Moxibustion has no effect? The problem lies in these seven aspects.

Recently, some friends of moxibustion have asked about the effect of moxibustion on WeChat:

It is said that moxibustion is so magical. Why did I have moxibustion for 1 month and 2 months or even half a year?

Below I summarized some key points of moxibustion. You can check your own situation and see if there are any problems below.

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First, dialectics is not allowed.

One of the characteristics of TCM treatment is syndrome differentiation. Different people may have different conditioning methods for the same disease, so the accuracy of syndrome differentiation is the key to the therapeutic effect.

Moxibustion originally belongs to the category of traditional Chinese medicine physiotherapy, and it also needs dialectical treatment. If it is a person with yin deficiency and fire flourishing, it may aggravate the condition, let alone have a therapeutic effect.

The reason why many people's moxibustion effect is not ideal has a lot to do with the inaccuracy of syndrome differentiation. Most moxibustion friends lack systematic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, and the knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of looking, smelling, asking and palpating is even more unfamiliar. Even if they know something through the internet, there will inevitably be deviations, so the effect of moxibustion is naturally unsatisfactory.

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Second, moxibustion time is particular.

Many moxibustion friends lack understanding of this point.

The first contact with moxibustion should be a gradual principle. Moxibustion time and acupoints should be from less to more. Do not blindly apply moxibustion for a long time at first. Moxibustion lasts for several hours and there are more than a dozen acupoints. These are all incorrect practices, which are prone to physical reactions (various uncomfortable symptoms).

Moxibustion time is flexible and can be used in the morning and afternoon. Generally, it is not necessary to avoid cloudy or sunny days.

However, we must pay attention to the time of moxibustion for some diseases, such as insomnia. You can moxibustion before going to bed, and don't moxibustion some Shengyang points at night, such as Dazhui and Baihui. Hemorrhagic diseases should be moxibustion at any time, and continue moxibustion for a period of time after hemostasis to avoid recurrence; Do not apply moxibustion on an empty stomach before and after meals.

If there is no pain in the body at ordinary times, moxibustion at health-care acupoints can be done 2-3 times a week, and each acupoint is about 15-20 minutes. If you have pain such as a cold, or your body is cold, you can moxibustion the corresponding acupoints for a longer time, and each acupoint can last for 20-30 minutes. If there is no pain, don't moxibustion every day, it is easy to get angry (dry mouth, constipation, acne, nosebleeds, etc. ).

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Third, the order of moxibustion should not be chaotic.

"Qian Jin Fang" records: "All moxibustion should be first yang and then yin ... first up and then down." What is said here is the procedure of moxibustion.

If there are matching points at the top, bottom, front and back, moxibustion should be applied to the Yang meridian, then to the Yin meridian, first to the upper part, then to the lower part, that is, first to the back, then to the chest and abdomen, first to the head and body, and then to the limbs. Take it from yang to yin. There is no harm in overdosing, so you can't go against moxibustion.

If you don't pay attention to the order, head and face moxibustion often has sequelae or discomfort such as facial fever, dry throat and dry mouth. Even if there is no such reaction, moxibustion should be done from top to bottom, which is the same as acupuncture and moxibustion. Order is not chaotic and will not be forgotten.

Fourth, pay attention to the amount of moxibustion.

1. Diseases of children, women, thin people, weak people, first moxibustion and hypofunction: small moxa cone, thin moxa stick, few strong people and few acupoints.

2. Adults, obese, physically strong, insensitive, ADHD: large moxa sticks, thick moxa sticks, and many strong people.

3, weak or old: not resistant to moxibustion, you can use a small shovel to apply moxibustion several times.

4. sensitive person: The moxa stick is small, the moxa stick is thin and the time is short.

In addition, the waist, back, abdomen, shoulders and thighs are thick and cold, and the sun is about to take off. Must be big and strong, but it can be big and big.

Moxibustion on the head, face, chest and limbs with thin skin and tendons, cold and cold, carbuncle and numbness should not be too much, and should be less and not more.

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Fifth, the accuracy of acupoint matching.

Just like the dialectics mentioned earlier, the matching point is very important.

Moxibustion without acupoints is equivalent to turning off the lights and walking at night.

1, single disease or disease with obvious focal reaction point.

