Usage and precautions of moxa stick moxibustion
Usage of moxa stick moxibustion:
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, acupoint moxibustion
After lighting a moxa stick, smoke moxibustion or burn moxibustion at a position 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 methods are divided into mild moxibustion (one end of moxa stick is lit, aiming at the acupoint or affected part to be moxibustion) and rotary moxibustion (one end of moxa stick is lit and burned). But uniformly moves left and right or rotates repeatedly for moxibustion treatment) and bird pecking moxibustion (the luminous end of the moxa stick is not fixed at a certain distance from the skin of the moxibustion part, 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 wormwood fumigation
You can use 3~6 sticks of moxa sticks, tie them in a row with adhesive tape, and smoke them up and down at a distance of10 ~ 30 mm.
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.
If the child has enuresis, accompanied by cold hands and feet, pale face, pale tongue, white tongue coating and other symptoms, you can use 1~2 sticks of moxa stick to smoke the navel and its surroundings for 5~ 10 minutes, and then smoke the back spine and kidneys, which can replenish qi and dispel kidney cold.
If you have bad breath, purple tongue or black tongue coating, it means that the spleen and stomach are very cold, accompanied by stagnation of meridians. You can smoke the lower abdomen around the navel with 3 to 5 sticks of moxa sticks for 20 minutes every day, once every other day for a week, and the bad breath will disappear.
3, whole body moxa fumigation
(1) Drink ginger, red dates and longan soup before the whole body is smoked with moxa sticks 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.
Common methods of mild moxibustion at home;
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 it to continuously heat and stimulate the * * part.
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 placed on both sides of the subject's * * channel to sense 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.
Matters needing attention in family moxibustion:
1. Moxibustion firepower is first small and then large, moxibustion quantity is first small and then large, and the degree is first light and then heavy. 2. Moxibustion on the head, face and limbs with thin skin and many bones and muscles should be small; Moxibustion waist, abdomen, shoulders, two strands with equal skin thickness and full muscles can be bigger.
3. For people with strong physique, the amount of moxibustion can be larger; People with long illness, weak constitution, old people and children need less moxibustion.
4. In case of dizzy moxibustion, stop moxibustion immediately, let the patient lie flat on his head and keep warm. Lighter people should rest or drink some warm water, while heavier people should pinch Renzhong, Neiguan and Zusanli.
5. Moxibustion should not be used when you are nervous, sweating, tired or hungry. Moxibustion should not be used in lumbosacral region and abdomen of pregnant women.
Who is not suitable for moxibustion therapy?
Of course, moxibustion also has its contraindications. Not everyone is suitable for moxibustion. For example, people are prohibited from moxibustion when they are drunk, furious, overjoyed and overworked. People with allergic skin, pregnant women and women are not suitable for menstrual moxibustion. People with fever, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang, and pathogenic heat are not suitable for moxibustion. It is best to apply moxibustion under the guidance of a doctor. If dizziness, dizziness, nausea, palpitation, sweating, pallor and other symptoms suddenly appear during moxibustion, that is, when moxibustion is dizzy, moxibustion should be stopped immediately and the window should be opened for ventilation. If the temperature is too high, you should stop or increase the distance of moxibustion in time to avoid burns.