What are the benefits of moxibustion? What are the precautions during moxibustion?

Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine moxibustion method, and moxa stick moxibustion is also called moxibustion method. Many elderly people have some moxa sticks at home. It is made of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, which acts on human acupuncture points through moxa heat to achieve the purpose of treating diseases. In fact, it has many benefits not only for the elderly, but also for the young. So what are the benefits of moxibustion?

1. The role of moxibustion 1. Regulation of meridians

Meridian theory is the theoretical basis of moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine. Moxibustion at Yongquan point is mainly realized through the adjustment of meridians. Modern research shows that meridians and acupoints have three characteristics:

1. Meridian acupoints are externally sensitive to drugs, that is, some acupoints selected by the same moxibustion method are obviously different from ordinary body surface acupoints.

2. Meridians and acupoints amplify the effects of drugs. Meridian is not a simple body surface approach, but a multi-level, multi-functional and multi-morphological regulation system. Moxibustion is applied to acupoints, which affects their multi-level physiological functions. In this cycle induction process, they produce the results of mutual excitation, mutual coordination and mutual superposition, thus producing physiological amplification effect.

3. Meridian acupoints have the function of storing drugs in drug storage acupoints, and the physical and chemical effects of drugs stay at acupoints for a long time or are released to the whole body, which has an overall adjustment and cure effect on diseases.

2. Local stimulation

Acupuncture is a specific part, the first warm place to prevent and treat diseases through the stimulation of basic fire, and the incentive mechanism of fire. It is this warm stimulation that causes local skin capillaries to dilate and congestion, improves blood circulation and lymphatic circulation, relieves and eliminates muscle spasm, metabolizes local skin tissues, and promotes the absorption of pathological products such as inflammation, adhesion, exudation and bleeding. It can also cause diffusion substances inhibited by cerebral cortex, reduce excitatory nervous system, and play a sedative and analgesic role; At the same time, hyperthermia can promote the absorption of drugs.

3. The role of regulating immune function

Many experiments have confirmed that moxibustion can enhance immune function. Many therapeutic effects of moxibustion are also realized by regulating human immune function, which has the characteristics of two-way regulation, that is, the low one can increase and the high one can decrease, and this regulation is more obvious in pathological state.

4. Pharmacological effects of drugs themselves

Although the use of moxibustion is not as rich as that of internal medicine, we can also see the dialectical treatment of moxibustion from the clinical application of various moxibustion and Taiyi and Lei Huo acupuncture. What is particularly worth mentioning is the role of moxa sticks, the main raw material of moxibustion. In Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty, Wu said: "Folium Artemisiae Argyi is bitter in taste, warm in nature, ripe and hot in nature, and pure in yang, which can eliminate yang, dredge the twelve meridians, take three yin, regulate qi and blood, dispel cold and dampness, warm the uterus, stop blood, warm the middle warmer, relieve depression, regulate menstruation and prevent miscarriage, and use it to love fire to dredge meridians and eliminate various diseases." It is no exaggeration to say that there is no moxibustion without Ai.

5. Comprehensive effect Moxibustion is mainly manifested as a comprehensive effect on the human body, which is the overall therapeutic effect of various factors interacting and complementing each other. First of all, the treatment of moxibustion is comprehensive. For example, if winter diseases are treated in summer, drugs such as white mustard seed are applied to Zhongshan, Shu Fei and Gaojia points to treat asthma, and aconite cake moxibustion at Shenshu points is used to resist aging. It includes local stimulation (local suppurative moxibustion, separated moxibustion), meridian points (specially selected points) and drugs, which are organically related. Second, the role of treatment is comprehensive. The stimulation of moxibustion heat can regulate local qi and blood, and the stimulation of moxa fire combined with drugs will inevitably increase the curative effect of drugs. Aromatic drugs are particularly easy to be absorbed in a warm environment. When moxibustion is applied to acupoints, it first stimulates the acupoints themselves, stimulates meridian qi, mobilizes the functions of meridians, and gives full play to the overall functions of promoting qi and blood circulation and harmonizing yin and yang. Third, people's responsiveness and therapeutic effect are comprehensive. Treatment (Moxibustion)-External factors can only act through internal factors (human reactivity). The researchers found that the same moxibustion therapy has different sensory transmission and different curative effects for patients with the same disease. The reason is that people have different reflexes. Under the guidance of the overall concept of traditional Chinese medicine and the idea of syndrome differentiation and treatment, all the above factors can be reasonably selected and flexibly used in clinical practice, thus giving full play to the greatest effect of moxibustion.

