In the rainy season, many middle-aged and elderly people will have backache and leg pain for a while. Why? Because it's cold and wet inside.
In traditional Chinese medicine, moxibustion is a method to dispel cold and dampness. Dog days, it is the time when the sun be the spirit of heaven and earth is at its peak. Through moxibustion, Shuangyang is injected into the body to warm the yang and dispel the cold. From then on, the disease is far away, and the health is with you before the old age.
2 The second advantage of moxibustion in dog days is warming kidney and strengthening yang, and it is full of vitality.
Full of vitality and yang, not afraid of heat in summer and cold in winter, with strong energy and endurance. In a word, energetic performance is a real health feature. In ancient times, doctors often used "magic" to explain the efficacy and role of moxibustion.
According to clinical practice, the prescription of Shenmen Shenque point is the first to strengthen yang. When moxibustion is used in dog days, there will be a feeling that heat penetrates into the body from acupoints. Moxibustion at Mingmen point can nourish kidney qi and dredge kidney meridian, which makes Yang Qi popular. Shenque belongs to Renmai, which is the root of life. Moxibustion can strengthen yang and strengthen the body. The combination of two points has the effects of warming kidney and strengthening yang, restoring yang and strengthening the body.
The third benefit of moxibustion in dog days is to prolong life.
Dou Cai, a famous doctor in the Song Dynasty, said in Bian Que Heart Sutra: "The true nature of a wife is the master of the whole body. Strong qi makes people strong, while weak qi makes people sick. Ai Zhuo is the first to protect yang and prolong life. " True elements are vitality and yang, so vitality is the basis of life, health, longevity and happiness.
If middle-aged and elderly people insist on moxibustion at Guanyuan point in dog days, frequent urination and urgency and prostate problems will not only be solved by themselves, but also strengthen their health and prolong their lives.
The fourth benefit of dog days moxibustion is self-cultivation and it is also the best time.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is caused by pathogenic factors such as wind, cold, dampness, summer heat and fire dryness. Then moxibustion in summer, the human body is in a season of distribution, and the yang of the weather and the pure yang of moxibustion enter the human body. Then the wind, cold, dampness, heat, dryness and fire are driven out of the body through the sun and the sky, so that the blood becomes cleaner and cleaner and the body can be relaxed, quiet and natural.
Therefore, moxibustion in dog days can not only cure diseases, but also strengthen the body, which is a real spiritual accomplishment.