What's in the moxa stick? Mainly wormwood.
Traditional moxa sticks are generally cylindrical strips made of pure cotton paper wrapped with moxa wool, which is mainly used for moxibustion. Moxibustion sticks made of pure moxa are called moxa sticks. At present, other pharmaceutical ingredients have been added to the moxa sticks sold in the market, such as Cinnamomum cassia twig, Cyperus tuber and Pogostemon cablin. Different materials have different effects, so they are called moxa sticks.
According to the storage time of mugwort leaves, mugwort leaves can be divided into Xin Ai and Chen Ai, and Chen Ai can be divided into 1 year, 3 years, 5 years and 8 years. The quality of mugwort in 5 years and 8 years will be relatively good, with golden yellow overall, less volatile oil content, less smoke and strong permeability.
It is best to choose the composition of the moxa stick according to your own situation.
The proportion of moxa sticks refers to the purity of moxa sticks, which is generally 1: 1, 3: 1, 5: 1, 8: 1,1.
The average person can choose the ratio of 10: 1 to 15: 1, and the moxa fiber in this ratio is relatively complete. Too low moxa powder is easy to burn the skin, and too high moxa powder is more expensive. 10: 65438+.
What is adulterated in the moxa stick? 1. Mix the moxa residue when processing moxa sticks: Generally, some moxa residue needs to be discarded when processing moxa sticks, but some unscrupulous merchants may add a small amount of moxa residue to reduce costs, which is inferior.
2. Inferior moxa sticks: When making moxa sticks, put inferior moxa sticks in the middle, and fill the front and back ends with good moxa sticks, so that consumers can't see the quality from the appearance. Pay attention to opening it when you buy it.
3. Add other plants: Some merchants may add other odorless plants or plants with similar taste to moxa sticks in order to reduce the amount of moxa sticks and make them complete.
What does the real moxa stick look like after burning? 1. Firepower: A good moxa stick has mellow firepower and strong penetration; Inferior moxa sticks have strong firepower, poor penetration and are easy to burn.
2. Burning: The moxa fiber in a good moxa stick is complete, delicate and soft. Because no other impurities are added, it is not easy to fall off after burning, and the burning speed is faster than that of inferior moxa sticks.
3. Ash: The ash after burning the burnt moxa sticks is grayish white, because the moxa fibers are complete, it is not easy to disperse; The inferior moxa sticks, because of the addition of other substances, are dark gray, scattered everywhere and rough to the touch.