stimulation of hot moxibustion on meridian points, it can warm meridians and dispel cold, strengthen the operation of qi and blood, and achieve the purpose of clinical treatment Therefore, moxibustion can be used for arthralgia and diarrhea caused by blood stasis and cold, and the effect is very remarkable.
Activating qi and dredging collaterals
Meridians are distributed in all parts of the human body, including internal organs and external tissues such as muscles and bones. In a normal body, qi and blood circulate endlessly in the meridians and run in sequence. If wind, cold, summer heat, dampness, dryness, fire and other external factors invade the human body or local qi and blood, and the meridians are blocked, there will be symptoms such as swelling and pain and a series of dysfunction. At this time, moxibustion at some acupoints can play a role in regulating qi and blood, dredging meridians and balancing functions, and can be used for sores in clinic.
Fu yang gu tuo
Life depends on Yang Qi. If you get what you want, you will live, but if you lose what you want, you will die. Therefore, Yang disease is full of yin, while yin is full of cold and syncope, or Yuan Qi is short of being trapped, and your pulse is weak. At this time, it's just warm? "Jue Lun" said: "Yang failure leads to cold Jue". When Yang Qi declined, Yin Qi prevailed alone; When Yang Qi can't reach her hands and feet, they are cold. For diseases such as critical illness, decline of yang spirit, and separation of yin and yang, heavy moxibustion in a cauldron can dispel the cold of yin and restore yang to save it. This is beyond the reach of other acupoint stimulation therapy. It is also mentioned in the Song Dynasty's Acupuncture and Moxibustion Health Classic: "Anyone who drowns can be saved overnight, taking off the clothes of the deceased and moxibustion at the umbilicus." "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" points out: "Febrile diseases induce vomiting and cold hands and feet? The pulse condition is insufficient, and moxibustion is less yin and seven strong. " If you feel cold and fidgety in your hands and feet, those who feel no pulse in Jueyin should be moxibustion. "This shows that all critically ill patients with yang deficiency, such as vomiting, diarrhea, cold hands and feet, weak pulse and so on. For example, moxibustion at Guanyuan, Shenque and other points with big moxa cone can often play the role of supporting yang, restoring yang, saving lives and healing the wounded, and is often used for stroke and acute abdomen in clinic.
Promoting yang to relieve depression
Due to Yang Qi's weakness and other reasons, it can cause deficiency in the upper part and deficiency in the lower part, subsidence due to qi deficiency, rectocele, yin rigidity, prolonged diarrhea, metrorrhagia and fetal slip. Meridian says: "Moxibustion is the key to depression", so Moxibustion is often used to treat depression caused by qi deficiency and sagging viscera. Li Dongyuan, the founder of the theory of spleen and stomach, also thinks that "people who fall into the trap will not catch a cold" and "there is nothing between heaven and earth but Yin and Yang". Yang is outside and Yin is inside. In this case, if the yang sinks in the yin, it is the yin that lives on it and restores its yang. Its pulse syndrome is seen in the outside, and it is treated with moxibustion. " Therefore, moxibustion therapy can not only warm and help yang, promote yang to relieve depression, prevent miscarriage and consolidate menstruation, but also have curative effect on those who have unstable weiyang and loose acupoints. Restore the body function to normal. Such as proctoptosis, yin stagnation, persistent diarrhea and other diseases. It can be improved by moxibustion at Baihui point, thus "pushing up". Another example is the "Analects of Confucius" cloud, "Those who have proctoptosis in the process of releasing cold in acupoints must have strong moxibustion moisture." In short, this is also one of the unique functions of moxibustion.
Detoxification and heat release
Physicians in past dynasties often put forward the problem of prohibiting moxibustion due to heat syndrome. For example, "The Master Record of the Holy Ji" points out: "If my husband suffers from yang disease, it will be a big rebellion"; Many modern acupuncture textbooks also list heat syndrome as forbidden moxibustion. But ancient and modern physicians have different views on this. There are also records in ancient literature that moxibustion can clear away heat. Moxibustion therapy for carbuncle was first seen in Huangdi Neijing. In all previous medical books, moxibustion therapy is considered as an important method to treat this disease. The Tang dynasty's "Prepare for a Thousand Women" further pointed out that moxibustion has a cathartic effect on excess heat of viscera. Many places in the book also discuss the moxibustion treatment of carbuncle caused by heat toxin accumulation and internal heat syndrome of yin deficiency, such as "the small intestine is full of heat, and moxibustion is full of yin, which gets thicker with years", and another example is "the intestinal carbuncle bends two elbows, and the bone at the elbow tip is firm, so pus and blood will flow, that is, it is poor."
