1, the common health-preserving function of moxibustion
1, regulating yin and yang: the balance of yin and yang is healthy, and the imbalance of yin and yang will cause disease. Moxibustion can restore the imbalance between yin and yang.
2. Harmonize qi and blood: Qi is the source of life and blood is the material basis. With sufficient blood, people's life activities will be normal; Or you'll get sick. Moxibustion can invigorate qi and nourish blood, regulate qi and harmonize the middle energizer, and achieve the purpose of health care.
3. Warming meridians and dredging collaterals: Meridians are channels for qi and blood circulation, and smooth meridians are conducive to qi and blood circulation and nutrient transport. If pathogenic factors invade the meridians, it will lead to diseases. With the help of its function of warming skin, moxibustion warms skin meridians, promotes blood circulation and unblocks collaterals, thus achieving the effect of treating various diseases caused by cold, blood stasis and meridian obstruction.
4, strengthening the body and eliminating evil: righteousness exists inside, and evil can't be done. Moxibustion can cultivate healthy qi and enhance the ability of preventing and treating diseases by moxibustion at certain acupoints.
2. Precautions for moxibustion at home
1, concentration and patience: Pay attention to concentration when moxibustion is applied, and don't distract attention when moxibustion is applied, so as not to move the moxa stick, not at the acupoint, only hurting the skin and wasting time. For health moxibustion, we should persist for a long time, and occasionally moxibustion can not achieve the expected effect.
2. Pay attention to the accuracy of body position and acupoints: on the one hand, the body position should meet the needs of moxibustion, and at the same time, it should be noted that the body position should be comfortable and natural, and the position and acupoints should be determined according to the prescription to ensure the effect of moxibustion.
3, fire prevention: many modern clothes are made of chemical fiber, down and other textures, which are easy to burn. Therefore, we must pay attention to fire prevention when moxibustion, especially when moxibustion with moxa sticks, to prevent the moxa sticks from tumbling off. 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.
4, pay attention to keep warm and prevent heatstroke: Because moxibustion should expose some body parts, keep warm in winter and prevent heatstroke in summer, but also pay attention to adjusting indoor temperature, turn on the ventilator and exchange fresh air in time.
5, to prevent infection: suppurative moxibustion or improper moxibustion, local burns may cause sores, resulting in moxibustion sores, must not break the sores, if the infection has been broken, it is necessary to use anti-inflammatory drugs in time.
6. Master the procedure of moxibustion: If there are many points scattered, they should be carried out in the order of back first, chest and abdomen, and head and back.
7, pay attention to the time of moxibustion: Some diseases must pay attention to the time of moxibustion, such as insomnia should be moxibustion before going to bed. Do not apply moxibustion on an empty stomach before and after meals.
8, step by step, the first use of moxibustion should pay attention to the amount of stimulation, first a small amount, small dose, such as the use of small moxa sticks, or moxibustion for a short time, less intensity. Increase the dose in the future. Don't start with a large dose.
9. Anti-dizzy moxibustion: Although dizzy moxibustion is rare, once it is dizzy, it will cause dizziness, dizziness, nausea, pallor, palpitation and sweating. , even fainted. Immediately after the occurrence of dizzy moxibustion, stop moxibustion, lie on your back, add moxibustion at Zusanli, and gently moxibustion for about 10 minutes.
10. Pay attention to the adjustment of moxibustion temperature: For children with sensitive person's skin or children, put the index finger and middle finger 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.
3. Which groups are not suitable for moxibustion?
1. Patients who are overworked, hungry or nervous should not be treated with moxibustion. People with weak constitution should not have strong moxibustion.
2, spontaneous bleeding or bleeding after injury, or skin infections, ulcers, scars and other parts should not be moxibustion; Moxibustion should be cautious in the eye area, neck back area and chest back.
3, pregnant women and children with unclosed fontanelle should not be moxibustion.
4. Psychotic patients and other critically ill patients who are not suitable for moxibustion should also use moxibustion with caution.
4. The benefits of female moxibustion
1, after moxibustion, there will be a feeling of being enlightened and angry, and there will be a crisp feeling, which is a good phenomenon.
2. After moxibustion, I feel that the heat energy reaches the perineum, which is a good phenomenon, indicating that I can get through the ren meridian.
3. After moxibustion, the face becomes ruddy and shiny, and the skin is full and moist. The stain quickly subsided and the acne disappeared.
After moxibustion, people's mood becomes comfortable and relaxed. Very good feeling.
5, cold feeling, after moxibustion, you will feel a cool breeze, and people with cold constitution will have this phenomenon, so you should have more moxibustion.
6, stomach growling, or venting, this is a very good way to promote intestinal peristalsis and help eliminate the phenomenon of turbid gas in the body.
7. When doing moxibustion, the upper body is hot or just the lower body is hot, indicating that the meridians of the half body that is not so hot are not well accessible.
8. Dry mouth and uncomfortable throat after finishing, indicating that there is a virtual fire in the upper focus. With shoulder and neck moxibustion, the effect will be very good.
9. It is better to sweat in summer. However, moxibustion in winter is best to sweat slightly all over the body, especially on the forehead, palms and soles. People who sweat must be exhausted.
10. In the process of moxibustion, I feel that there is a hot air in the lower abdomen, which can form an airflow with people's consciousness, flowing back and forth in people's meridians, up to the top of my head and down to the soles of my feet, and there are different feelings of acid, numbness, bloating and pain when I pass by, just like practicing Qigong. This is a very good phenomenon.