What is the difference between acupuncture and moxibustion?

The difference between acupuncture and moxibustion

Acupuncture belongs to traditional Chinese medicine therapy. When it comes to them, many people think it is the same therapy.

Actually, it is not. Chinese medicine experts point out that acupuncture and moxibustion therapy both achieve the purpose of curing diseases and preserving health through human acupoints, but the two therapies are quite different, not the same therapy.

Although they are all based on the understanding of human meridians and acupoints, acupuncture only produces physical effects, while moxibustion is a compound effect of medicine and physics.

Moreover, the treatment scope of the two is different. The so-called "acupuncture does not do what it does, moxibustion is appropriate" refers to the difference.

First, both acupuncture and moxibustion achieve the purpose of treating diseases and preserving health through human acupoints, but acupuncture only belongs to physical therapy. Moxibustion is made of wormwood, which has the reputation of "king of herbs". When used in moxibustion, it can play a dual role in drug therapy and physical therapy.

Secondly, if acupuncture is not well mastered, it will have certain side effects, and if needle disinfection is not good, it may cross infection, while moxibustion belongs to external natural therapy and has no side effects.

Characteristics of moxibustion

First of all, the curative effect of moxibustion is amazing.

Moxibustion therapy is widely used, and it is the main method to treat diseases in ancient China.

In the words of traditional Chinese medicine, it has the functions of warming yang and benefiting qi, dispelling cold and relieving pain, tonifying deficiency and resolving hard mass, warming meridians and dredging collaterals, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass, and tonifying middle energizer and benefiting qi.

It can be widely used in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics and facial diseases, and has special effects on mastitis, prostatitis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical spondylosis and diabetes.

Secondly, moxibustion has a peculiar health care function.

For thousands of years, moxibustion has been used to prevent diseases and prolong life in China.

Huangdi Neijing "Sweating in strong wind, moxibustion means loving points", which is a kind of health moxibustion.

The anti-cancer research of moxibustion made by Japanese people such as Suto Zuo also shows that moxibustion can activate the potential anti-cancer effect in skin tissue and play a role in treating cancer.

Characteristics of acupuncture and moxibustion

Acupuncture does not rely on taking medicine to treat diseases, but only uses acupuncture to stab nerves in a certain part of the patient's body to cause local reactions, or burns the part with the warmth of fire to achieve the purpose of treating diseases.

Clinically, acupuncture therapy can diagnose the cause, find out the key to the disease and distinguish the nature of the disease according to the diagnosis and treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine.

Then make the corresponding acupoint prescription for treatment.

In order to dredge meridians, regulate qi and blood, make yin and yang relatively balanced, and make the functions of viscera tend to be harmonious, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.

Advantages of acupuncture therapy

First, it has a wide range of indications, and can be used for the treatment and prevention of many diseases such as internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, ent, etc.

Second, the effect of treating diseases is relatively rapid and remarkable, especially it has good functions of stimulating body functions, improving disease resistance, sedation and analgesia.

Third, the operation method is simple and easy.

Fourth, the economy of medical expenses.

Fifth, it has no or few side effects, is basically safe and reliable, and can be combined with other therapies for comprehensive treatment.

These are also the reasons why it has always been welcomed by the people.

Simply put, acupuncture is physical therapy, while moxibustion is a magical therapy combining physics with medicine.

The effect is very good.