Mainly choose Ashi point (that is, the lesion site or the corresponding reaction point), such as local pain, local dermatitis or eczema, tennis elbow, arthritis and so on.

2. Judge whether it is a systemic disease.

If it is a systemic disease, it will generally be matched with acupoints that improve immune function, such as Dazhui, Quchi, Qihai, Guanyuan and Zusanli. If it is a blood-borne disease, it is necessary to add moxibustion to the diaphragm and blood sea to achieve the effect of eradication. Such as urticaria, in addition to moxibustion to treat the local Ashi point with obvious rash attack, Dazhui, Quchi, Geba, Qihai, Guanyuan, Xue Hai, Zusanli and other points are also needed.

3. Judge whether it is a chronic disease.

Because of the long course of chronic diseases, it often leads to the damage of physical vitality and the imbalance of viscera, so moxibustion is often helpful to protect the Guanyuan of Yang and regulate the Zusanli of viscera.

4. Judge whether it is a disease related to viscera.

If it is related to zang-fu, besides selecting the acupoints near the corresponding zang-fu, it is also necessary to match the corresponding Shu points of Zusanli on the back and lower limbs. For example, gastritis, you can choose the upper, middle or lower part near epiglottis (according to the position of disease reaction), and then add Shu Wei point and Zusanli point behind it. Similarly, if it is liver disease, you can choose the portal vein near the liver, plus the liver fat on the back, with the Zusanli of the lower limbs.

5. Do you have any experience?

For example, a large pier for hernia and a curved pool for eye diseases; Hemorrhoids use the most points; Take Shu Tian for constipation and diarrhea; Toothache and valley; Collapse and leakage; The nervous system or sedimentation disease is selected by Baihui.

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Sixth, the duration of moxibustion.

The duration of moxibustion is extremely important, sometimes directly affecting the curative effect of moxibustion.

Usually deficiency and cold need to be "supplemented" and accepted. The common methods are hanging moxibustion, moxa box warm moxibustion, slow attack with small fire and natural success.

For excess fever, the method of "purging" should be used, and the common method is bird pecking moxibustion, which leads excess moisture, cold and internal heat out of the body to achieve the purpose of expelling the disease.

However, empirical evidence is easy to treat, while deficiency syndrome is difficult to adjust. Therefore, people with long-term deficiency must be prepared for long-term moxibustion.

Seven, make good use of moxibustion, the effect is doubled.

1, ginger moxibustion can adapt to all symptoms of deficiency and cold.

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 gastropathy, arthritis, headache due to deficiency cold, colitis and so on.

2. Onion moxibustion is very effective in treating abdominal distension after abdominal surgery and postpartum amenorrhea.

The former takes Shu Tian and Shangjuxu points, while the latter takes Shenque point, which generally requires moxibustion for 7 ~ 10 feet each time. Every day or every other day 1 time, 7 ~ 10 days is a course of treatment, and good results can be seen after two courses of treatment. If necessary, moxibustion can also be used for one course of treatment.

3. In modern Chinese medicine, salt-separated moxibustion can be used to treat various abdominal diseases and other diseases.

Such as dysentery, gonorrhea and prolapse. Because salt-separated moxibustion has the functions of restoring yang, relieving adverse reactions, warming the middle warmer and dispelling cold, it has a good effect on yang deficiency, cold limbs, acute abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea.

Write it at the back

People who come into contact with moxibustion for the first time are very worried about whether moxibustion has side effects. Moxibustion is a pure natural therapy, and moxibustion itself will not produce side effects.

The side effects of moxibustion are mainly manifested in the wrong judgment of physique and the wrong choice of moxibustion methods, which leads to physical discomfort and can be adjusted through correct guidance. Moxibustion has the advantages of obvious effect, simplicity, economy and practicality, almost no toxic and side effects, and generally no adverse reactions to human body.

But after moxibustion, different people have different reactions. Some people have fever, toothache, tinnitus, nosebleeds, dry throat, and some women have too much or too little menstrual flow. Actually, this is normal. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "blinding reaction", which is a precursor of the disease. If you want to cure the disease, you must have a dazzling reaction! Of course, if these phenomena occur repeatedly, or the situation is serious, you can slow down the frequency of moxibustion and apply moxibustion every other day until the symptoms are relieved, and then switch to health moxibustion.