"You can't be a ninja when you are thirsty. Moxibustion on the small intestine should be strong and moxibustion should be three inches. " Zhu Danxi, a physician in Jin and Yuan Dynasties, believed that moxibustion heat syndrome was "treating from the point". "Introduction to Medicine" defines the mechanism of moxibustion with heat syndrome: "Heat causes moxibustion, heat causes depression, and fire causes dryness". "Medical ZongJinJian? Moxibustion pointed out: "Within seven days after carbuncle, it is most appropriate to start moxibustion to break the knot and draw poison, from painless moxibustion to painful prescription, from sore moxibustion to painless moxibustion." In short, moxibustion can induce heat with heat and make it go out. Moxibustion can dispel cold and clear heat, which shows that it has a two-way adjustment effect on the original functional state of the body. Especially with the increase of moxibustion and the expansion of clinical scope, this function is more and more recognized by people.
Disease prevention and health care
Ancient doctors in China have long recognized the importance of disease prevention, and put forward the academic ideas of "prevention before illness" and "treatment before illness". Moxibustion not only has therapeutic function, but also has preventive and health care functions. It is one of the methods of disease prevention and health care and has been recorded in many ancient documents. It was mentioned as early as Huangdi Neijing. In order to prevent rabies, it is necessary to moxibustion the top three places bitten by dogs, that is, moxibustion with the method of dog injury. There is a saying in the book "Prepare a daughter for a rainy day" that "every official who travels between Wu and Shu often needs moxibustion in three or two places, so the sore will not heal for a while, and the furuncle will not hurt people." It shows that moxibustion can prevent infectious diseases. Acupuncture Dacheng mentioned that moxibustion at Zusanli can prevent stroke. There is a folk saying that "if you want to be healthy, Li Sanchang will not do it" and "Li Sanjiu cures all diseases". Because moxibustion can warm yang and tonify deficiency, moxibustion at Zusanli and Zhongwan can make the stomach full of qi, and the stomach is a sea of water valleys, and all the five internal organs are affected by it, so the stomach is full of qi, so the qi and blood are full; Mingmen is the true fire of human body and the foundation of human beings; Guanyuan and Qihai are places where Jingxue is stored. Acupoint moxibustion can make people feel full of stomach qi, Yang Qi and essence and blood, thus enhancing the body's resistance, making diseases and pathogens difficult to commit, and achieving the purpose of disease prevention and health care. In modern times, the disease prevention and health care function of moxibustion has become one of the important health care methods.
Prolong life
acupuncture point
Zusanli (located 3 inches below the knee on the anterolateral leg and a horizontal finger on the lateral side of the anterior tibial crest), Qihai (located under the navel of the abdominal midline 1.5 inches) and Guanyuan (located 3 inches below the navel of the abdominal midline).
group
The first group, Guanyuan, Qihai and Zusanli on the left; The second group, Guanyuan, Qihai and Zusanli on the right.
way
After selecting the right acupoints, ignite the moxa stick and aim at the first group of acupoints respectively, and each acupoint will be suspended for 10 minute, taking the skin flushing of each acupoint as the degree. The next day, the second group of acupoints were suspended and moxibustion was performed in the same way. This alternating moxibustion lasts for three months as a course of treatment. Rest for a week before continuing the second course of treatment. It should be noted that the distance between moxa fire and skin should be the maximum heat that moxibustion practitioners can tolerate. Be careful not to burn your skin.
explain
Guanyuan, Qihai and Zusanli are important acupoints for human health. Moxibustion once a day can regulate and improve human immune function and enhance people's disease resistance. Bian Que wrote in the book Heart Sutra in Song Dynasty: "When people are not ill, they often moxibustion Guan Yuan, Qi Hai, Ming Guan and Zhong Wan. Although they can't live forever, they can live for a hundred years. " Especially for women, after moxibustion at these three points, they feel refreshed and radiant, and the whole body, especially the lower abdomen, is very comfortable (this feeling is obvious after moxibustion for half a month).
