1. What's the difference between smoked and smokeless moxa sticks? What kind of moxibustion is better?
Smoked moxa sticks:
The so-called smoked moxa stick is to grind moxa leaves into moxa sticks, and then workers roll them up with cotton paper. This kind of moxa stick is usually smoked.
Smokeless moxa sticks:
The so-called smokeless moxa sticks are made of carbonized moxa sticks and smokeless carbon powder, then mixed with some Chinese medicines, then extruded into moxa sticks by machine, then dried and cut into fixed sizes.
Moxibustion can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Smokeless moxa sticks have the same effect as cigarettes.
As for the choice of smoking or smokeless moxa sticks, it still depends on your own situation. If you really don't like moxa smoke, you can use a smokeless one.
2. How to distinguish smokeless moxa sticks?
Moxibustion-free moxa sticks are made of pure charcoal of wormwood leaves, and the effective components of wormwood are preserved by special technology. When burning, it has the smell of wormwood, sufficient moxibustion heat temperature, strong permeability, softer and less prone to get angry. In fact, as long as it is genuine moxa sticks, moxibustion is hot enough. The burning temperature of smokeless moxa sticks is higher than that of smoked moxa sticks. I'm afraid it's adulterated, and I pretend to be charcoal with cheap impurity powder.
High-quality smokeless moxa sticks can also be identified from the packaging:
Inferior smokeless moxa sticks are packed in plastic bags. Because charcoal absorbs moisture, it cannot be used after soaking in water. Yiyi high-quality smokeless moxa sticks are all packed in aluminum foil bags, which will not affect the quality after encountering water and can be directly ignited for use. This is why the shelf life of good smokeless moxa sticks can reach 60 months, and it is very important to pack moisture-proof bags!
Don't say that smokeless moxa sticks don't work, try to choose high-quality moxa sticks.