What is moxibustion?
Moxibustion with moxa sticks: Ignite the heresy of moxa sticks and smoke it at a place 2-3 cm away from the acupoints. Moxibustion with moxa sticks can be used once or in a fixed position, depending on the degree of feeling warm but without burning pain and local damp-heat flushing. Every time 10- 15 minutes.
Moxibustion with moxa sticks: Generally, moxibustion with ginger or salt can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, warm the kidney and tonify deficiency, nourish the body and prolong life. After selecting acupoints, put ginger slices or spread a layer of salt on the acupoints, and light cone-shaped moxa cones on the ginger slices or salt piles. Moxibustion at each point, 5-7 strong each time. People with qi deficiency have weak repair ability and slow scabbing, so try to avoid scar moxibustion, that is, don't let local blisters or fester.
Commonly used acupoints: Dazhui, Zusanli, Zhongyu, Qihai, Shenque, Guanyuan, Neiguan, Yongquan, Mingmen, Shu Fei, Pishu and Shenshu.
Then, what adverse reactions may occur after moxibustion?
Common Adverse Reactions after Moxibustion
Insomnia: insomnia symptoms often appear after moxibustion. If insomnia occurs after the first moxibustion, it is also a reaction. At this time, insomnia is mostly fatigue or lethargy. However, after moxibustion for a period of time, if there is little sleep at this time, there will be no fatigue and weakness, but it will be full of energy because of moxibustion. At this time, don't worry about insufficient sleep time, and don't deliberately use sleeping pills to make up enough sleep time, mainly depending on whether your energy is sufficient. Moxibustion will soon improve the function of spleen.
Mental reaction after moxibustion: Many people will have similar depression. At this time, you can talk to someone, cry or shout in the wild, and you must vent it. Don't be depressed, lest you add new diseases.
After moxibustion, there is often a reaction of aggravation of the disease: this is a normal struggle between good and evil. Our human body is a whole, with yin and yang. It is impossible to expel all evil spirits just by allowing the existence of healthy qi. Then the disease has lived in the body for a long time, and he will not give in easily. So at this time, it is inevitable that there will be a reaction. You use moxibustion to stimulate healthy qi, and if you want to drive me out, I will fight hard first. At this time, the healthy qi is insufficient, but the pathogenic qi is strong, and of course you will have all kinds of discomfort. When you gradually moxibustion, you accumulate a lot of healthy qi in your body, and evil spirits will gradually be driven out of your body.
The phenomenon of moxibustion getting angry: Many people will be thirsty after moxibustion, which is also a reaction of moxibustion. This phenomenon shows that yin and yang are regulating, and yang cannot prevail over yin. Drink more boiled water at this time. At this time, patients will feel abnormal dry throat, which is an inevitable symptom when pathogenic factors (cold pathogens) gradually spread (where pathogenic factors are driven away, so-called inflammation will appear in western medicine. At this time, many Chinese medicine experts will think that moxibustion has gone too far and will immediately stop treatment, making it fall short).
After moxibustion, the body also has a similar allergic phenomenon: many people have a lot of red rashes after moxibustion, and they think they are allergic at this time. In fact, these symptoms are all manifestations of true yang to drive away cold and evil spirits. It is also the reaction of pathogenic factors on the body surface. If moxibustion is stopped at this time, pathogenic factors will enter the interior and erode the viscera. If the skin is serious at this time, bloodletting therapy can be used to make the evil out. Blood can be bled at Dazhui, Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian, Weizhong point and other points to give the source of the disease.
At the same time, what should I pay attention to in moxibustion?
Matters needing attention in moxibustion
When applying moxibustion or warm acupuncture, we should pay attention to prevent the moxa fire from falling off, so as not to burn the skin and clothes. In the process of moxibustion, it is necessary to know the patient's reaction at any time, adjust the distance between moxibustion fire and skin in time, master the amount of moxibustion, and avoid moxibustion injury caused by excessive moxibustion. If blisters appear locally after moxibustion, they can be absorbed naturally as long as they are not rubbed. If the blister is too large, it can be punctured from the bottom of the blister with a sterile needle, and then coated with methyl violet solution after draining water. Purulent moxibustion should not engage in manual labor during the festering period of moxibustion sores, and should pay attention to rest to prevent infection. If there is a secondary infection, it should be treated in time.
During moxibustion, attention should be paid to maintaining indoor ventilation and keeping the air fresh, so as to avoid excessive smoke and dust, polluting the air and endangering the human body, especially patients with respiratory diseases.
Moxibustion must pay more attention, so that it will be effective.