The navel can be said to connect nature and nurture, which is very important to our health. Because the belly button is fragile, it is vulnerable to various external stimuli. If cold air enters the body from the navel, it will cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and gastrointestinal spasm.
Shenque point navel is called Shenque point in Chinese medicine. Fetuses need nutrition and oxygen from their mothers to grow and develop in the abdomen. In the process of new life, all the necessary substances can only be absorbed by the placenta on the mother and delivered to the fetus through the umbilical cord. After the baby was born, the placenta and umbilical cord lost their original functions and completed their historical mission.
Essentially, the navel is the scar left by the umbilical cord after the fetus is born. The navel is located on the midline of the abdomen at the level of the anterior superior iliac spine, and its diameter is about 1.0 ~ 2.0 cm. The anterior midline is also called Renmai, and the navel is on Renmai.
How does Shenque point (umbilical eye) have a good moxibustion effect? Shenque point can be directly moxibustion with moxa stick, and moxibustion can be carried out back and forth on the navel until the skin is slightly red and it stops when you feel fever. It can warm channels and dispel cold, and treat dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain, diarrhea and edema of yin water.
Another method is called salt-separated moxibustion. Fill the navel with dry salt, or cover the salt with a thin slice of ginger, and then moxibustion on the salt with moxa sticks. This method requires continuous moxibustion and is suitable for qi deficiency, stroke and other diseases.
Efficacy of Moxibustion at Shenque Acupoint Moxibustion at Shenque Acupoint can dredge meridians and qi and blood of the whole body, balance yin and yang, enhance physical fitness and maintain the normal operation of viscera and organs. Moxibustion at Shenque point can warm the middle warmer to relieve pain, warm the yang to stop diarrhea, raise yang to relieve depression, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and regulate the stomach, such as chronic abdominal pain due to cold deficiency, chronic diarrhea, such as diarrhea-type irritable bowel syndrome, constipation after stroke, debilitating proctoptosis and organ prolapse.
Shenque point is located in Renmai. Moxibustion at Shenque point can warm and tonify kidney-yang, strengthen the foundation and strengthen the body, promote diuresis, and be helpful for urinary retention, urinary incontinence and edema.
Conclusion Moxibustion conditioning can go deep into acupoints with the help of the yang-rising function of wormwood, and play the roles of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, dispelling cold and relieving pain, warming lower energizer, invigorating qi and benefiting blood. Generally, you can choose moxibustion box for moxibustion, or you can use manual moxa sticks to hang moxibustion.
When moxibustion at Shenque point, warm measures should be taken. If you are too hungry, you should not do it, especially children, who belong to pure yang. If you moxibustion at the belly button, it is easy for your child to get angry and have a nosebleed.