Ten Taboos in Moxibustion Therapy
Moxibustion is a treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine. Moxibustion with moxa sticks as the main point can achieve the effect of preventing and treating diseases. Moxibustion can play the role of warming meridians and dredging collaterals, warming yang and benefiting qi, and tonifying middle energizer and benefiting qi. Chinese medicine suggests moxibustion, but we must pay attention to the following ten taboos.
Taboo 1
All exposed parts, such as face, neck and arms. It is not appropriate to moxibustion directly to prevent scarring and affect the appearance.
Taboo II
Don't apply moxibustion on the parts with thin skin and few muscles, the waist and sacrum of pregnant women, nipples, genitals and testicles of men and women. In addition, do not directly moxibustion joints. In addition, don't moxibustion in big blood vessels, heart parts, eyeballs and other places.
Taboo III
Do not wash your hands or bathe in cold water within half an hour after moxibustion. Drink more warm water than usual after moxibustion (never drink cold water or ice water) to help excrete toxins from the body.
Taboo 4
Pay attention to concentration when moxibustion is applied, and don't distract attention when moxibustion is applied, so as to avoid the moxa stick moving away from the acupoint.
Taboo five
Pay attention to the accuracy of posture and acupoint selection: pay attention to the comfort and naturalness of posture and the accuracy of acupoint selection to ensure the effect of moxibustion.
Taboo six
Many modern clothes are made of chemical fiber, down and other materials, which are easy to burn. Therefore, we must pay attention to prevent the fire from falling, especially when moxibustion with moxa sticks, to prevent the moxa sticks from rolling down. After moxibustion, the lighted end of the moxa stick can be stuffed into a bottle with a diameter slightly larger than that of the moxa stick to facilitate extinguishing.
Taboo seven
Because part of the body surface should be exposed when moxibustion is applied, we should pay attention to keeping warm in winter to avoid the old disease from healing and adding new diseases.
Taboo eight
Step by step, the first time you use moxibustion, you should pay attention to the amount, first a small amount, a small dose, such as using moxa sticks, or moxibustion for a shorter time and less intensity. Increase the dose in the future, not at the beginning.
Taboo nine
For children with sensitive person's skin, the index finger and middle finger can be placed on both sides of the moxibustion site to sense the temperature of the moxibustion site, so as not to burn the skin, and the effect is good.
Taboo ten
Avoid moxibustion when you are extremely tired, hungry, full, drunk, sweating, emotionally unstable, during some infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or when your body is extremely tired and emaciated, or people who have no self-control ability such as mental patients.
What benefits does moxibustion have for human body?
Moxibustion has a wide range of functions. According to modern research, the methanol extract of moxa burning products has the effect of scavenging free radicals, which is stronger than that of unburned moxa methanol extract. After moxibustion, the local skin lipid peroxide decreased obviously, which was caused by the burning products of Artemisia argyi. The burning of mugwort not only did not destroy its effective medicinal components, but enhanced them. Antioxidants in the combustion products of mugwort stick to the skin at acupoints and penetrate into the body through moxibustion heat.
Advantages and disadvantages of moxibustion
1, harmonizing yin and yang. The balance of yin and yang in human body is fundamental to the occurrence and development of diseases. Using the reinforcing and reducing effect of moxibustion therapy, the effect of harmonizing yin and yang can be achieved.
2. Warming meridians to dispel cold. The warmth of Artemisia argyi leaves and the ignition of fumigation moxibustion make the heat reach the muscle layer, warm the qi machine and promote blood circulation. Moxibustion has the effects of warming channels and activating collaterals, dispelling cold and removing dampness, regulating qi and blood, relieving arthralgia and relieving pain.
3, qi and blood circulation, stasis and stagnation. Qi can move when it sees heat, condense when it sees cold and move when it sees temperature. Moxibustion is a kind of warm stimulation, which can coordinate qi and blood, camp and health, blood circulation, promote qi and blood circulation, remove blood stasis and dissipate stagnation.
4, warming the yang to make up the deficiency, supplementing the middle and benefiting the qi.
5. Return to Yang to save the inverse.
6, disease prevention and health care, physical fitness, longevity.
Moxibustion therapy has many functions. If the acupoints are different, the moxibustion methods are different, the degree of stimulation is different or the materials used in moxibustion are different, then the efficacy is different; Therefore, different acupoints and operation methods should be selected according to the specific condition in clinical application.
