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What is smokeless moxibustion?
Moxibustion therapy is an important part of Chinese medicine and one of the oldest medical methods in traditional medicine. In previous medical monographs, moxibustion was first seen in Huangdi Neijing, but with the archaeological discovery, the understanding of moxibustion is constantly being revised. Moxibustion therapy can strengthen the body and prevent and treat diseases. It has a history of thousands of years in China, and it has been favored by doctors and health-preserving families in past dynasties. Dou Cai, a doctor in the Song Dynasty, recorded in Bian Que's Heart Sutra: "The essence of man is the master of the whole body ... The way to save lives is to mourn for the outstanding." It is also recorded that "when people are not sick, they often moxibustion Guanyuan, Qihai, Mingmen and Zhongwan ... although they are not immortal, they can live for a hundred years". Moxibustion is mainly divided into two categories from the user's point of view: cigarette moxa sticks and smokeless moxa sticks. Smokeless mugwort is charcoal: take clean mugwort leaves, fry them in a pot with strong fire until they are 70% black, spray vinegar, mix well, and then sieve them with barbed wire. If it is not penetrated, fry it again, take it out, cool it in the air to prevent re-ignition, and store it three days later. Moxibustion should also be combined with moxibustion instrument, moxibustion box, mainly for acupoint moxibustion! If "apricot" is the flower of Chinese medicine, then "Ai" is the grass of Chinese medicine. The medicinal use of mugwort has a history of at least 3000 years in China. Mencius once said: "seven years of illness requires three years of' love'." It means that you have had a chronic disease for seven years, and it can be cured with moxa sticks for three years. At the same time, moxibustion can scrape, cupping and massage the back of human body with essential oil of traditional Chinese medicine to dredge meridians and lymph, so as to achieve the effects of relieving stress, relaxing nerves and conditioning internal organs. Fully improve qi stagnation, blood stasis, swelling and numbness, make people release energy to the maximum extent, relieve fatigue, and reach the highest state of harmony and perfect unity inside and outside. Warm moxibustion has six major effects on the body: warming tendons and dispelling cold, dispelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome; Warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and relieving fatigue; Warming the interior, strengthening the internal organs and strengthening the internal organs; Warming yin to tonify deficiency, restoring yang to consolidate and remove; Promoting qi and blood circulation, purging fire and removing blood stasis; Balance yin and yang, health care and disease prevention. Warm moxibustion has two major effects on beauty. Facial skin: It can accelerate the blood circulation of skin, make aging cells metabolize, strengthen the regeneration of new cells, fade spots, reduce wrinkles, make skin ruddy and white, and delay aging. Eye: Improve eye bags, dark circles, drooping eyelids and wrinkles, delay eye relaxation and aging, and restore eye luster. Usage: ignite the moxa stick and hang it on the treatment site, or use it in conjunction with the warm moxibustion box. Through the input of heat and energy of moxa fire, the human body will produce a "stress reaction" to regulate itself, smoke and burn meridians, improve human immunity and prevent diseases. Generally, moxibustion lasts about 30 minutes each time, and the use time can be adjusted according to the body feeling. (1) Hold the moxa stick and hang it for moxibustion. Light one end of the moxa stick and hang it about 3cm above the moxibustion site for moxibustion. (2) Insert the moxa stick (used in conjunction with the warm moxibustion box) 1, remove the plastic upper cover of the warm moxibustion box, unscrew the copper insert cover 2, ignite the moxa stick to make it burn fully, and insert it directly and fix it; 3. Bring an insulating base, cover it, and stick the moxa stick directly on the affected area for moxibustion; 3, insert moxa sticks (used with warm moxibustion box) 65438+. Ginger slices can also be used in the position where ginger slices are sandwiched. 3. Align the Carmen connectors of the upper and lower covers, and close the cover and the black temperature control cover. 4. Rotate the black temperature control cover according to the combustion situation, adjust the ventilation and control the temperature. 