It was really comfortable to do moxibustion for the first time. I feel warm and refreshed. But for a year, why am I more afraid of the cold than before? I have to do moxibustion often to feel cold, so I won't ... Is there a problem?

When he said this, his small, delicate and slightly black face was full of incomprehension.

Moxibustion, originally a unique external treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine, has gradually broken away from the hands of traditional Chinese medicine in recent years, and has evolved into a fashionable national health care method because of its simple operation and seemingly easy mastery.

You know, medicine must be complicated and fashion must be simple. The change from therapeutic technology to health care fashion means that the moxibustion you see will no longer be reliable. Unreliable medical technology is dangerous: used to treat diseases, it may aggravate the condition; Used for health preservation, otherwise healthy people may become unhealthy. This is a simple truth, completely reasonable, needless to say.

For children with certain knowledge of Chinese medicine, it is more difficult to understand why moxibustion makes people more and more afraid of cold. It is necessary to analyze this problem for everyone.

Moxibustion is a kind of hyperthermia. Theoretically, it should have a good effect of dispelling cold, and the more moxibustion, the cooler it is. In fact, many patients are more afraid of cold after long-term moxibustion. Not only are you more afraid of the cold, but your face may become darker and yellower. I know that for girls who love beauty, cold can resist, and ugliness can't be tolerated! )

The more moxibustion, the colder it gets. This is for two reasons.

First, catch cold when moxibustion!

During moxibustion, the skin is exposed. If the indoor temperature is low or there is a breeze, it is easy to catch cold, leading to cold invasion-frequent moxibustion and frequent colds. Because this cold invasion is mostly slight and slow, patients often don't notice it. They just feel that the moxibustion place is warm and comfortable, but they don't feel the coolness where there is no moxibustion ... Gradually, the whole person becomes more and more afraid of the cold. The yin and cold in the body are getting stronger and stronger, and the qi and blood are not running smoothly, so the complexion will appear dull and gloomy. )

There was no air conditioning in ancient times, and it was too cold in winter, so it was generally impossible to do moxibustion. Modern people have air conditioning, but the temperature is too low. Although it is summer, they will still be cold. Blowing the cold wind, I lit Ai Rong ... Instead of pretending that winter disease is cured in summer, turn off the air conditioner and go for a walk outside!

Second, the tolerance to cold is reduced.

Man is a creature with strong adaptability to the environment. Tramps wear less not because they are strong, but because they often wear less to develop a body that is not afraid of cold; People who are always afraid to wear less clothes because "mom thinks you are cold" will automatically reduce their adaptability to the cold and gradually become as afraid of the cold as mom hopes and fears. In the same way, people who often moxibustion are accustomed to the warmth given by the outside world, but they are less cold-resistant than ordinary people and more afraid of cold.

Moxibustion can cure diseases and strengthen the body, but it is not suitable for treating "body cold" (2).

As a medical and health care method, it has the effects of warming and dispersing cold pathogens, warming meridians and dredging collaterals, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass, and can stimulate healthy qi and enhance disease resistance. It is often used to treat various cold syndromes, deficiency syndromes and blood stasis syndromes, and even to restore yang and remove stagnation, and treat acute and critical diseases. However, the efficacy of moxibustion does not include "making people not afraid of cold."

To annotate ...

(1) Master: refers to a person who, under the guise of traditional Chinese medicine, takes advantage of people's desire for health and seeks improper wealth in the era of market economy. Some of them have no medical qualifications, some have no diplomas, and some have both! High concealment and great social harm.

(2) Body cold: Some idioms used by health clubs, health care product salesmen and non-governmental health care exchange groups have vague meanings, sometimes equivalent to being afraid of cold, sometimes referring to greasy tongue coating, and sometimes being synonymous with "bruising after cupping". "Body cold" is not a Chinese medicine term, and it is basically not used in regular medical institutions (unless it needs to be borrowed for doctor-patient communication). Similar nouns include palace cold, dryness and dampness, detoxification and so on.

If you are not afraid of the cold, you should exercise more!