The efficacy and role of moxibustion which parts can't be moxibustion?

Since moxibustion is a technique of Chinese medicine, it must have many effects, so what is its specific function? Apart from the advantages, that is the disadvantages. What are the taboos of moxibustion?

Efficacy and function of moxibustion

1, balance yin and yang, health care and disease prevention: the balance of yin and yang in human body is healthy, and the imbalance of yin and yang will cause disease, and moxibustion can restore the imbalance of yin and yang;

2. Promoting qi and blood circulation, eliminating fire and removing blood stasis: Qi is the source of life, blood is the material basis, and human life activities are normal with sufficient qi and blood. Or you'll get sick. Moxibustion can invigorate qi, nourish blood, regulate qi, and promote middle qi to achieve the purpose of health care;

3, enhance the body's resistance to evil, Hui Chunyang: If righteousness exists inside, evil can't be done. Moxibustion can cultivate the healthy qi of human body and enhance the ability of human body to prevent and treat diseases by moxibustion at certain acupoints;

4, warm and lively, strong viscera and strong organs: during moxibustion, human pores expand, regulate kidney qi, dredge viscera and keep fit;

5. Warming tendons, dispelling cold, expelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome: By igniting the far infrared rays emitted by moxa sticks, moisture, coldness and toxins in the body can be eliminated, so as to achieve the effects of moisturizing the skin and protecting the body surface;

6. Warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: Meridian is the pathway of qi and blood circulation in human body. Smooth channels and collaterals are beneficial to qi and blood circulation and nutrient transport. If evil spirits invade the meridians, it will cause diseases. Moxibustion, with the help of its function of warming the skin, warms the skin meridians and collaterals, and promotes blood circulation and collaterals, so as to achieve the effect of moxibustion on various diseases and syndromes caused by cold, blood stasis and meridian obstruction.

Which parts can't be moxibustion

Moxibustion is generally not recommended on the head and face, which is easy to leave scars and affect the appearance. It is also necessary to avoid the body surface parts corresponding to important organs of the body, otherwise it may affect the physiological functions of organs, such as the position of heart and eye nitrile. There are many nerves at the ends of limbs, so direct moxibustion will be very painful. Moxibustion is not recommended for acupoints that may cause abnormal organ activity, such as Bai Yin acupoint. Moxibustion in the lumbosacral region of pregnant women is prohibited, otherwise it may be harmful to the fetus.

Symptoms of moxibustion prohibition

Moxibustion mainly uses warm stimulation to treat diseases. Therefore, moxibustion is generally not suitable for exogenous fever, yin deficiency and internal heat, and excess heat syndrome. In addition, people who suffer from infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or extreme fatigue, bony and dying cachexia are not suitable for moxibustion because they have no self-regulation ability.

People who are forbidden to moxibustion

Generally, those who are hungry, tired, full, hungry, drunk, thirsty, frightened, frightened, furious, extremely tired and afraid of moxibustion should use moxibustion with caution. It is not suitable to use moxibustion in storm, lightning and thunder, extreme cold and heat, sweating, and women's menstrual period (except for treating massive bleeding).