5. Take off the plastic heat insulation bottom box of the base, put the walkman moxibustion into the flannel cover, fix it on the affected area with elastic band, and stick the non-plastic side on the affected area for warm moxibustion to ensure better heat conduction. Moxibustion can be roughly divided into acupoint moxibustion, local moxa stick fumigation and whole body moxa stick fumigation. The distance between moxibustion and skin 10~30mm until the skin is warm and red. 1, take a moxa stick and light it, and smoke or burn it about 10~30mm above the acupoint. Generally, the duration of moxibustion at each acupoint is about 10 minute, until the skin is warm and red, without burning sensation or burning. Moxibustion can be divided into mild moxibustion (one end of the moxa stick is lit, aimed at the acupoint or affected part, smoked and burned). But the position is not fixed, but it moves evenly from left to right or rotates repeatedly for moxibustion treatment) and bird pecking moxibustion (the lighting end of the moxa stick is not fixed at a certain distance from the skin of the moxibustion site, but moves up and down like a bird pecking). It can also be used with various moxibustion devices, such as warm moxibustion boxes and warm moxibustion racks, which are mainly used for fixing moxa sticks and are convenient to use. 2. Local moxa sticks can be fumigated with 3-6 sticks of moxa sticks, tied in a row with adhesive tape, and fumigated at a distance of10-30 mm from the skin. For dysmenorrhea, use 6 sticks of moxa sticks to smoke the lower abdomen to the navel twice a week for 30-40 minutes each time to promote the blood circulation of the lower abdomen. Such as scapulohumeral periarthritis, you can use 3~5 moxa sticks to moxibustion from Fengchi point to Jianfeng point and Jianjing point for about 5 minutes. When fumigating, be sure to keep the indoor temperature suitable and not catch cold. Such as abdominal cold and diarrhea. You can smoke the lower abdomen to the navel with a few sticks of moxa stick, which can dispel the cold. 3, whole body moxa stick fumigation (1) Drink ginger, red dates and longan soup before the whole body moxa stick to preserve health and nourish yin. Use 3 slices of ginger, 10 red dates (core removed) and 10 longan (core removed), add water, cook for 15 minutes, and pour into a pulverizer to make paste. (2) Slice ginger and steam it in a pot for later use. (3) Use 6-8 sticks of moxa sticks in summer (8- 10 sticks in winter), bundle them in rows and light them. (4) Stick the steamed ginger slices on your back. The lit rows of moxa sticks keep a distance of half an inch to one inch from the ginger slices, and slowly move up and down, usually smoking for 30 to 40 minutes. (5) Stick ginger slices around the lower abdomen and navel and smoke them up and down for 20-30 minutes. (6) From ankle to knee, up and down, pumping back and forth 30 ~ 50 times on the outside and inside of both calves. Light one end of the moxa stick so that the burning end is close to the skin acupuncture point, so that the acupuncture point can be warmed quickly. Lift the moxa stick slowly, 3 ~ 4 cm away from the skin, and keep still. During moxibustion, the warm feeling will make the skin red but not burning, and there are some comfortable feelings such as soreness and numbness at the local and distal ends. Key points: choose 3~5 acupoints at a time, and moxibustion at each acupoint lasts for 5 ~ 10 minutes. Too much is easy to get tired, and too little can't keep warm. Moxibustion experience: At first, the burning end of the moxa stick should not be too far away from the acupoint, otherwise the warm feeling will appear too slowly. When the moxa stick is lifted, the speed should be fast to avoid thermal interruption; If the patient feels too hot, he can move the moxa stick up and down, left and right or rotate to continuously heat and stimulate the acupoints. Moxibustion can be applied to patients with sensitive person's disease, children and the elderly. The middle finger and forefinger of the left hand can be opened and placed on both sides of the recipient's acupoint to sense the local heat and adjust it at any time. When patients have itching, fever, pain and other symptoms, rubbing, rubbing and pressing with fingers will help relieve discomfort. Note: * Pregnant women are prohibited; Warm moxibustion is prohibited for acute injury and inflammation. * Warm moxibustion should not be used within one hour after meals; Hunger, satiety and drunkenness prohibit moxibustion; * After warm moxibustion, the diet is mainly light, and it is not advisable to eat greasy and cold food. * In the process of moxibustion, observe the skin changes at any time, adjust the temperature to prevent burns. * Don't wash your hands or bathe in cold water within half an hour after warm moxibustion. Drink more warm water than usual, which will help to expel toxins from your body. * This product is a daily health care product and cannot replace professional treatment. Please consult a professional doctor for related diseases.