The role of moxibustion
With the development of modern society, moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular. Moxibustion mainly has the functions of warming channels and dispelling cold, activating qi and dredging collaterals, supporting yang and resolving stagnation, promoting yang, expelling toxin and clearing heat, preventing diseases, protecting health and beautifying.
First, warming meridians to dispel cold.
Moxibustion is the application of its warm stimulation, which plays the role of warming meridians and dredging arthralgia. Through the warm stimulation of hot moxibustion on meridian points, it can warm meridians and dispel cold, strengthen the operation of qi and blood, and achieve the purpose of clinical treatment Therefore, moxibustion can be used for arthralgia and diarrhea caused by blood stasis and cold, and the effect is very remarkable.
Second, activating qi and dredging collaterals.
Meridians are distributed in all parts of the human body, including internal organs and external tissues such as muscles and bones. In a normal body, qi and blood circulate endlessly in the meridians and run in sequence. If wind, cold, summer heat, dampness, dryness, fire and other external factors invade the human body or local qi and blood, and the meridians are blocked, there will be symptoms such as swelling and pain and a series of dysfunction. At this time, moxibustion at some acupoints can play a role in regulating qi and blood, dredging meridians and balancing functions, and can be used for sores in clinic.
Third, supporting the yang and strengthening the body.
For critical patients with yang deficiency, vomiting, diarrhea, and weak limb cold pulse, moxibustion at Guanyuan and Shenque points with big moxa can often play the role of supporting yang, restoring yang, saving lives and healing the wounded. Because of the nature of pure yang, fire belongs to yang, and it is often used for stroke, acute abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea in clinic.
Fourth, rising yang to relieve depression.
Moxibustion can not only nourish yang, relieve depression, prevent miscarriage and consolidate menstruation, but also have an effect on those who are not strong and have loose acupoints. Restore the body function to normal. Such as proctoptosis, yin stagnation, persistent diarrhea and other diseases. It can be improved by moxibustion at Baihui point, so as to "push it up". Another example is the cloud in The Analects of Confucius: "Those who have rectocele in the process of releasing cold at points are full of water." In short, this is also one of the unique functions of moxibustion.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) detoxifies and relieves heat.
Moxibustion can induce heat with heat and make it go out. Moxibustion can dispel cold and clear heat, which shows that it has a two-way adjustment effect on the original functional state of the body.
VI. Disease Prevention and Health Care
Because moxibustion can warm yang and tonify deficiency, moxibustion at Zusanli and Zhongwan can make the stomach full of qi, and the stomach is a sea of water valleys, and all the five internal organs are affected by it, so the stomach is full of qi, so the qi and blood are full; Mingmen is the true fire of the human body and the foundation of human beings; Guanyuan and Qihai are places where Jingxue is stored. Acupoint moxibustion can make people feel full of stomach qi, Yang Qi and essence and blood, thus enhancing the body's resistance, making diseases and pathogens difficult to commit, and achieving the purpose of disease prevention and health care.
Seven, beauty
Moxibustion is the most effective means to eliminate fatigue, restore vitality, replenish physical strength and balance yin and yang.
Moxibustion principle
Folium Artemisiae Argyi is made into moxa sticks or moxa sticks, which generate near-infrared rays and heat by burning, and act on acupuncture points or specific parts of human body, thus achieving natural therapy of prevention and treatment.
On the one hand, the principle of moxibustion is to use heat to achieve the effects of warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting qi and blood circulation, dispelling cold and removing dampness, on the other hand, it depends on the medicinal properties of wormwood itself. Because wormwood is a rare Chinese medicine that can dredge the twelve meridians, after years of exploration, the ancients finally decided to use wormwood as the main raw material of moxibustion. The third principle is to moxibustion different acupoints and use different moxibustion methods according to physical conditions.
Modern research also found that the heat generated by moxibustion combustion is a very effective physical factor infrared ray, which is suitable for body treatment. According to the principle of physics, any object can emit and absorb infrared rays, and the human body is no exception. The penetration depth of near infrared rays into human body is deeper than that of far infrared rays, which can reach 10mm and is absorbed by human body. It is considered that the radiation energy spectrum produced by moxibustion combustion is infrared, and near infrared is the main component. Near infrared rays can stimulate the hydrogen bonding of biomolecules in human acupoints, produce stimulated coherent resonance absorption effect, and transmit the energy needed by human cells through nerve-body fluid system. Infrared radiation during moxibustion can provide necessary energy for metabolic activity and immune function of body cells, and can also provide activation energy for pathological cells lacking energy. When moxibustion is applied to acupoints, its near-infrared radiation has a high penetration ability, which can better send energy to the focus through the meridian system.
Another modern study shows that the methanol extract of burning products of mugwort has the effect of scavenging free radicals, which is stronger than the methanol extract of unburned mugwort. The lipid peroxide in the local skin of moxibustion is obviously reduced, which is caused by the burning products of Artemisia argyi. The burning of Artemisia argyi not only did not destroy its effective pharmaceutical ingredients, but enhanced them. Antioxidants in the combustion products of mugwort stick to the skin at acupoints and penetrate into the body through moxibustion heat.
Side effects of moxibustion
Everything has two sides. Moxibustion has so many functions that there are bound to be some side effects.
1, the side effects of moxibustion are mainly manifested in the wrong judgment of physical fitness and the wrong choice of acupoints, which leads to physical discomfort and can be adjusted through correct guidance.
2. Moxibustion has the advantages of obvious effect, simplicity, economy, practicality and almost no toxic and side effects. As long as the operation method is proper and the acupoints are mastered accurately, it will generally not cause adverse reactions to the human body. Moxibustion supplements yang to the body, which is especially suitable for yang deficiency constitution.
3. Moxibustion has a reinforcing and reducing effect. For people with yin deficiency and excessive heat, we should start with purging, nourish yin and then adjust the balance of yin and yang. In other words, the acupoints and methods of moxibustion are different.
4. If the operation is improper, it may also cause discomfort, which will be understood as the so-called side effect of moxibustion. I suggest you go to a professional place for guidance. For example, a professional moxibustion health pavilion.
5. Moxibustion is a combination of physics and pharmacology. It is a kind of green natural therapy, which originated in ancient China. It is a method of burning moxa sticks made of wormwood to treat diseases and preserve health.
6. However, due to different constitutions and symptoms, there may be reactions such as fever, fatigue, dry mouth and general malaise when moxibustion is started. Generally don't worry, you can disappear if you continue moxibustion.