Moxibustion is called ice platform, which is used to make a fire and sacrifice. In the home of the "fire official" who kept the kindling, every time the great plague came, the fire official's home was basically fine, so later everyone thought that Ai could ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters, and Ai gradually began to be used to treat diseases. The ancients used wormwood for epidemic prevention, and this time COVID-19 also used it in daily life.
Traditional mugwort is planted on the solstice in winter and harvested on the solstice in summer. From the solstice in winter to the solstice in summer, the soul of the sun keeps rising. Ai absorbs the sun between heaven and earth and can apply this pure solar energy to our bodies.
Ai Rong is a ground fire, which can warm meridians and dispel cold and penetrate viscera; Removing blood stasis and resolving stagnation, warming meridians and dredging collaterals; Cultivate vitality and prolong life; Harmony between body and mind warms life. Supporting yang is the best way to get rid of dampness!
0 1 winter disease treated in summer
Winter disease refers to diseases that occur frequently in winter, and its nature is deficiency cold. Asthma, cough, lumbago and leg pain are more common in winter, so the significance of treating winter diseases in summer is: do some health care in summer, and it is not easy to get sick in winter.
The key to not getting sick easily in winter must be to improve the constitution of deficiency and cold and balance yin and yang. Ai is pure yang, which can help yang to eliminate cold. Therefore, moxibustion is the best way to improve deficiency-cold constitution.
Moreover, treating winter diseases in summer can also be understood as follows: 30-40 years old is the summer of life. If we pay attention to health care at this time, by the age of 70-80, in the winter of life, degenerative diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and other diseases in the elderly will be much less.
The external humidity is high in summer, which will aggravate the internal humidity.
People are more likely to catch a cold in summer, because cold food, air conditioning and eating too much fruit often lead to a cold in summer. Some people can feel the cold, but some people are weak and can't feel the cold, and then they will accumulate the problem of deficiency cold.
In summer, the temperature is the highest and there is a lot of rain. For example, in the south, the humidity is very heavy in summer, so the external humidity will aggravate the internal humidity. People think that red beans and barley are wet with water, but in fact, the lack of yang can't push the moisture in the body.
External dampness: mostly caused by external dampness such as humid climate, wading in the rain, and humid life.
Internal dampness: the dampness comes from it, mostly because the spleen loses its healthy transport, and it can't be transported subtly, so that the water dampness stops gathering, which is caused by "spleen deficiency and excessive dampness".
03 summer moxibustion to lose weight
In summer, many people pay attention to moxibustion to lose weight, because moxibustion can help yang to eliminate dampness, and the most common ones are yang deficiency fertilizer and phlegm-dampness fertilizer.
Yang deficiency means yang deficiency. If people with yang deficiency consume more yang, they are prone to fatigue, overwork and even obesity. Phlegm in TCM can be divided into tangible and intangible. For example, the "phlegm" of coughing and spitting is tangible, and there is phlegm accumulation in the body. Because of the deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, phlegm that cannot be transported will gradually accumulate into fat, and people will become fat. Phlegm-dampness fertilizer is obesity caused by spleen-kidney yang deficiency that cannot consume phlegm-dampness in the body.
In addition to the big points, water points and waterway points can dehumidify well, and Shenque point can be added for congenital obesity. We have noticed that the place where the Yin meridian passes is easy to get fat, because "Yang changes into the shape of Qi and Yin", and the place where the Yin meridian meets is more likely to accumulate cold and dampness, so when selecting acupoints, acupoints such as Guanyuan and Sanyinjiao also have a good effect of eliminating dampness. Moxibustion is a two-way adjustment of weight, and it is also suitable for people who are too thin.
Point matching of health moxibustion in summer.
If you want to learn moxibustion well, you must start with hanging moxibustion before you know what a good moxibustion feeling is. If you start with the usual moxibustion box, you won't have the patience to calm down and do hanging moxibustion.
Regarding the collocation of acupoints, if you are a beginner, choose big acupoints. The real effect of wormwood must rely on absorption. When you can't feel the absorption, look for those big holes, because big holes absorb better.
Our health moxibustion in summer is to improve immunity at the same time. The first recommended acupuncture point is Dazhui, which is the best acupuncture point for supporting yang (high blood pressure and less moxibustion on Dazhui). The second is Guanyuan point, three inches below the navel. If the navel is divided into five parts, it is at the intersection of the upper part and the lower part. Guanyuan is the tomb of the small intestine, and both the heart and the small intestine are inside and outside. People in the small intestine are "prosperous officials", and "prosperous" means giving the energy of moxibustion to the heart, so the mood will be better after moxibustion. The third point is Sanyinjiao, where the three Yin meridians of spleen, liver and kidney meet. As a blind Chinese medicine, Ai also belongs to the three meridians of spleen, liver and kidney.
Adults (over 30 years old) and the elderly: moxibustion at Zusanli.
Sun Simiao attaches great importance to Zusanli moxibustion. He said that "it is better to moxibustion Zusanli often than to eat an old hen", and people who are usually stressed can moxibustion Zusanli.
Old man: Taixi point can be added.