The side effects of moxibustion can not be ignored.
1, the side effects of moxibustion are mainly manifested in the wrong judgment of physical fitness and the wrong choice of acupoints, which leads to physical discomfort and can be adjusted through correct guidance.
2. Moxibustion has the advantages of obvious effect, simplicity, economy, practicality and almost no toxic and side effects. As long as the operation method is proper and the acupoints are mastered accurately, it will generally not cause adverse reactions to the human body. Moxibustion supplements yang to the body, which is especially suitable for yang deficiency constitution.
3. Moxibustion has a reinforcing and reducing effect. For people with yin deficiency and excessive heat, we should start with purging, nourish yin and then adjust the balance of yin and yang. In other words, the acupoints and methods of moxibustion are different.
4. If the operation is improper, it may also cause discomfort, which will be understood as the so-called side effect of moxibustion. I suggest you go to a professional place for guidance. For example, a professional moxibustion health pavilion.
5. Moxibustion is a combination of physics and pharmacology. It is a kind of green natural therapy, which originated in ancient China. It is a method of burning moxa sticks made of wormwood to treat diseases and preserve health.
6. However, due to different constitutions and symptoms, there may be reactions such as fever, fatigue, dry mouth and general malaise when moxibustion is started. Generally don't worry, you can disappear if you continue moxibustion.
Efficacy of moxibustion at different acupoints
Moxibustion at Shen Zhu point
Shen Zhu point belongs to the Du Meridian, between the third thoracic vertebra and the fourth thoracic vertebra behind the neck. The body column has the functions of regulating lung qi, tonifying deficiency, detoxifying and calming the heart.
Moxibustion column can warm and replenish Yuanyang, harmonize qi and blood, and promote the growth and development of teenagers. Modern research believes that moxibustion column can regulate people's nervous system, prevent neurasthenia, insomnia and headache, prevent fatigue and promote physical recovery. Moxibustion has preventive and therapeutic effects on gastrointestinal diseases such as dyspepsia, galactorrhea, diarrhea and loss of appetite in children. In addition, it can also prevent and treat listlessness, night crying, asthma, tracheitis, whooping cough, cold and respiratory pneumonia. In the word "health", it is said that children can be cured by moxibustion on the body column and relaxing days every month.
Moxibustion at Dazhui point
Dazhui point belongs to the Du Meridian, between the 7th cervical vertebra and 1 thoracic vertebra. Dazhui point, also known as Bailao point, is the meeting of Du Meridian, Three Yang Meridians of Hand and Foot, and impotence Meridians, and is known as "the meeting of all Yang meridians" and "the sea of Yang meridians". This point has the functions of relieving exterior syndrome, expelling wind, dispelling cold, warming and activating yang, clearing heart fire, calming the nerves, strengthening the brain, eliminating fatigue and strengthening the body. Modern research has found that moxibustion at Dazhui point can increase the number of lymphocytes, improve the lymphocyte transformation rate and the formation rate of E- rosette, and improve the cellular immunity of the body. Moxibustion at this point can be used for elderly people who are afraid of cold in the back neck, fatigue, head swelling, dizziness caused by excessive brain use, stiff neck discomfort, cervical spondylosis, vascular tension headache and so on.
Dazhui point also has obvious antipyretic effect. Moxibustion at Dazhui point can prevent and treat upper respiratory tract infections such as colds, tracheitis and pneumonia, and can also be used to prevent and treat emphysema and asthma.
Moxibustion zhongwan point
Zhongwan point belongs to Renmai, located in the midline of abdomen, 4 inches above umbilicus. Zhongwan point has the functions of regulating stomach, benefiting qi, eliminating dampness, regulating middle warmer, lowering adverse qi and stopping vomiting. "Classic A and B" says: "Abdominal distension is full of epigastric pain, the smell of burning nose, harmful food and difficult defecation, so epigastric pain is the main cause." It also says, "If you are injured and worried about gas accumulation, you will win the battle." "Jade Dragon Song" said: "Huang Ju is weak in limbs, and he is in Zhongwan and Zusanli." The experimental observation shows that moxibustion at "Zhongwan" point in mice can increase the phagocytic function of mononuclear macrophages, and moxibustion at Zhongwan point can enhance gastric peristalsis, immediately open pylorus, slightly increase the lower edge of stomach, deepen the mucosal folds of jejunum and enhance intestinal peristalsis. Moxibustion in the Intermediate People's Court is beneficial to improve the function of the spleen and stomach, promote digestion and absorption, and enhance people's resistance, and has a good effect on epigastric pain, vomiting, anorexia and acid swallowing.
