(1) Warming yang to tonify deficiency, tonifying middle energizer and invigorating qi.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the nature of pure yang, and fire belongs to yang. When two yang meet, it often works best.

(2) preventive health care, nip in the bud.

Traditional Chinese medicine has always attached great importance to the prevention of diseases and put forward the ideas of "prevention before illness" and "treatment before illness". Moxibustion not only treats diseases, but also has the function of disease prevention and health care, which is one of the traditional methods of disease prevention and health care.

(3) clearing away heat and toxic materials and regulating body functions

As long as moxibustion is used properly, it can not only dispel cold, but also clear heat, which has a two-way adjustment effect on the body.

(4) Warming meridians to dispel cold, activating qi and promoting blood circulation.

Cold qi and astringent blood, slow blood running and easy to coagulate and get sick. Therefore, moxibustion can be used to warm meridians and dispel cold, so that blood can run normally.

(5) Promoting the circulation of qi and dredging collaterals, and enhancing the body's disease resistance.

Moxibustion at corresponding acupoints can play a role in dredging meridians, harmonizing qi and blood, balancing functions and enhancing human disease resistance.

2. Moxibustion taboo

(1) taboo part

Face; Joint activity place; Potential parts of major arteries, hearts, venous vessels and tendons; Pregnant women's lumbosacral and lower abdomen cannot be moxibustion.

(2) Taboo crowd

Pregnant women and physiological women can't moxibustion; Those who are hungry, tired, full, hungry, drunk, thirsty, frightened, frightened, furious, extremely tired and afraid of moxibustion should use moxibustion with caution.

(3) Contraindications

Exogenous fever, yin deficiency and internal heat with excess heat syndrome; Infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or extreme fatigue, skinny, in a state of dying cachexia, and no self-regulation ability, are not suitable for moxibustion.

3, the benefits of cupping

(1) promoting qi and blood circulation

Cupping can stimulate the contraction and relaxation of blood vessel wall and accelerate the discharge of toxic waste.

(2) expelling wind and cold

Through cupping, moisture and cold in the human body can penetrate the skin tissue.

(3) detumescence and pain relief

Cupping can dilate local blood vessels, promote local blood circulation and accelerate metabolism. The improvement of local blood circulation can quickly take away the inflammatory exudates and pain-causing substances accumulated locally, thus eliminating swelling and relieving pain.

(4) dredge meridians

The meridians, acupoints and internal organs of the human body are all connected. With the help of cupping, acupuncture points on the surface of the body can be stimulated, and then the internal organs of the human body can be adjusted accordingly through the bones, muscles and meridians, so that people's blood flows smoothly.

4. Disadvantages of cupping

(1) Frequent cupping may cause skin infection.

(2) If the cupping time is too long, blisters or blood bubbles will appear.

(3) Improper operation may cause burns, inflammation and suppuration.

(4) Cupping people who are too weak will make them weaker and fail to achieve the therapeutic effect.

(5) After cupping, the skin pores expand. Once exposed to cold air or air conditioning, it is easy to cause a cold or fever.