Chinese medicine solar terms health: the first explanation of frost moxibustion

The first frost, one of the 24 solar terms, is also the last solar term in autumn. The first frost means the beginning of winter, and everyone will pay attention to health. Some people will choose diet therapy or moxibustion. So do you know about moxibustion therapy in traditional Chinese medicine? Come and have a look with me.

65438+1October 23rd is the first frost. As the last solar term in autumn, the first frost is the transition from autumn to winter. At this time, it is already late autumn, and the weather outside is cold, and Yin Qi is heavier, so the resistance of the elderly will also decline, and it is easy to have symptoms of yang deficiency such as chills and chills in the back. There is a folk proverb called "it is better to make up the first frost a year". Moxibustion is the best external supplement for the first frost. Proper moxibustion can relieve asthma and cough, warm yang and dispel cold, and enhance body resistance. Walking out of the following misunderstandings can help you better carry out moxibustion health care.

The older the moxa stick, the better. Xin Ai smells delicious. Contains a lot of volatile oil, which burns quickly, has strong firepower and smoke, and is easy to hurt skin and blood vessels; Artemisia argyi contains less volatile oil, burns slowly, has mild firepower and little smoke, and Artemisia argyi ash is not easy to fall off, so Ai Chen is used more than Ai Xin in clinic. However, the older the moxa stick, the better. Five years of Ai Chen is the limit. If it is preserved for a long time, the taste and efficacy of wormwood will be greatly reduced. In addition, due to the cost, manufacturers generally don't produce Ai Chen strips for more than five years, so most claims on the market that the time is more than five years are just gimmicks and unreliable. Moreover, if the moxa stick is left for too long, the efficacy will be weakened. Ordinary elderly people can use moxa sticks for 3 to 5 years.

Okay, moxa sticks are not poisonous. Moxibustion can produce smoke, but moxa smoke is a kind of medicinal gas, which is different from cigarette smoke. Pharmacological experiments have proved that. Ai Yan has obvious antibacterial effect, which can resist many viruses and can also be used for air disinfection. But if you use inferior moxa sticks, there are many impurities, and such smoke is harmful to your health. Generally speaking, as long as qualified moxa sticks are selected, there will be no harm caused by the smoke of moxa sticks. So as to reduce odor irritation. You can breathe more when moxibustion. Now there are smokeless moxa sticks, and there is little smoke, but some effective components are lost in the production process, so the efficacy of smoked moxa sticks is better than smokeless moxa sticks. If the moxa smoke is acceptable, it is recommended to choose smoked moxa sticks; If it is not acceptable, choose smokeless moxa sticks.

You don't have to choose high-purity moxa sticks for moxibustion. The quality of moxa sticks depends largely on the purity of moxa sticks. The purity of wormwood is expressed by the ratio of how many kilograms of wormwood leaves are made 1 kg of wormwood. There are four common grades of wormwood: ordinary grade (8: 1 below), advanced grade (15: 1 below), super grade (25: 1 below) and top grade (25: 1 above). But it doesn't mean that high-purity moxa is needed in all cases. Generally speaking, when choosing a warm moxibustion tube for warm moxibustion or moxibustion separated from objects, the level of moxa sticks should not be too high, and the burning speed of moxa sticks is too fast, which is not suitable. Just choose ordinary or advanced. If it is moxibustion directly on the body, it is more appropriate to choose special or best moxa sticks.

The above conclusion is the first frost moxibustion I brought to you. I wonder if it will help everyone?