Wormwood kills germs, can smoked wormwood fight coronavirus?

"Ling Shu? Official function" cloud: ? The needle is not, moxibustion is appropriate? Moxibustion therapy is an ancient traditional treatment method, used to prevent and cure diseases by the patient's favorite.

So, what substances are released by burning moxibustion? Which of these substances are beneficial and which are harmful? How to achieve the effect of treatment? I'm afraid this is a lot of people's questions, this article is to reveal the pros and cons of moxibustion.

Moxibustion has three more research and more recognized therapeutic principles: 1, warm through

As the name suggests, it is through the warmth of moxibustion stimulation, the role of specific parts of the human body to promote the role of human qi and blood running smoothly, which has been confirmed through scientific research and clinical practice, such as moxibustion is conducive to promote the traumatic angiogenesis, to improve the state of the local blood flow, is conducive to the establishment of the local microcirculation and wound healing. It is beneficial to the establishment of local microcirculation and wound healing. Moxibustion combined with exercise therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee joint can warm the meridians and improve muscle strength and strengthen the role of knee joint stability. This is not unique to moxibustion, other modalities of warm stimulation, can achieve similar results.

2, warm tonic

It is well known that moxa leaves are fragrant and warm, warm menstruation and stop bleeding, dispersing cold and pain effect is very good. Some proprietary Chinese medicines such as Ai Wuan Gong Pills and other drugs, moxa is the main ingredient, is to warm menstruation and stop bleeding of the key drugs, moxa in which mainly play a role in dispersing cold and warming the role of the cold, suitable for the cold bleeding conditions.

The clinical research on the warming effect of moxibustion mainly focuses on the relationship between warm stimulation and the resulting protection of the body, organ function recovery and other related effects, the warming effect of moxibustion is embodied in the following: promote gastrointestinal blood circulation, promote nutrient production, transportation, distribution and utilization, improve hematopoietic function, regulate neuroendocrine, improve immunity, etc. etc.

3, light radiation effect

This, perhaps, is the biggest difference with other plants or drugs burned to produce heat radiation. We may all know infrared, in fact, is the radiation wavelength in the 760nm ~ 400?m band is of medical value, and the shorter the wavelength, the higher the frequency of the wave, the greater the penetration ability, that is, into the human body is also the deeper. Studies have shown that the wavelength produced by the burning of mugwort leaves is between 0.8~5.6?m, which can be absorbed by the human body, and the spectrum is relatively discrete. So people feel hot on the surface, but studies have reported that the local energy metabolism rate is higher than the surrounding. From the perspective of modern medicine, that is, the epidermis absorbs heat, accelerating the blood circulation of the body surface, driving the body's own metabolism. That is, according to Chinese medicine, to open the meridians and channels, and qi and blood flow smoothly.

Released substances

Currently, the clinical therapeutic effect of moxa smoke is unquestionable, both in animal experiments and clinical observations have been confirmed. The longer the moxa is stored, the higher the proportion of moxa velvet, the relatively less volatile components, the higher the relative content of difficult to volatilize components, and the more obvious the effect.

What substances are actually released by burning moxa?

The main thing is the smoke released by burning, which is also a subsidiary product of the moxibustion treatment process. The effects of moxa smoke on the human body contain both favorable components (eucalyptus oil extract, camphor, hinoki brain) and unfavorable components (pentylbenzene, phthalates, naphthalenes). Naphthalenes are carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Now medical research has shown that the volatile oil in the smoke of mugwort leaves, a variety of pathogenic bacteria and viruses have inhibited or killed. Although at present, there is still no smoked mugwort can resist the role of coronary virus, but from the principle, smoked mugwort is a spectral type of sterilization method , Hubei is the hometown of Li Shizhen, but also the most widely used region of mugwort, I believe that many areas have long been using mugwort to resist the coronary virus.

It is generally believed that the combustion products of moxa on the one hand, through the respiratory system so that the olfactory organs to produce odor sensation, in the nerve center of the brain to show a special conduction pathway, causing all aspects of the body's information feedback; on the other hand, by the skin, pores, sweat glands and other peripheral systems absorbed into the human body, regulating the functional activities of various systems.

Research has shown that moxibustion can exert its benign effects at lower concentrations, with scavenging of free radicals and anti-aging, antibacterial and antiviral, improving immune function, and improving microcirculation. By reviewing the literature, it was found that at concentrations higher than 0.12 g/L, it can be assumed that cell viability decreases gradually as the concentration of moxa smoke increases, suggesting that moxa smoke condensate above this concentration has a toxic effect on cells.

Adverse aspects of moxa

Adverse effects of moxa include effects on respiratory function, the immune system, and the blood system. Above a certain concentration of moxa smoke can reduce lung cell activity and produce adverse reactions. Studies have shown that moxa smoke can cause chromosomal aberrations and may be genotoxic with increasing concentrations, the exact mechanism of which needs to be further investigated. This may be a risk factor for patients and healthcare workers who are chronically exposed to mugwort smoke.

If the house, smoked mugwort, should not be too long, closed half an hour can be, after which attention should be paid to timely gout,

Whether the available now technical means of replacement?

Based on people's esteem for moxibustion, and the fear of smoke allergies and other effects, some people have invented to microwave, far-infrared rays, Shenlang and other physiotherapy equipment to replace the traditional moxibustion. However, according to the clinical use of moxibustion effect is not a simple physical therapy equipment physical heat stimulation can be, but through its unique warm stimulation, light radiation, moxibustion combustion products (moxa smoke) through the patient's respiratory and fur tissue absorption and other integrated effect of the results.