Health care function of moxibustion
1. Harmonize Qi and Blood: Qi is the source of life and blood is the material basis. Sufficient qi and blood, sufficient qi, life activities will be normal; Or you'll get sick. Moxibustion can invigorate qi and nourish blood, regulate qi and harmonize the middle energizer, and achieve the purpose of health care.
2. Warming meridians and dredging collaterals: Meridians are the channels for human qi and blood circulation. Smooth channels and collaterals are beneficial to qi and blood circulation and nutrient transport. If pathogenic factors invade the meridians, it will lead to diseases. With the help of its function of warming skin, moxibustion warms skin meridians, promotes blood circulation and unblocks collaterals, thus achieving the effect of treating various diseases and syndromes caused by stagnation of cold blood and obstruction of meridians.
3. Regulating Yin and Yang: The balance of Yin and Yang in human body is healthy, and the imbalance of Yin and Yang will cause disease. Moxibustion can restore the imbalance between yin and yang.
4, strengthening the body and eliminating evil: righteousness exists inside, and evil can't be done. Moxibustion can cultivate healthy qi and enhance the ability of preventing and treating diseases by moxibustion at certain acupoints.
What are the benefits of female moxibustion?
1, after moxibustion, there will be a feeling of being enlightened and angry, and there will be a crisp feeling, which is a good phenomenon.
2. After moxibustion, I feel that the heat energy reaches the perineum, which is a good phenomenon, indicating that I can get through the ren meridian.
3. The back of moxibustion becomes ruddy and shiny, and the panel is full and moist. The stain quickly subsided and the acne disappeared.
After moxibustion, people's mood becomes comfortable and relaxed. Very good feeling.
5, cold feeling, after moxibustion, you will feel a cool breeze, and people with cold constitution will have this phenomenon, so you should have more moxibustion.
6, stomach growling, or venting, this is a very good way to promote intestinal peristalsis and help eliminate the phenomenon of turbid gas in the body.
7. When doing moxibustion, the upper body is hot or just the lower body is hot, indicating that the meridians of the half body that is not so hot are not well accessible.
8. Dry mouth and uncomfortable throat after finishing, indicating that there is a virtual fire in the upper focus. With shoulder and neck moxibustion, the effect will be very good.
9. It is better to sweat in summer. However, moxibustion in winter is best to sweat slightly all over the body, especially on the forehead, palms and soles. People who sweat must be exhausted.
10. In the process of moxibustion, I feel that there is a hot air in the lower abdomen, which can form an airflow with people's consciousness, flowing back and forth in people's meridians, up to the top of my head and down to the soles of my feet, and there are different feelings of acid, numbness, bloating and pain when I pass by, just like practicing Qigong. This is a very good phenomenon.
Five points for attention in moxibustion
1, it is best to drink a cup of warm water before moxibustion; It is better to add 2~3 red dates. Some women with qi deficiency will feel dizzy during or after moxibustion, so they won't.
During the whole moxibustion process, you can drink warm water with a hot mouth; Drinking cold water and eating fruit are the most taboo.
2. You can take a bath after 2 hours of moxibustion. Wipe the moxibustion area with a damp and hot towel! Many people say that you can take a bath with hot water, which is wrong.
Hot water is also wet. If you want to wash vegetables and cook, you must wear rubber gloves and wash them with hot water.
3. After moxibustion, there will be fever, thirst, excessive internal heat, itchy face, and some will have rash, fatigue, constipation, yellow urine, sweating, toothache, tinnitus, irregular bleeding and general malaise. Don't panic. Continue moxibustion and these symptoms will disappear.
At the same time, it can reduce the time of moxibustion, and you can also moxibustion Yongquan and Taichong points after soaking your feet.
4, some people eat while moxibustion, which is not good. When eating, qi and blood will be concentrated in the stomach, which will affect the therapeutic effect of moxibustion; Then it is also a challenge to stomach qi.
5. If your menstrual flow is not large, especially for women with dysmenorrhea, you can completely moxibustion during menstruation, but your moxibustion time is shorter than usual.
Ten taboos of moxibustion health care
Taboo 1: All exposed parts, such as face, neck and arms. It is not appropriate to moxibustion directly to prevent scarring and affect the appearance.
Taboo 2: Do not apply moxibustion in places with thin skin and few muscles, where muscles gather, the waist and sacrum of pregnant women, the lower abdomen, male and female testicles and other parts. In addition, do not directly moxibustion joints. In addition, don't moxibustion in big blood vessels, heart parts, eyeballs and other places.