Taixi has the function of two-way regulation, which can nourish kidney yin and kidney yang. Deficiency of kidney yang, deficiency of kidney yin in old age, will lead to deficiency fire. At this time, moxibustion at Taixi point is not easy to get angry, so the elderly with high blood pressure, five upset, easy to get angry, anxiety and poor sleep will add moxibustion at Taixi point.
Woman: Eight points can be added.
Basu is a very important treatment point for gynecological diseases, and it is four pairs of posterior sacral points, so it is more convenient to use moxibustion box.
Children: columns
Body columns are like beams of a house, which play a supporting role. It is effective for all problems such as children's growing up and dislike of food. Body column can cure all diseases in pediatrics.
for instance
People who often sweat on their backs will probably hurt their yin. The back belongs to the yang, and the du meridian is the sea of the yang vein. The sun passes by, so the sun is not solid, and our bodies have the spirit of camp and defense. Inconsistency between camp and guard can also lead to sweating on the back. At this time, you can try moxibustion at Dazhui point to improve the yang in your back, and the yang will become more abundant, so the defense strength will be enhanced.
If the child often sweats on his back, he can also be given chiropractic. Adults can also chiropractic, pushing back before moxibustion can support yang, pushing up the du meridian and pushing down the bladder meridian.
How to moxibustion cough? Cough is a lung disease, so moxibustion at Dazhui, Shu Fei, Mingmen, Taixi and Guanyuan can be considered. Jin Shui coexists, lung is considered for initial cough, and kidney, chronic disease and kidney can be considered for chronic cough.
The overall moxibustion sequence is yang first and then yin, such as back and abdomen first, upper and lower first, trunk and limbs first. If there is an affected part, you can moxibustion the affected side, if not, first left and then right.
There is no uniform standard for how long moxibustion lasts at each acupoint. Fundamentally speaking, it depends on its absorption. Enough moxibustion, we won't do it. If you can't find the absorption point and moxibustion feeling at first, you can moxibustion 15-20 minutes each.
If you want to do a good job of moxibustion at ordinary times, we can do a back massage first, and then directly open the point and then moxibustion.
You can drink warm boiled water and old skin water during moxibustion, and don't drink cold drinks. Chenpi water can also be given to children, suitable for all ages, can regulate qi and strengthen the spleen, and is good for cough and anorexia.
06 reaction after moxibustion:
1. There are spots on the surface after moxibustion. This red and white moxibustion point is generally cold in the body. It is recommended to lower the temperature and let the body absorb it slowly. After moxibustion, the skin flush is good, which is a kind of uniform reddish.
2. Some people feel itchy after moxibustion with moxibustion box, and their skin is full of water, even blistering, so they think it is caused by their own heavy moisture, but it is not entirely the case. Because moxibustion box is airtight and its skin is moist, most of it evaporates the body fluids on our body surface and melts the body fluids that our body should have. Most blisters are scalded, so when we use moxibustion box, the temperature should not be too high. If possible, we should try to hang moxibustion.
3. In the early stage of moxibustion, some people feel cold outside after moxibustion, but they are actually discharging cold. When the cold inside us is less, we feel the cold coming out. However, some people have been cold for many years and their bodies have lost consciousness. They have no feeling when they are cold. Therefore, people who have no feelings after moxibustion should insist on moxibustion and let the body slowly regain consciousness.
Several reasons of moxibustion getting angry;
1. Temperature is too high.
2. Don't pay attention to the distinction between upper and lower.
3. Long-term box moxibustion
08 Precautions:
1. Don't extinguish moxibustion with water. Water belongs to yin, which will affect reuse.
2. Be sure to pay attention to safety issues.
3. Normal people do not recommend moxibustion with a long snake on the Du meridian, because "a small fire is angry, and a big fire eats gas". A slight small fire can nourish yang, but a big fire will eat gas and vent yang, which will weaken the yang. Then the long snake moxibustion on Du meridian is too strong, which is more suitable for patients with ankylosing spondylitis, but not too strong.
4. The height of hanging moxibustion is twice the diameter of moxa stick, and the temperature should not be too high. Moxibustion is too close to be absorbed easily. It's like we go to bask in the sun at noon. It's very hot. Our first reaction was to hide and protect ourselves. So is moxibustion. When the temperature is too high, our acupoints are easy to close and moxa is not easy to absorb.
5. Moxibustion is not recommended just after eating or just getting angry, because the qi movement is disordered at this time, and it is recommended to push the abdomen or scrape it to be discouraged. If you are angry, it is easy to feel full when eating. Generally, you can moxibustion Ganshu, Guanyuan and Taichong points.
6. Don't blow into the air or directly into the air conditioner.
09 moxibustion taboo:
1. Children and teenagers should not moxibustion Zusanli.
2. Middle-aged women's health care should not be a large number of moxibustion back Shu points, there are moxibustion absorption points.
3. Old people, hypertensive patients, facial diseases and other head and face should be moxibustion less, and pay attention to upper and lower points. People with high blood pressure should have less moxibustion on the spine for a few minutes, and acupuncture points on the head and face should have less moxibustion to prevent excessive qi.
4. Suspension moxibustion health care generally does not take Shenque. The navel should not be used as a health acupuncture point, but as a central reserve, which is only used for big problems. This part can be used as an argument, which probably means that many acupoints are exquisite, so don't mess around by yourself. What is recommended is safe and generally suitable.