What are the benefits of moxibustion for the elderly?
Moxibustion for the elderly can prevent diseases and prolong life.
Moxibustion on related acupoints can regulate the function of viscera, promote metabolism, improve immunity, increase the number of red blood cells and white blood cells, and enhance the phagocytic function of macrophages.
According to 36 cases of 62-77-year-old men who meet the health standards, experts in meridian research selected the following acupoints: ① Zhongshan, Zhongwan, Shenque, Guanyuan and Zusanli * * * *. ② Moxibustion at Dazhui, Pishu and Shenshu points.
The results showed that the activity of IL-2 * * * in the peripheral blood of the elderly was significantly increased, while the level of IL-2 receptor in lymphocytes decreased at rest, which indicated that appropriate moxibustion had a certain regulatory effect on the cellular immune function of the elderly, which was also one of the important factors that moxibustion therapy was effective in treating senile diseases in clinic, thus playing a role in preventing diseases, resisting diseases and prolonging life to a certain extent.
Which acupoints are good for moxibustion in the elderly?
Guanyuan, Mingmen, Zusanli and Zhongwan are the four key points for the elderly.
The above acupoints are important for protecting Yang Qi and strengthening health care. Moxibustion once a day, 30 minutes each time, can regulate and improve human immune function, enhance people's disease resistance, and has the functions of invigorating kidney and qi, invigorating spleen and stomach, and promoting spleen and kidney transport. Nourish vital qi, make vital qi endless, tonify spleen and kidney. Earth, water and air can grow everything, nourish the internal organs and limbs, and people will naturally live a long and healthy life.
1, Guanyuan point
Guanyuan point, also known as Tiandan, is the place where yang in the body is located and where essence and qi are transformed. Since ancient times, people have put this point on the important acupuncture point of bringing back the dead.
Dou Cai said in Bian Que Heart Sutra that at the turn of spring and autumn every year, moxa stick moxibustion at Guanyuan point, 3-5 strong each time, can keep the body warm and not afraid of cold. People stick to subumbilical moxibustion for 300 years at the age of 30, 300 years at the age of 50, and 300 years every 1 year at the age of 60, which can ensure people to live forever.
2. Shenshu point
When people are old, they tend to have bad breath and lack of kidney qi. When walking every day, if you can make a fist with both hands and pat Shenshu point 30 ~ 50 times while walking, you can lower your blood pressure, strengthen your body and improve your renal function. Before going to bed every day, press your tongue on the maxilla, turn your eyes to the top of your head, and rub Shu points next to the kidney with your hands for 10~ 15 minutes each time, which can achieve quite good results. In family moxibustion, mild moxibustion at this point for 20 ~ 30 minutes, once a day/kloc-0, has a good effect.
3. Zusanli point
Sun Simiao, the king of medicine in the Tang Dynasty, named Zusanli Point of Fang as "Changshou Point". Zusanli point is located 3 inches below the external knee and belongs to the stomach meridian of Foot Yangming. The most intuitive function of moxibustion at Zusanli point is to nourish the spleen and stomach, nourish qi and blood, promote metabolism, enhance digestion, absorption and immune function, eliminate fatigue, prevent diseases and keep fit, and prolong life. Moxibustion can be rotary moxibustion or bird pecking moxibustion, each time 15 ~ 20 minutes, once a day 1 time.
4. Sanyinjiao point
Sanyinjiao point, as its name implies, refers to the intersection of qi and blood performed by three Yin meridians. These three yin meridians refer to the spleen meridians that provide damp-heat qi. The liver meridian provides a moist atmosphere. The kidney meridian provides cold. This point is located three inches above the tip of the medial malleolus, which is a common point for health care. In addition to gently moxibustion at this point 15 minutes every day, you can also assist * * *, press Sanyinjiao point 1 minute with your thumb, and then repeatedly rub the central part of the sole with your palm to achieve the effects of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, softening liver and nourishing blood, tonifying kidney and consolidating the foundation.
What should the elderly pay attention to in moxibustion?
1. Adjust the distance between moxibustion fire and panel in time. Some patients have strong regional chill, and they have strong tolerance to moxa fire in the early stage of moxibustion. They often unconsciously put moxa fire near the panel, causing burning pain on the panel. In fact, moxibustion has been used until the skin is red.
2. Moxibustion lasts 10- 15 minutes each time.
3. Choose good quality moxa. Inferior moxa is stiff and does not reunite. When burning, the firepower is fierce, which is easy to make patients feel burning, and even when smoking, stone particles fall off and burn the panel.
4, the environment should be ventilated, to avoid the smoke is too strong, harm the human body. Patients with respiratory diseases, especially those with asthma, should use moxibustion with caution.
5, facial features, * *, blood vessels are not suitable for direct moxibustion, head, chest, limbs with thin skin and many bones and muscles are not suitable for moxibustion.
6. Those with strong physique, mild illness and short course of disease can be moxibustion 1-2 times. Patients with poor health, serious illness and old age can be moxibustion for several months or even more than 1 year. At the first moxibustion, 1 time per day. Long-term moxibustion treatment was changed to 2-3 days 1 time after 3 times.