Ancient doctors in China have long recognized the importance of disease prevention, and put forward the academic ideas of "prevention before illness" and "treatment before illness". Moxibustion not only has therapeutic effect, but also has the function of disease prevention and health care. It is one of the methods of disease prevention and health care and has been recorded in many ancient documents. It was mentioned as early as Huangdi Neijing. In order to prevent rabies, it is necessary to moxibustion the top three places bitten by dogs, that is, moxibustion with the method of dog injury. "Prepare a thousand dollars" says: "Every official who travels in Wu and Shu often needs moxibustion in three or two places. If you don't make the sore temporarily, the furuncle will not hurt people. " It shows that moxibustion can prevent infectious diseases. Acupuncture Dacheng mentioned that moxibustion at Zusanli can prevent stroke. There is a folk saying that "if you want to be healthy, Li Sanchang will not do it" and "Li Sanjiu cures all diseases". Because moxibustion can warm yang and tonify deficiency, moxibustion at Zusanli and Zhongwan can make the stomach full of qi, and the stomach is a sea of water valleys, and all the five internal organs are affected by it, so the stomach is full of qi, so the qi and blood are full; Mingmen is the true fire of the human body and the foundation of human beings; Guanyuan and Qihai are places where Jingxue is stored. Acupoint moxibustion can make people feel full of stomach qi, Yang Qi and essence and blood, thus enhancing the body's resistance, making diseases and pathogens difficult to commit, and achieving the purpose of disease prevention and health care. In modern times, the disease prevention and health care function of moxibustion has become one of the important health care methods.

Precautions for moxibustion:

1. Be attentive and patient: pay attention to concentration when moxibustion is applied, and don't distract attention when moxibustion is applied, so as not to move the moxa stick instead of on the acupoint, which will only hurt the skin and flesh and waste time. For health moxibustion, we should persist for a long time, and occasionally moxibustion can not achieve the expected effect.

2. Pay attention to the accuracy of body position and acupoints: on the one hand, the body position should meet the needs of moxibustion, and at the same time, it should be noted that the body position should be comfortable and natural, and the position and acupoints should be determined according to the prescription to ensure the effect of moxibustion.

3. Fire prevention: Many modern clothes are made of chemical fiber, down and other textures, which are easy to burn. Therefore, we must pay attention to fire prevention when moxibustion, especially when moxibustion with moxa sticks, to prevent the moxa sticks from tumbling off. 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.

4. Pay attention to keep warm and prevent heatstroke: Because some body surface parts should be exposed when moxibustion is applied, it is necessary to keep warm in winter and prevent heatstroke when it is hot in summer. At the same time, pay attention to adjust the indoor temperature and turn on the ventilator in time to exchange fresh air.

5. Prevention of infection: festering moxibustion or improper moxibustion treatment may lead to sores on local burns, resulting in moxibustion sores. Be sure not to break the sore. If the infection has been broken, use anti-inflammatory drugs in time.

6. Master the procedure of moxibustion: If there are many points scattered, they should be carried out in the order of back first, chest and abdomen, and head and back.

7. Pay attention to the time of moxibustion: Some diseases must pay attention to the time of moxibustion. For example, insomnia should be moxibustion before going to bed. Do not apply moxibustion on an empty stomach before and after meals.

Step by step. When you use moxibustion for the first time, you should pay attention to the amount of stimulation. First, a small amount of small doses, such as using moxa sticks, or moxibustion for a shorter time and fewer times. Increase the dose in the future. Don't start with a large dose.

9. Although the prevention of dizzy moxibustion is rare, once it is dizzy, it will cause dizziness, dizziness, nausea, pallor, palpitation and sweating. , even fainted. Immediately after the occurrence of dizzy moxibustion, stop moxibustion, lie on your back, add moxibustion at Zusanli, and gently moxibustion for about 10 minutes.

10. Pay attention to the adjustment of moxibustion temperature: For children with sensitive person's skin or children, put the index finger and middle finger 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.