Experts pointed out that the place where moxa navel is applied is the navel, which is called Shenque point in Chinese medicine. Frequent moxibustion at Shenque point has the functions of strengthening bones and muscles and prolonging life. The main pharmaceutical components of the moxa stick navel patch are moxa stick, pepper and longan pulp. Artemisia argyi is fine wool obtained by mashing dried Artemisia argyi leaves and removing impurities. Bitter and pungent, it enters liver, spleen and kidney meridians, and has the effect of warming meridians and dispelling cold. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is pungent and hot, and belongs to spleen, stomach and kidney meridians, which has the effect of warming the middle warmer and relieving pain; Longan meat, also known as longan meat, is sweet and warm, and has the function of nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation.
The three ingredients are mashed together, made into medicinal cakes, and applied to Shenque point of navel, which has the functions of warming meridians, dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
If the elderly are often afraid of cold, they are prone to cold limbs, stomachache when they catch cold, and their back is often sore and their feet are soft, which belongs to the constitution of insufficient kidney yang and cold. You can insist on using moxa stick for health care.
The medicine in Aiqi plaster has the effect of warming channels, dispelling cold and warming palace. Women are prone to cold hands and feet and cold abdomen when they have abdominal pain during menstruation. Applying moxa stick to belly button will have some effects and can play a health care role.
Obesity, easy to be afraid of cold, eating cold food is easy to have a stomachache. This kind of people belong to the cold and wet constitution caused by poor spleen and stomach transport, and they can also be treated with moxa navel paste for health care. But this is false propaganda for other effects.
It should be noted that the following types of people are not suitable for the moxa belly button patch:
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2. People with yellow and greasy tongue coating, thick and high voice, and easy to get angry or red face belong to phlegm-heat or liver-heat constitution. Do not use moxa stick for belly button. The medicine contained in Aiqi Sticker is warm, which will cause the symptoms of excessive internal heat.
3. During menstruation, women can use it if they have abdominal cold and abdominal pain. But if they have symptoms such as aphtha and dry mouth, try not to use it, otherwise it will aggravate abdominal pain.
4. Pregnant women, patients with cardiac insufficiency or hypertension should try not to use Ai Umbilical Patch. Children should be cautious when using the moxa stick navel patch, and it is best to use it in a reduced amount under the guidance of TCM syndrome differentiation.
Attention should be paid to the use of the moxa stick belly button patch: before the medicinal properties of the moxa stick belly button patch come into play, the medicine should be absorbed by the human body through the navel skin, so the medicine takes effect slowly, and it takes some time to see the effect, so it is not suitable for treating emergencies.
Ai navel patch is a patch used in contact with the skin. If the navel skin is damaged, do not use Ai navel patch to avoid infection. If allergic symptoms such as redness, swelling or maculopapules appear on the skin after using the moxa stick, stop using it immediately. In addition to moxa sticks, pepper and longan pulp, some moxa sticks also use other medicinal materials to warm meridians and help yang, so we must pay attention to them when using them. In addition, you should choose to buy brands with health care qualifications.