Li Weihong, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in the Department of Massage, Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said that the mechanism of moxibustion treatment is related to local warm stimulation. This kind of warm stimulation can make local skin hyperemia, telangiectasia, enhance local blood circulation and lymphatic circulation, enhance the metabolic capacity of local skin tissue, and then promote the dissipation and absorption of pathological products such as inflammation, adhesion, exudate and hematoma.

Local skin congestion, do not touch cold water after moxibustion. When the skin temperature in the moxibustion area is restored to before treatment, it can be touched with water after about 10~20 minutes. The interval should also vary from person to person, and people who are sensitive to moxibustion should follow the doctor's advice. ?

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There are four taboos in moxibustion. Although moxibustion is safe and effective, not everyone can use it. Especially in the following four situations, moxibustion should be used with caution.

1, when you are full, hungry, thirsty, scared, scared and angry.

2. Patients with excess syndrome, heat syndrome and fever due to yin deficiency should not be moxibustion.

3. During pregnancy, the lumbosacral region and lower abdomen should not be moxibustion; Scar moxibustion is not allowed on face, precordial area, great blood vessels and joints. 4. Acupoints for forbidden moxibustion and cautious moxibustion: Dumen, Fengfu, Tianzhu, Toulinqi, Touwei, Sizhukong, Zhu Zhu, Jingming, Xiang Ying, Ren Ying, Yuan Ye and Ruru. ?

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