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.
Ten taboos of moxibustion
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.
Matters needing attention in moxibustion
1, don't hang the moxibustion apparatus for too long after it is ignited, so as to avoid contact with the skin when the temperature is too high and cause burns. If it is suspended for too long, you can rub down the temperature of the moxibustion device with your palm before continuing to use it, and knock it out every once in a while.
2. After using two or three moxibustion strips every time, the control mouth of moxibustion apparatus will produce warm moxibustion grease, which should be cleaned with a brush to keep the moxibustion strips unobstructed.
Don't wash your hands or bathe in cold water within half an hour of warm moxibustion.
4. Drink more warm water than usual after warm moxibustion (never drink cold water or ice water).
Why does moxibustion have a disease-discharging reaction?
Simply put, the reaction of expelling disease is caused by the internal struggle between good and evil.
Moxibustion transports healthy qi to the body through meridians and eliminates evil spirits in the body. However, when evil spirits occupy the body for a long time, how can "taking the mountain as king" be obedient? Guided by the meridians, the "vanguard troops" of Yijing first reached the general stronghold of evil spirits and fought against them. At this time, pathogenic factors are strong and vital qi is insufficient, and the body will naturally have various uncomfortable reactions. However, if we insist on moxibustion for a long time and supplement the body with a steady stream of healthy qi, evil spirits will be excreted, the body will be "healthy", the meridians will be smooth, and the viscera and yin and yang will be balanced. Evil spirits can no longer easily enter the body, and they are naturally healthy.
What are the discharge reactions of moxibustion?
1, the reaction of expelling cold
Sneezing, runny nose, cold, sore throat, joint pain, farting, or feeling a chill coming out from the top of your head and the ends of your limbs, or even getting cold all over or half-length, covering with two quilts will make you feel cold, but it is normal to take your temperature. These reactions last for 65,438+0 to 2 days or 3 to 5 months.
2. Heat-clearing and detoxicating reaction
Itching, carbuncle swelling, fever and similar eczema with strange itching, papules on the face or body or previously cured pustules, burning urine and urine, burning and other reactions all indicate that the body is dispelling pathogenic heat.
3. Depression relieving reaction
After moxibustion, the mood is irritable, unpleasant to anyone, sad and wronged, and even want to cry, especially introverted people and women. They don't need to suppress and let their emotions vent, but also have hiccups, anal exhaust, pain in the hepatobiliary area and reflex area. This is all the depressed qi in the body. These reactions usually last for several hours to 1-3 days, and a few patients can last for months.
4. Eliminating phlegm and dampness reaction
Cough and vomiting, excessive phlegm, vomiting, expectoration or abdominal pain, diarrhea, watery loose stool, colloidal sticky stool. Head and limbs edema, half-body edema, even whole body edema, dysuria or frequent micturition turbid and pungent, local or whole body cold sweat, sticky sweat. Moxibustion sensation can be changed from dull to sensitive at first.
5, the reaction of blood stasis
Erythema and ecchymosis appear on the skin surface, indicating that the blood stasis in the meridians on the skin surface is discharged.
When dark brown or black stool is discharged, it means that the blood stasis hidden in the stomach is discharged.
There is blood or blood clot in sputum after moxibustion, which indicates that cardiopulmonary hematocele is discharged.
Women's menstrual blood is discharged in an organized way, including or carrion paste, indicating the blood discharge in the uterus.
People with hemorrhoids will temporarily have bloody stools, and the color is very dark.
6. Sleep-related reactions
Some people have changed their sleep after moxibustion, and they are sleepy all day, tired and dizzy, and don't think about diet; After a period of time, it changes from drowsiness to insomnia, which is a reaction to expelling diseases. If you insist on moxibustion, the whole person will be full of energy after a period of time.
7. Fever reaction
Fever reaction is one of the violent reactions in the whole body. Most of them appear after the self-healing function is fully exerted, indicating that vigorous qi and blood and enhanced physique are the turning point of the body from quantitative change to qualitative change.
Generally, there will be a high fever reaction, the body temperature is between 39 and 40 degrees, and the reaction duration is about 1 week; A few people also have a low fever. When the body temperature is between 37.5 and 38 degrees, the reaction lasts for 10 days or even 1 to 2 months.
8. The illness is aggravated or the old disease recurs.
After moxibustion, some people find that the old disease recurs or gets worse, which is a normal reaction to the war between good and evil in the body. Continue to adhere to moxibustion to make the body full of righteousness, and the disease will be driven out of the body.
9, moxibustion psychic phenomenon
Some people may feel uncomfortable in the liver or upper abdomen when they are acupuncturing in moxibustion, which shows that there may be hidden diseases in these two parts. Moxibustion along the meridian helps you adjust.
This is the Yang Qi brought to the body by moxibustion, which reaches all viscera through meridians and regulates the body in an orderly manner according to the rise and fall of yin and yang. Let the body reach a state of balance.
10, the phenomenon of moxibustion getting angry
Many people will have dry mouth and sore throat after moxibustion, which is also a reaction of moxibustion. This is because the body is in the regulation of yin and yang and needs to drink more boiled water.
1 1, allergic after moxibustion
After moxibustion, the skin appears flushing or similar allergic phenomena, such as rash. At this time, most people will think it is allergic. In fact, this is the expression of true yang and vitality to drive away cold pathogens, and it is also the reaction of pathogens on the body surface. If moxibustion is stopped at this time, pathogenic factors will enter the interior and erode the viscera.