There is a long-standing story about ginger moxibustion: in the distant Qin and Han dynasties, people used "dog days moxibustion" to prevent diseases.

What is dog moxibustion?

It refers to slicing the selected ginger, sticking it on the corresponding acupoints in the dog days with the highest yang, that is, the first, middle and last three days of the year, and then lighting moxibustion on it to promote blood circulation, dredge human meridians, and achieve the effect of health care and conditioning.

Ginger-separated moxibustion is a moxibustion method with ginger slices as spacers.

Of course, if you feel unwell, you should take care of yourself, and don't go to see a doctor unless you are very ill. Not to mention the pain now, it is even more stupid to wait until summer to go to moxibustion for conditioning. Moxibustion can be operated in four seasons, treating diseases first and then getting sick. Sufficient yang can cure all diseases, and moxibustion is the first choice for nourishing yang and eliminating dampness in traditional Chinese medicine.

"Records of Famous Doctors" records: "Ginger tastes pungent and slightly warm. Indications are typhoid fever, headache, nasal congestion, cough due to adverse qi, and vomiting. " Ginger has the effects of expelling pathogenic wind, relieving exterior syndrome, harmonizing stomach, warming channels and relieving pain, and has obvious antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, as well as sedative, antiemetic and antiallergic effects.

Combining fresh ginger with moxibustion can not only tonify the spleen and stomach, but also warm the middle warmer, reduce adverse reactions, stop vomiting, remove dampness, reduce swelling, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm. Ginger-separated moxibustion has become one of the most commonly used moxibustion methods because of its convenient materials.

In the book Acupuncture by Yang Jizhou in the Ming Dynasty, there is such a record: "Moxibustion uses ginger slices as thick as money, which are placed in acupuncture points on the tongue, and then moxibustion is performed." Later, Zhang Jingyue of the Ming Dynasty mentioned in The Analects: "Simply cut ginger into thin slices, put it on the sore spot of hemorrhoids, and moxibustion on ginger with moxa sticks for three times, and yellow water will come out and dissipate on its own."

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginger-separated moxibustion can adapt to all deficiency-cold diseases.

Specifically, ginger moxibustion is suitable for treating diseases caused by yang deficiency. There are mainly two kinds of diseases: one is allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis, chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma and children's winter colds; The other is diseases related to deficiency cold, such as stomach diseases, arthritis, kidney deficiency, tumors, headache due to deficiency cold, colitis and other chronic diseases.

Real case

? In the summer of 20 16, I treated such a patient in Aishang Traditional Health Center in Dean County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. She is a treasure mother, who relies heavily on air conditioning every summer, often stays in an air-conditioned room all day, and is insatiable for air conditioning. Over time, her body was attacked by cold air, and then symptoms such as scapulohumeral periarthritis, cervical spondylosis and arm pain appeared, which lasted for several years. It is difficult to mop the floor and wash clothes at home. In view of this deficiency-cold symptom, I used cupping moxibustion, hanging moxibustion and mud moxibustion to recuperate her for 3 days, and the effect was good. I'm 30% better. I can raise my arm, but I still can't work. So after 15 days, I gave her ginger-separated moxibustion and successfully drove the cold evil out of the patient's body. She said that she was getting better every day, and the root of her illness was removed. After the treatment, she maintained it every three days. In the last week of that month, people with normal shoulder movements were the same, and they took their children swimming together in summer.

It is suggested that when moxibustion and ginger are separated, take a piece of fresh ginger.

What is freshness? That is, ginger unearthed for a short time, not ginger that has been almost dried for a long time.

What is old ginger? That is, ginger in ginger. Then, use a knife to cut ginger slices with a thickness of about 0.2 ~ 0.5 cm along the fiber longitudinal direction of ginger, and the size can cover the acupoint area. Remember, you should use a triangular needle to pierce several holes in the middle of the ginger, so that moxibustion fire can enter the human body through the ginger gap more smoothly during moxibustion. Finally, put the moxa stick on the ginger for moxibustion.

To what extent is moxibustion? Generally speaking, moxibustion is 5 ~ 10 foot each time, and it is appropriate when flushing occurs locally in the acupoint area. During moxibustion, when you feel a burning sensation in the acupoint area, you can lift the ginger slightly to prevent skin burns.

Matters needing attention in ginger-separated moxibustion

1. The thickness of ginger slices depends on the location and symptoms. If the face is sensitive, ginger slices can be thicker; If it is acute or painful, ginger slices can be cut thinner.

2. The size of moxibustion cone should be within the diameter of ginger slices. If it is too large, it will easily cause skin burns. If burns occur, you can apply a little wormwood oil to the acupoint area and add wormwood ash, which can reduce skin burns, prevent skin allergies and inhibit bacteria; Secondly, it can enhance the efficacy of moxibustion in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, warming meridians and dispelling cold.

3. Note: The sleeping posture and sitting posture of the moxibustion giver. Choose the appropriate moxibustion method. The acupuncturist's operation is convenient and safe, and it is beneficial for the human body to absorb moxibustion.

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