Western moxibustion was introduced from China, and French doctor Lalan used moxibustion to treat tetanus, paralysis and bone marrow diseases. In Asia, China's traditional moxibustion first spread to North Korea and Japan.
Moxibustion originated in ancient China, because its mechanism of action is similar to acupuncture therapy, and it has a complementary therapeutic effect with acupuncture therapy. Usually, acupuncture and moxibustion are used together, so it is called acupuncture. Acupuncture has a far-reaching influence at home and abroad, but modern people say acupuncture only refers to acupuncture, and rarely includes moxibustion.
We usually think that acupuncture and moxibustion are the same therapy, but they are not. Although they are all based on the understanding of human meridians and acupoints, acupuncture only produces physical effects, while moxibustion is a compound effect of medicine and physics. Moreover, the treatment scope of the two is different. The so-called "acupuncture does not do what it does, moxibustion is appropriate" refers to the difference.
Moxibustion is a magical therapy, because it really has many advantages. First of all, the curative effect of moxibustion is amazing. Moxibustion therapy is widely used, and it is the main method to treat diseases in ancient China. In the words of traditional Chinese medicine, it has the functions of warming yang and benefiting qi, warming meridians and dredging collaterals, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass, and tonifying middle energizer and benefiting qi. It can be widely used in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics and facial diseases, and has special effects on mastitis, prostatitis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical spondylosis and diabetes.
Secondly, moxibustion has a peculiar health care function. For thousands of years, moxibustion has been used to prevent diseases and prolong life in China. Huangdi Neijing "Sweating in strong wind, moxibustion means loving points", which is a kind of health moxibustion. According to Zhuangzi, the sage Confucius "moxibustion is not a disease", which also refers to the use of moxibustion for health care. The anti-cancer research of moxibustion made by Japanese people such as Suto Zuo also shows that moxibustion can activate the potential anti-cancer effect in skin tissue and play a role in treating cancer.