Taboo 3: Do not wash your hands or bathe in cold water within half an hour after moxibustion. Drink more warm water than usual after moxibustion. Never drink cold water or ice water to help expel toxins from the body.
Taboo 4: Pay attention to concentration when moxibustion is applied, and don't distract attention when moxibustion is applied, so as to avoid moxa sticks moving and not on the acupoints.
Taboo 5: Pay attention to the accuracy of acupoint selection: pay attention to the comfort and naturalness of acupoint selection, pay attention to the accuracy of acupoint selection, and ensure the effect of moxibustion.
Taboo 6: Many modern clothes are made of chemical fiber, down and other textures, which are easy to catch fire. Therefore, we must pay attention to prevent the fire from falling, especially when moxibustion with moxa sticks, to prevent the moxa sticks from rolling down. After moxibustion, the lighted end of the moxa stick can be stuffed into a bottle with a diameter slightly larger than that of the moxa stick to facilitate extinguishing.
Taboo 7: Because part of the body surface should be exposed when moxibustion is applied, we should pay attention to keeping warm in winter, so as to avoid the old disease from healing and adding new diseases.
Taboo 8: Step by step. When using moxibustion for the first time, we should pay attention to mastering the amount. First, use a small amount of small doses, such as moxa sticks, or moxibustion for a shorter time and fewer times. Increase the dose in the future, not at the beginning.
Taboo 9: For people or children who are not sensitive to the panel, you can put the index finger and middle finger on both sides of the moxibustion part to sense the temperature of the moxibustion part, so as not to burn the panel, and the effect is good.
Taboo 10: Avoid moxibustion when you are extremely tired, hungry, full-fed, drunk, sweating, emotionally unstable, during some infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or when your body is extremely tired and emaciated, or when you have no self-control ability, such as mental patients.
Matters needing attention in summer moxibustion
1, absorb it and be patient. Pay attention to concentration when moxibustion is applied, and don't distract attention when moxibustion is applied, so as to avoid the moxa stick moving, not at the acupoint, hurting the skin and wasting time. For health moxibustion, we should persist for a long time, and occasionally moxibustion can not achieve the expected effect.
2. Pay attention to the accuracy of * * * and acupoints. * * * On the one hand, it should meet the needs of moxibustion, at the same time, it should pay attention to the comfort and naturalness of * * *, and find the correct parts and acupoints according to the prescription to ensure the effect of moxibustion.
3. Fire prevention. Pay attention to fire prevention when moxibustion, especially when moxibustion with moxa sticks, to prevent the moxa sticks from rolling down. After moxibustion, the lighted end of the moxa stick can be stuffed into a bottle with a diameter slightly larger than that of the moxa stick to facilitate extinguishing.
4. Pay attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling. Because moxibustion should expose part of the body surface, heatstroke should be prevented when it is hot in summer, and attention should be paid to the adjustment of indoor temperature and the opening of ventilation fan to exchange fresh air in time.
5. Prevent infection. Due to suppurative moxibustion or improper moxibustion treatment, local burns can cause sores and moxibustion sores. Be sure not to break the sore. If infected, use anti-inflammatory drugs in time.
6. Master the procedures of moxibustion. If moxibustion points are numerous and scattered, it should be carried out in the order of back, chest and abdomen, head and limbs.
7. Pay attention to the time of moxibustion. Some diseases must pay attention to the time of moxibustion, such as insomnia should be moxibustion before going to bed. Do not apply moxibustion on an empty stomach before and after meals.
8, step by step, the first use of moxibustion should pay attention to master * * *, first a small amount, small dose, such as the use of small moxa sticks, or moxibustion for a short time, less intensity. Increase the dose in the future. Don't start with a large dose.
9. Although the prevention of dizzy moxibustion is rare, once it is dizzy, it will cause dizziness, dizziness, nausea, pallor, palpitation and sweating. , even fainted. Immediately after the occurrence of dizzy moxibustion, stop moxibustion, lie on your back, add moxibustion at Zusanli, and gently moxibustion for about 10 minutes.
10, pay attention to the adjustment of moxibustion temperature. For people or children who are not sensitive to the panel, put the index finger and middle finger on both sides of the moxibustion site to sense the temperature of the moxibustion site so as not to burn the panel, and the effect is good.
Moxibustion must be treated by professionals so as not to hurt yourself.