Once a friend of moxibustion left a message saying that he wanted to learn moxibustion, and then "point moxibustion" for his mother. This friend's filial piety deserves our respect, but a new word he mentioned-"acupuncture" reflects a social norm: many people tend to think that acupuncture is just needling.

As two main methods of meridian therapy, acupuncture has been called acupuncture by doctors in a joint way for thousands of years and is still popular today. Many people who don't understand often think that acupuncture is acupuncture, and then think that moxibustion should be as accurate as acupuncture.

In fact, acupuncture and moxibustion are two different means, and the requirements for acupoint selection are different-

Needle: A special kind of silver needle is inserted into the human body, which plays a therapeutic role by the stimulation of the needle. It is characterized by high requirements for the professional level and operation method of the operator, and accurate acupoint selection.

Moxibustion: By burning moxa sticks, short infrared waves will be generated. Under the benign stimulation of this infrared wave, moxibustion will have an effect. Due to the divergence of short infrared waves, moxibustion is an energy coverage of an area, not a point.

In a word, the principle of acupuncture is very different, and the precise requirements of acupoint selection are also different. Acupuncture point selection is a point, and moxibustion point selection is a surface, please remember!

After matching the acupoints, I still suggest that I go to Baidu to find acupoints. This has two meanings. First, through Baidu search, you can master some knowledge about the role of acupoints; Second, you can see the location of acupoints intuitively through text explanation and picture introduction.

Generally speaking, Baidu Encyclopedia contains most acupoints, including detailed acupoint selection methods and diagrams. The method of acupoint positioning in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly based on prominent signs, supplemented by finger distance measurement. As long as you follow this method, you can find the acupoints accurately.

For example, Tianshu point is flush with the navel, two inches apart (that is, the distance of three horizontal fingers), then we can find this area for moxibustion, with a deviation of half a centimeter, 1 cm, which will not affect the effect.

The specific reason is back to the above: as far as everyone's daily moxibustion is concerned, it is nothing more than hanging moxibustion and walking moxibustion. The action mode of moxibustion energy is divergent, especially the coverage of walking moxibustion is wider, as long as the acupuncture points are effectively covered.

The acupoints on the human body are not "in a fixed place" as mentioned in Huangdi Neijing. For example, Guanyuan point must be three inches below the navel, and then you measure that position with your hand, which is definitely Guanyuan point-in fact, this is a misunderstanding of people now! This is the book "Reading to Death"!

The specific method of finding holes is:

1. First, find out the location of the points to be moxibustion in books or online. If you are interested in further study, you can buy a small bronze meridian person to study.

2. Use gestures to measure the exact position of your body.

3. Gently move the lighted moxa stick on that part of your body, and move it up and down from left to right, with the specific range not exceeding 1cm. Go back and forth to find a specific place where you can start telepathy. It was I who put it in this place and felt that "not only this skin is hot, but also other places are hot." After finding this place, you can start moxibustion on it.

Everyone's acupoints are marked in the Yellow Emperor's Canon, which is actually very accurate, but each person's specific acupoints may be different according to each person's different growth experience, so the acupoints are not necessarily exactly the same. Therefore, we should look for "concrete analysis of specific problems". Don't determine the place exactly as the book says.

? In addition to using body marks and measuring the distance with fingers to select acupoints, there is also an important principle of finding and detecting feelings. Generally speaking, the position of acupoints is sensitive, and when the body is abnormal, the acupoint area will also be abnormal.

Press with your fingers, and the place where you feel abnormal is the acupoint:

(1) It feels itchy when touched by hand;

2 Pressing with your fingers will make you feel sore;

(3) Press your fingers and feel induration;

④ There are spots on acupoints or the skin color here is different from other places;

⑤ There is a temperature difference between the touch and the surrounding skin, and this difference is sometimes particularly obvious;

⑥ When you press it, your fingers feel empty, as if there is nothing in it and there is no elasticity.

Having said that, I just want to emphasize that it is not difficult to find acupoints. Don't take acupoint selection as a stumbling block and miss the opportunity to improve your body! No matter whether you have a foundation or not, no matter whether you have been exposed to it before, as long as you want to get the health benefits of moxibustion, do it according to my method and ensure that you can choose independently for no more than one day at most.

1, concentration and patience: 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, not at the acupoint, 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. Although the prevention of 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.