Scientific research shows that some components in moxa smoke and its volatile oil, such as α-Platycladone (also known as Pleurotus ostreatus ketone), have side effects on the nervous system, and a large amount of inhalation will cause epileptic convulsions.

The burning process of mugwort will produce aromatic hydrocarbons such as tar, benzaldehyde, phenol, 2,4-dimethylphenol and Melaleuca alcohol, which will also have adverse effects on human body.

Modern mild moxibustion is the most widely used. Although it reduces the pain of direct moxibustion, it needs to burn more moxa sticks, which naturally leads to more moxa cigarettes. Especially moxibustion at home, the space is relatively small, which is not conducive to the loss of moxa smoke, so we should pay more attention at this time.

A small amount of moxa smoke residue is helpful to the effect of moxibustion, but too much moxa smoke residue will not only affect our moxibustion experience, but also do harm to our health, so it is very important to eliminate the redundant moxa smoke.

Extended data:

Although moxa smoke has its drawbacks, it can also be used as a great weapon for adjuvant therapy as long as it is used properly, which mainly has the following functions:

1, antibacterial effect:

Moxa smoke's ward can cure some patients' colds, and moxa smoke has a good therapeutic effect on local herpes zoster, skin purulent infection and tinea. The sterilization effect of moxa smoke is related to the length of smoking, and the sterilization effect is strong after a long time.

2, antifungal effect:

Some people made a preliminary observation on the bacteriostatic effect of moxa stick fumigation on 14 pathogenic fungi: after 5 minutes of fumigation, all the bacteria stopped growing except Trichophyton pedis and Trichophyton interphalangeal. The results showed that fumigation with moxa sticks had different antibacterial effects on various pathogenic dermatophytes. ?

3, antiviral effect:

Smoking with mugwort leaves alone can inhibit adenovirus, rhinovirus, influenza virus and parainfluenza virus. In other words, there are patients with colds at home, and the effect of moxibustion at Dazhui point is much better than that of taking medicine by injection. Moxa smoke will also kill the cold virus, and it will not be transmitted to the weak family members, which is more reliable than vinegar fumigation. ?

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