The arrival of winter is also a good time to keep fit, and there are many ways to keep fit. Chinese medicine recommends moxibustion. Moxibustion has many benefits, especially in autumn and winter, and many people have begun to choose moxibustion for health. What are the taboos of moxibustion?
Characteristics of moxibustion
Moxibustion has obvious effect, simple operation, economy and practicality, and almost no toxic and side effects. As long as the treatment principles and operating procedures are carefully followed, there will generally be no adverse reactions to the human body.
Moxibustion taboo
Because moxibustion fumigation uses fire moxibustion, careless moxibustion may cause local skin burns. On the other hand, some Xue Jing will be injured in the process of moxibustion, so some parts or some people can't be moxibustion. These are all taboos of moxibustion. There were many taboos about moxibustion in ancient times. Although some taboos can be broken, some situations should be taboo.
1. All exposed parts, such as the face, should not be directly moxibustion, so as not to form scars and affect the appearance.
2. Do not apply moxibustion to areas with thin skin and few muscles, waist and sacrum of pregnant women, lower abdomen, nipples, genitals and testicles of men and women. In addition, do not directly moxibustion joints. In addition, don't moxibustion big blood vessels and heart. The eyeball belongs to the face, so don't moxibustion.
3. Extreme fatigue, hunger, satiety, drunkenness, excessive sweating, emotional instability, or female menstrual taboo moxibustion.
4. Some infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or extreme physical exhaustion and emaciated bones are all prohibited from moxibustion.
5. People who have no self-control ability such as mental patients should avoid moxibustion.
Matters needing attention in moxibustion
1. Be attentive and patient: pay attention to concentration when moxibustion is applied, and don't distract attention when moxibustion is applied, so as not to move the moxa stick instead of on the acupoint, which will only hurt the skin and flesh and waste time. For health moxibustion, we should persist for a long time, and occasionally moxibustion can not achieve the expected effect.
2. Pay attention to the accuracy of body position and acupoints: on the one hand, the body position should meet the needs of moxibustion, and at the same time, it should be noted that the body position should be comfortable and natural, and the position and acupoints should be determined according to the prescription to ensure the effect of moxibustion.
3. Fire prevention: Many modern clothes are made of chemical fiber, down and other textures, which are easy to burn. Therefore, we must pay attention to fire prevention when moxibustion, especially when moxibustion with moxa sticks, to prevent the moxa sticks from tumbling off. After moxibustion, the lighted end of the moxa stick can be stuffed into a bottle with a diameter slightly larger than that of the moxa stick to facilitate extinguishing.
4. Pay attention to keep warm and prevent heatstroke: Because some body surface parts should be exposed when moxibustion is applied, it is necessary to keep warm in winter and prevent heatstroke when it is hot in summer. At the same time, pay attention to adjust the indoor temperature and turn on the ventilator in time to exchange fresh air.
5. Prevention of infection: festering moxibustion or improper moxibustion treatment may lead to sores on local burns, resulting in moxibustion sores. Be sure not to break the sore. If the infection has been broken, use anti-inflammatory drugs in time.
6. Master the procedure of moxibustion: If there are many points scattered, they should be carried out in the order of back first, chest and abdomen, and head and back.
7. Pay attention to the time of moxibustion: Some diseases must pay attention to the time of moxibustion. For example, insomnia should be moxibustion before going to bed. Do not apply moxibustion on an empty stomach before and after meals.
Step by step. When you use moxibustion for the first time, you should pay attention to the amount of stimulation. First, a small amount of small doses, such as using moxa sticks, or moxibustion for a shorter time and fewer times. Increase the dose in the future. Don't start with a large dose.
9. Although the prevention of dizzy moxibustion is rare, once it is dizzy, it will cause dizziness, dizziness, nausea, pallor, palpitation and sweating. , even fainted. Immediately after the occurrence of dizzy moxibustion, stop moxibustion, lie on your back, add moxibustion at Zusanli, and gently moxibustion for about 10 minutes.
10. Pay attention to the adjustment of moxibustion temperature: For children with sensitive person's skin or children, put the index finger and middle finger on both sides of the moxibustion site to sense the temperature of the moxibustion site, so as not to burn the skin, and the effect is good.