However, there are more and more types of moxibustion now. Many people will produce smoke when they do it at home, and they will feel that they are crying and don't know where their problems are. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of the public, smokeless moxa sticks appeared. Then everyone began to think about the safety and usefulness of smokeless moxibustion. So let's talk about how to choose today.
Select "Chen Jining" Ai.
When buying moxa sticks, we often find the words "three years old", "five years old" or even "ten years old" on the packaging box of moxa sticks. These years refer to the storage time of mugwort leaves after picking, then making them into moxa sticks, and then making them into moxa sticks by rolling them. So this time is not the time for making and storing wormwood.
Everyone knows that moxibustion regulates the body through the heat generated by burning moxa in moxa sticks and the smell of spicy incense acting on acupoints through meridians. So what's the difference between the same moxa stick and moxa sticks with different time?
Color: short-term wormwood is turquoise or turquoise, and long-term color tends to khaki.
Smell: The short-lived moxa sticks have strong smoke and pungent smell when burning, so this is also the reason why some people don't smoke when doing moxibustion. For Ai Chen, the smoke is very small and the smell is very weak when burning.
Strength: The burning time of moxa sticks is short, the burning speed is relatively fast, and the firepower is strong. The moxa smoke is relatively large, and the volatile oil content inside is relatively high, so the strength is high. This kind of moxa stick will make the skin feel burning when doing moxibustion, and its effect is only on the superficial skin, and it can't go deep into the internal organs. However, Ai Chen has been stored for a long time, and the oily substances inside will also volatilize and oxidize with time. Therefore, when burning, the moxa sticks have mild firepower and strong penetrating power, and the function of penetrating viscera is also improved, with strong effect.
Li Shizhen also suggested choosing Chen Ai for moxibustion in the book.
Some people say that since Ai Chen is so good, isn't the longer the better? Of course not, because many people do moxibustion to recuperate their bodies now. Ai Chen does have a mild effect, but you can generally choose Ai Chen for three years according to the time, which can not only dredge the meridians but also recuperate your body.
For a long time, if the smell comes from Ai Xiang, it will have a good effect, but if there is no smell, the effect will be greatly reduced. Generally suitable for the elderly and children.
How to distinguish quality?
Anyway, the first thing we should consider is the quality, so how should we choose the moxa stick to choose the one with good quality?
The color of moxa sticks
The color with long time and high purity tends to be khaki, and the color with short time is turquoise or turquoise. In addition, it is normal to have black inside, because black petiole is inevitable.
smell
Besides the color, you can smell the moxa stick. The smell is not pungent, the moxa stick is rich, and it is gentle to open. If it has a musty and pungent smell, its quality is poor.
Use your senses.
You can judge from your personal experience that if moxibustion is mild, it is a suitable moxa stick.
Look at wormwood ash
Good moxa sticks are white, delicate and difficult to disperse after burning.
Besides, what does the proportion of moxa sticks represent?
You will see the words 10: 1, 5: 1, 3: 1 on the package of moxa sticks, which represent the ratio of raw materials of moxa leaves to cashmere. For example, the moxa stick of 10: 1 is the final output of 10 kg of moxa leaves 1 kg of moxa stick. The higher the proportion, the more delicate the moxa is and the color is golden yellow. Low proportion of wormwood impurities will become more and more fierce, and the effect is not good.
So how to choose, in fact, is the same as the age of moxa sticks, and the higher the proportion, the better. You can choose 10: 1 to 20: 1.
If you finally choose, you can also choose according to your own physique and moxibustion needs. For example, when moxibustion is used as a tonic method, you can choose moxa sticks with a long time and a high proportion of moxa, and when you choose a purging method, you can choose moxa sticks with a relatively new time or a low proportion of moxa.