Chu Jin did not believe it, so he proposed to send someone to the prisoner's hometown to investigate and collect evidence, and the result was right. King then tried the thief's head himself. "Ask him why he died." The prisoner said: When I lived in Jingshan (now Hunan Province) when I was young, I heard a stranger tell me that grass moxibustion often made people live longer. So I practiced this technique for a long time, "so I know this.
Interesting story
There are similar records in other ancient medical books. For example, the Acupuncture Sutra of the Song Dynasty said, "If someone is old and looks like a boy, he will moxibustion his navel with rat dung every year." There is a navel prescription in the Selected Prescriptions of Qingtai Hospital, which is called Yulin Guben Ointment. It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi used this ointment to treat gastrointestinal dysfunction.
What is an umbilical cord?
Umbilical cord, commonly known as umbilical cord. From the point of view of modern medicine, "umbilical cord" is only the scar tissue left by neonatal umbilical cord; However, Chinese medicine believes that navel is an important acupoint with therapeutic effect, and it is named "Shenque". This point is considered as the general pivot of the meridians, where the meridians and the Qi Sea meet, and it can manage the meridians and veins of the human body. When there is imbalance between Yin and Yang in human body, the balance of Yin and Yang can be adjusted and qi and blood can be reconciled by applying Shenque point, so as to achieve the effect of eliminating evil and treating diseases.
The role of "umbilical moxibustion"
Interestingly, some scientists used Huang Jinlv to measure the human body. They were surprised to find that the ratio of the length from navel to toe to the length from navel to the top of the head was exactly 0.6 18, that is, the navel was located at the "point" of the human body. Modern scientific research shows that 0. 168 plays an important role in health preservation, so "acupoints" should be the best acupoints for regulating human functions. Experimental research also proves that medicated ironing and moxibustion are helpful to regulate the nervous system and endocrine activities of human body, especially to improve the immune function of human body, thus playing the role of strengthening the body resistance, eliminating pathogens and prolonging life.
Generally speaking, moxibustion on navel has three points to pay attention to: First, it is forbidden for those with umbilical injury and inflammation; Second, it is not appropriate to just eat a meal or moxibustion navel on an empty stomach; Third, moxibustion should not be too close to the navel, otherwise it is easy to burn.
There are two common methods of moxibustion on navel.
The first method: direct moxibustion with moxa cone. Burning moxa cone is directly hung on the middle and upper part of navel (about 1 cm) for moxibustion to feel warm. Moxibustion 15 ~ once a day, and continuous moxibustion 1 0 is 1 course of treatment. Moxibustion can be performed irregularly for 3 ~ 5 courses throughout the year, especially in autumn and winter. Gastrointestinal dysfunction caused by physical deficiency. This method has a good control effect.
The second method: ginger-separated moxibustion at Shenque. Punch a few holes in the ginger, cover it on the navel, light moxa cone, and peck moxibustion on the ginger, which feels warm and comfortable. Moxibustion every time 15 ~ 20 minutes, every other day 1 time, once a month 10 times, and it is best to start moxibustion in winter solstice. This method can prevent indigestion and abdominal pain caused by cold pathogen.
Moxibustion navel, evergreen, you