What does moxibustion mean in traditional Chinese medicine?

There is no moxibustion in the pharmacy, only roasting.

Burning method: one of the processing methods of traditional Chinese medicine. Stir-frying medicinal materials with liquid auxiliary materials makes the auxiliary materials penetrate into the medicinal materials, so it is also called co-frying. According to the different auxiliary materials, it can be divided into the following types:

1: wine roasting: there are two methods: a: first, stir the medicinal materials and wine evenly, and then heat and fry until it is slightly yellow; B: Second, stir-fry the herbs until they are slightly yellow, sprinkle with wine, slice and stir-fry for a while. Such as wine roasted angelica and Sichuan lotus.

2. Vinegar baking: Bake with rice vinegar as above. Such as fried Rhizoma Cyperi, Rhizoma Sparganii, etc.

3. Salt roasting: firstly, dissolve the salt in water, and then stir-fry with the medicinal materials. Such as roasted orange kernels and phellodendron amurense.

4. Stir-fry ginger: first mash ginger to get juice, and then stir-fry it with medicinal materials. Such as ginger and bamboo shavings.

5: honey roasting: mix the medicinal materials with honey, and then heat and stir fry. Such as roasted licorice and loquat leaves.

6. Rice swill: Soak in rice swill before frying. Such as baked atractylodes rhizome.

7. Sheep fat roast: also called crispy roast. Stir-fried sheep fat with medicinal materials. Such as roasted epimedium.

8. Toilet roasting: Take medicinal materials and fry them with the boy's urine. For example, roasted Cyperus tuber.

9. Braised turtle blood: First, mix turtle blood with a small amount of water and medicinal materials, then leave it for a while and fry it in a pot until it becomes discolored. Fried Bupleurum chinense with tortoise blood.

10: Alum baking: firstly, dissolve alum in water, sprinkle it into the fried medicinal materials, and fry it dry. Such as roasted turmeric.

1 1: Stir-fry the medicinal juice: stir-fry the medicinal juice with the medicinal materials. Such as fried Evodia rutaecarpa with licorice juice.

Excerpted from the Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine