1. Moxibustion first generates heat: after the skin is heated, the pores expand, so that the medicine quickly penetrates under the skin and reaches the focus. The oxidation rate of oxygen utilization increases by 2.5 times for every degree of battery temperature increase. Moxibustion can improve the ability and speed of cells to absorb nutrients.
2. Moxibustion can be used in combination with other traditional Chinese medicines except wormwood: after a variety of valuable Chinese herbal medicines are added to moxibustion materials, their medicinal components can quickly reach the focus, and under the action of heat and moxibustion force, they can instantly dredge meridians and activate cells.
3. Moxibustion can instantly stimulate meridian points and open meridians.
4. When moxibustion is applied to human acupoints, human meridians and acupoints have self-regulating function. For example, diarrhea and constipation, two completely opposite pathological states, can be solved by moxibustion at Shu Tian point.
5. After moxibustion, there will be heat-sensitive conduction at meridian points. Penetration of heat, expansion of heat, heat transfer, remote heat which is not hot locally, deep heat which is not hot on the surface, etc. Or other non-hot feelings: acid, swelling, pressure, weight, pain, numbness, cold and so on. When moxibustion is applied or far away from the moxibustion site.
Pay attention to 7 points in moxibustion to lose weight.
1. Keep calm before moxibustion. After great anger, great joy and great sorrow, it is not appropriate to moxibustion immediately.
2. After moxibustion, you should be optimistic and cheerful, carefully nursed back to health, abstain from prostitution, don't be overworked, and be light and vegetarian, which will help the curative effect.
3. Be patient with moxibustion, don't rush for success, moxibustion takes a long time, and you must have the confidence to persist for a long time in order to receive unexpected results. We must persevere in medical care.
4. Moxibustion can be done in the morning and afternoon, and there is no need to avoid food on sunny days. Moxibustion is better for insomnia at night.
5. There is generally no adverse reaction of moxibustion. However, due to different constitutions and symptoms, there may be reactions such as fever, fatigue, dry mouth and general discomfort when moxibustion is started. Generally, it will disappear if moxibustion continues.
6. Avoid catching cold after moxibustion. Dressed neatly in autumn and winter, the sweat on my body disappeared before going out. After moxibustion in spring and summer, we should also pay attention to keeping warm. Don't take a bath on the day of moxibustion to avoid catching a cold.
7. Drinking a cup of warm water before and after moxibustion is beneficial to detoxification after moxibustion.
The role of moxibustion
1 Warming Meridian to Dispel Cold
The normal life activities of human body depend on the function of qi and blood. The movement of qi leads to the circulation of blood, and the cessation of qi leads to the cessation of blood. The popularity of meridian blood gas is entirely due to the promotion of qi. Various reasons, such as "cold leads to qi stagnation and heat leads to qi disease", can affect the prevalence of blood gas and cause various diseases. While warm is slippery, cold is astringent, that is to say, qi and blood circulation has the characteristics of warm dispersing and cold coagulating. Therefore, Zhu Danxi said, "It's good if the blood is hot, and it will condense when it is cold." . Therefore, all diseases with blood stasis and no heat can be treated with warming qi. The article "Soul Pivot Stabbing the True Evil" says: "Blood coagulation stops in the pulse, and the Buddha can take it from the fire." "Lingshu Forbidden Clothing" also said: "Sleepy people should be moxibustion because their pulse blood is in the middle and blood is cold." Moxibustion is the application of its warm stimulation, which plays the role of warming meridians and dredging arthralgia. Through the warm stimulation of hot moxibustion on meridian points, it can warm meridians and dispel cold, strengthen the operation of qi and blood, and achieve the purpose of clinical treatment Therefore, moxibustion can be used for arthralgia and diarrhea caused by blood stasis and cold, and the effect is very remarkable.
2 disease prevention and health care
Ancient doctors in China have long recognized the importance of disease prevention, and put forward the academic ideas of "prevention before illness" and "treatment before illness". Moxibustion not only has therapeutic effect, but also has the function of disease prevention and health care. It is one of the methods of disease prevention and health care and has been recorded in many ancient documents. It was mentioned as early as Huangdi Neijing. In order to prevent rabies, it is necessary to moxibustion the top three places bitten by dogs, that is, moxibustion with the method of dog injury. "Prepare a thousand dollars" says: "Every official who travels in Wu and Shu often needs moxibustion in three or two places. If you don't make the sore temporarily, the furuncle will not hurt people. " It shows that moxibustion can prevent infectious diseases. Acupuncture Dacheng mentioned that moxibustion at Zusanli can prevent stroke. Acupoint moxibustion can make people feel full of stomach qi, Yang Qi and essence and blood, thus enhancing the body's resistance, making diseases and pathogens difficult to commit, and achieving the purpose of disease prevention and health care. In modern times, the disease prevention and health care function of moxibustion has become one of the important health care methods.
3 regulating sub-health
Moxibustion is mainly used to regulate sub-health in modern times. Many sub-health problems of modern people, such as backache, insomnia, forgetfulness, neck and shoulder pain, and irregular menstruation of women due to palace cold, can be easily relieved by moxibustion. This is a pure natural conditioning method with no side effects. Warm moxa can promote blood circulation, dredge meridians, adjust the balance of yin and yang of viscera, replenish yang and energy for the body, and eliminate evil spirits.