Moxibustion can be divided into moxibustion and moxibustion. Wormwood refers to mugwort leaves made of wormwood or moxa sticks. Ai is warm in nature, delicious, good at dredging meridians, and has the functions of regulating qi and blood, dispelling cold and dampness, warming meridians, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage. Moxibustion means moxibustion. Moxibustion is a method of treating diseases and preventing health care by using moxa or other drugs as the main moxibustion material, which is placed at acupoints or diseased parts after ignition, burning and smoking, and through warm stimulation, the action of drugs and the conduction of meridians. Indications of moxibustion:

Cold-dampness arthralgia (such as scapulohumeral periarthritis, lumbar muscle strain, lumbago and leg pain, hyperosteogeny, lumbar disc herniation, etc.). ), dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, facial paralysis, abdominal pain and so on. ; Exogenous wind-cold exterior syndrome (such as cold); Vomiting, stomachache, diarrhea, etc. Spleen and stomach deficiency and cold; Chronic diarrhea, dysentery, enuresis, impotence, premature ejaculation, etc. Due to spleen and kidney yang deficiency; Visceral prolapse, rectocele, yin rigidity, metrorrhagia, etc.

Taboo of moxibustion:

Because moxibustion is smoked with fire, careless moxibustion may cause local skin burns. On the other hand, it will consume qi and blood in the process of moxibustion, so some parts or some people can't moxibustion. These are all taboos of moxibustion. There were many taboos about moxibustion in ancient times. Although some taboos can be broken, some situations should be taboo.

1. All exposed parts, such as the face, should not be directly moxibustion, so as not to form scars and affect the appearance.

2. Do not apply moxibustion to areas with thin skin and few muscles, waist and sacrum of pregnant women, lower abdomen, nipples, genitals and testicles of men and women. In addition, do not directly moxibustion joints. In addition, don't moxibustion big blood vessels and heart. The eyeball belongs to the face, so don't moxibustion.

3. Extreme fatigue, hunger, satiety, drunkenness, excessive sweating, emotional instability, or female menstrual taboo moxibustion.

4. Some infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or extreme physical exhaustion and emaciated bones are all prohibited from moxibustion.

5. People who have no self-control ability such as mental patients should avoid moxibustion.

6. Patients with hypertension should not be moxibustion on their heads. Patients with diabetes must be especially careful when moxibustion. Don't hurt the skin by moxibustion, let alone carry out scar moxibustion.

7. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, there are still some syndromes that are not suitable for moxibustion. Such as: exogenous pathogenic factors or yin deficiency with internal heat syndrome, moxibustion is forbidden for those with rapid pulse; High fever, convulsions, extreme fatigue and skinny are not suitable for moxibustion.

Moxibustion is widely used in disease treatment and family health care because of its functions of warming meridians, dispelling cold, activating qi and dredging collaterals, nourishing and resolving stagnation, and promoting yang. Ladies who love beauty can adjust their health, delay aging and beautify themselves through moxibustion. Professor Zhuang suggested that family moxibustion can choose moxa stick moxibustion or ginger moxibustion. Professional moxibustion therapy should go to a regular hospital for treatment, and should not blindly treat itself or choose some small beauty salons and health care centers for treatment.