Moxibustion Guanyuan point
Guanyuan belongs to Renmai, located in the midline of abdomen, 3 inches below umbilicus. This point is the "ink and blood point" of the small intestine, the intersection of Sanyin Meridian and Renmai, and the place where vitality lies. Alias "Tian Dan". "Difficult? Cao said in "Notes on 66 Difficult Problems": "Anyone who testifies to heaven is the foundation of man, the hiding place of God, the root of five qi, and the mansion of the monarch. "Chinese medicine believes that Guan Yuan is the place where the true yang produces sperm. Moxibustion on Guanyuan point can make the clear yang rise, the turbid yin fall, the Yuanyang warm, the qi and blood full, the kidney tonify and strengthen, the qi replenish and yang restore, the chong and ren functions are regulated, and the qi is regulated and the blood is promoted. Moxibustion on Guanyuan can treat cold accumulation, male hernia, wet dream stranguria, female gathering, and postpartum leukorrhagia. Modern research has found that moxibustion at Guanyuan point can change hemodynamics and have a positive inotropic effect on myocardium, thus making stroke index (SI) and left ventricular stroke work index (LVSWI) increase steadily. Moxibustion at Guanyuan point can also change the arterial oxygen transport, improve the utilization rate of oxygen, increase the compensatory ability of the body, prevent the aggravation of hypoxia and delay the development of shock. Moxibustion on Guanyuan can prevent and treat enuresis, frequent micturition, abdominal distension and pain, proctoptosis, hernia, nocturnal emission, turbid urine, impotence, premature ejaculation, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, lochia, infertility, stroke, exhaustion and weight loss.
Moxibustion at Qihai point
Qi-hai is a ren meridian, located in the midline of the abdomen, below the umbilicus 1.5 inch. Moxibustion and Qihai Moxibustion can prolong life and preserve health. According to 165-year-old old Tang book, Gong Liu was over 80 years old and walked lightly. When someone asked him about the skills of keeping in good health, he said, "I didn't have any skills at first, but I never used my vitality to make me angry." Qi-sea moxibustion can promote hair growth, nourish vitality, nourish pulse, tonify kidney and strengthen body, and relieve fatigue. According to "Dou Cai Moxibustion Method", it is recorded: "If you go up to eliminate diseases, drink three to five liters of water every day, your heart and lungs will be overheated, and eating cold things will hurt your lungs and kidneys?" Spring moxibustion is vital to the sea, autumn moxibustion is 300 strong, and body fluid is born in the mouth. "People think that moxibustion can prevent xxx. Dai Tian Wen Zhi of Japan (a modern Japanese acupuncturist) thinks that moxibustion can prevent appendicitis. He said: Moxibustion for 20 ~ 30 years has strongly frustrated appendicitis.
Modern research believes that moxibustion at Qihai point can prevent and treat lower abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, enuresis, nocturnal emission, impotence, nocturnal emission, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, uterine prolapse, stroke, abdominal distension, asthma, hernia, insomnia, neurasthenia and enteritis.
Shenque point moxibustion
Shenque (navel) belongs to Renmai, also known as navel. Moxibustion at Shenque point has the effects of warming and nourishing vitality, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, consolidating the foundation and strengthening the yuan. Modern research has found that moxibustion at Shenque point in experimental arthritis rats can obviously reduce the degree of necrosis and cell infiltration in inflammatory areas. The killer cell activity of Shenque point in normal mice after salt-separated moxibustion increased rapidly within 24 hours, and returned to 120 hours after 72 hours. If moxibustion is continued every other day, the increase in activity can last longer.
Moxibustion at Shenque point can also treat diarrhea, bloody stool and constipation after illness. According to Dou Cai Moxibustion, "Long-term intestinal addiction leads to bleeding. This diet is cold and harmful to the large intestine. Top 300 moxibustion at Shenque point; Moxibustion at Shenque point is effective for people who are tired and ill, and it is beneficial to prevent and treat diarrhea, abdominal pain around umbilicus, proctoptosis, apoplexy, hunchback, postpartum urinary retention, chronic diarrhea, skin itching and urticaria.
