For people with peaceful and healthy constitution, if necessary, it is recommended that the frequency of abdominal moxibustion be 1-2 times a week.
Because moxibustion every day, warm stimulation can dilate the pores of the skin, and the pores are in a state of expansion for a long time. The hot air of moxibustion enters the skin with the opened sweat pores, which is easy to damage body fluids, and then symptoms of yin deficiency such as dry mouth, night sweats and insomnia appear. Therefore, it is best to moxibustion once every once in a while, but it does not rule out that the body has symptoms and needs moxibustion every day.
2 What is the efficacy and function of moxibustion on the stomach? Warming meridians to dispel cold. Wormwood is warm and enters the liver, spleen and kidney meridians. Moxibustion of stomach with moxa sticks and moxa leaves can play a certain role in warming meridians, dispelling cold and warming the body, such as cold pain in the lower abdomen, irregular menstruation, infertility due to palace cold and so on.
Clearing heat and purging fire has always been considered that moxibustion is mainly used to treat cold syndrome, but as long as moxibustion is used properly, it can not only dispel cold, but also clear heat, and has a two-way adjustment effect on the body. In Huangdi Neijing, moxibustion is mentioned to treat carbuncle, which has the effect of detoxifying and clearing heat.
Moxibustion for disease prevention and health care not only treats diseases, but also has the function of disease prevention and health care. Moxibustion is one of the traditional methods of disease prevention and health care in China. If moxibustion on abdomen is used reasonably, it can make the human body full of essence and blood, thus improving human immunity and playing the role of disease prevention and health care.
3 What time of day is moxibustion good according to personal physique.
There is no particular emphasis on the time of moxibustion in the general population. Moxibustion can be done most of the time, as long as it is avoided during the period of hunger and satiety.
If there are diseases that cause pain and discomfort due to wind, cold and dampness, it is suggested that moxibustion is better in the morning. At this time, the yang of human body rises, and the stimulation effect with warm moxibustion will be better.
If you are an insomnia patient, moxibustion one hour before going to bed is better, which can produce better effects of dredging meridians, harmonizing qi and blood and helping sleep.
How long does moxibustion last? In general, it takes about 15-20 minutes to use moxa stick moxibustion or moxa stick moxibustion on an acupoint. If moxibustion box moxibustion is used, each moxibustion time is between 15-30 minutes. Of course, if your skin is delicate and sensitive, you can shorten the moxibustion time according to your own situation.