Moxibustion Zusanli point
Zusanli belongs to the stomach meridian of Foot Yangming. It is located in the anterolateral part of the calf, 3 inches below the nose of the calf, and a finger extends horizontally from the front edge of the tibia. Zusanli is the main point of stomach meridian, which has the functions of regulating spleen and stomach, tonifying spleen and yang, warming middle warmer and dispelling cold, invigorating middle warmer and qi, harmonizing qi and blood, promoting ventilation, guiding downward qi, tonifying deficiency and strengthening body. The Book of A-B says, "When the internal organs swell, take three Li, and these three Li are the key points of swelling." "Essentials of Foreign Affairs" contains: The average person is over 30 years old, and if he doesn't moxibustion for three miles, his popularity will be very dark, so he will be angry for three miles. Tang: If you want to be safe, don't do it for three miles. "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Collection" contains: if there is a precursor of stroke, moxibustion is "cheap and urgent, but the bones and muscles are everywhere, and each has its own strength", "suitable for moxibustion in spring, summer and autumn. It is often better to have moxibustion sores on both feet (the second foot). " Jian Jiang's "Psychosomatic Exercise Law" pointed out: "If you practice for a long time, you will get sick. He must moxibustion Zusanli point 10 day every month and live to be over 200 years old. "
Modern research believes that moxibustion at Zusanli point can regulate the central nervous system of hypertensive patients at an early stage, lower blood pressure, reduce fibrin degradation products, improve blood viscosity, dilate blood vessels, reduce coagulation and prevent cerebrovascular accidents. Moxibustion on Zusanli can also enhance digestion and absorption, improve copper and zinc metabolism, and reduce the occurrence of arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
Moxibustion on Zusanli can treat gastrointestinal dysfunction of digestive system, anorexia, dyspepsia, acute and chronic gastritis, oral and gastric ulcer, gastroptosis, diarrhea, constipation, hypertension, hypotension, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents, respiratory cold, tuberculosis, frequent micturition, dysuria, nocturnal emission, impotence, and premature ejaculation of urogenital system. Moxibustion on Zusanli can also enhance physical strength, relieve fatigue and regulate nerves, which has a strong anti-aging effect and is an important method of health care.
Moxibustion at Sanyinjiao point
Sanyinjiao belongs to the spleen meridian of Foot Taiyin, which is located on the inner side of calf and 3 inches above the high point of medial malleolus. Sanyinjiao point is the intersection of the three Yin meridians of the foot (spleen meridian, kidney meridian and liver meridian), which has the functions of preventing and treating diseases of liver, spleen and kidney, invigorating spleen and stomach, eliminating dampness, soothing liver and benefiting kidney, regulating menstruation and blood, and controlling reproduction. According to TCM literature, Sanyinjiao can treat spleen and stomach weakness, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, joint pain, heavy weight, inability to lift limbs, abdominal distension, bowel sounds, diarrhea, dysuria, hernia, dreaminess, unbearable pain under the umbilicus, blood leakage and watery moon. "A-B Classic" contains: The pain in the shin due to heat under the foot can not last long, and the arthralgia due to dampness can not work, and Yin San is in charge. "The Secret of Outer Taiwan" set: Fu Meng Moxibustion, Foot Ankle Moxibustion, named Sanyinjiao Erqi Village.
"A thousand gold prescriptions" contains: three inches of bone on the inner ankle, and the top 50 moxibustion. Mainly cough, fatigue, frostbite, anxiety, muscle contracture? Flaw, hemorrhoid blood? All diseases should be treated with moxibustion. "Ophthalmology Tips" contains: For patients with ptosis syndrome, moxibustion at Sanyinjiao point.
Modern medicine believes that moxibustion at Sanyinjiao can prevent and treat nocturia, dysuria, cystitis, acute and chronic nephritis, orchitis, impotence, nocturnal emission, enuresis, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia and postpartum hemorrhage. Moxibustion at Sanyinjiao has preventive and therapeutic effects on insomnia, neurasthenia, palpitation of nervous system, coronary heart disease, hypertension, weakness of spleen and stomach in digestive system, abdominal distension, diarrhea, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, hematochezia and constipation.