2. Precautions for moxibustion

Every summer solstice, moxibustion has a good effect on some chronic diseases, such as gastroenteritis, cold legs, sores and so on, especially diarrhea in children. This is because the human body is full of yang in summer, and the penetration of moxa sticks is particularly strong, which has a multiplier effect.

Moxibustion consumes some essence, so we should pay attention to taboos:

1. All exposed parts such as face should not be directly moxibustion to prevent scar formation.

2. Don't apply moxibustion on thin skin, less muscles and tendons, pregnant women's lumbosacral abdomen, male and female nipples, female private parts, testicles and other parts. Don't moxibustion joints directly, and don't moxibustion big blood vessels and heart parts.

3. Extreme fatigue, hunger, satiety, drunkenness, excessive sweating, emotional instability, or female menstrual taboo moxibustion.

4. Avoid moxibustion during certain infectious diseases, high fever, coma and convulsions, or when the body is extremely tired and emaciated.

5. People who have no self-control ability such as mental patients should avoid moxibustion.

3. Where can moxibustion detoxify?

(1) Hegu point

Hegu point is located at the position where the transverse stripes of the first joint of one thumb are opposite to the edge of the tiger's mouth of the other hand, with the thumb flexed and the fingertips pointing. Hegu point has the functions of ascending and descending turbidity, activating qi and promoting blood circulation. Moxibustion at this point can help the body eliminate dampness and detoxify. When there is red blood on the face, moxibustion can play a very good role in relieving it.

(2) Zusanli point

Zusanli point is located three inches below the outer knee and a horizontal finger on the outside of the tibia. Sticking to moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes every day can achieve the effect of eliminating dampness and expelling toxin.

(3) Xiexi point

Moxibustion at Jiexi point 15 minutes on the dorsum of foot and ankle joint every day can play an obvious role in expelling toxin and eliminating dampness.

4. How to operate moxibustion detoxification?

(1) ginger moxibustion

Cut fresh ginger into thin slices with a thickness of about 0.3, puncture a few small holes in the thin slices with a needle, put them on the moxibustion point, and put a large and medium-sized moxa cone in the center of the thin slices for moxibustion. If you feel burning, you can lift the ginger slices away from the skin for a while, then put them down immediately, and then apply moxibustion repeatedly, with local skin flushed and moist as the degree, generally 5 ~ 654 times each time.

(2) garlic moxibustion

There are two kinds of garlic moxibustion: garlic moxibustion and garlic moxibustion. The former is to cut a single garlic into 0.3cm thin slices horizontally, prick a few holes with a needle, put it on the affected part or moxibustion point, and put a big or middle moxa stick in the center of the garlic slice for moxibustion. Every time moxibustion is 4-5 strong, it is necessary to replace new garlic slices and continue moxibustion treatment. Garlic paste moxibustion is to pound garlic into garlic paste, put it on the affected part or moxibustion point, put moxa sticks or mugs on the garlic paste, and light moxibustion. In these two methods of moxibustion with garlic paste, each acupoint should be strong enough, and the redness of moxibustion point is the degree.

(3) Salt-separated moxibustion

Put dry salt into navel, fill navel, and put a big moxa cone on it for moxibustion. When the patient feels burning, he can change the moxa stick or put ginger slices on salt for moxibustion. When the patient feels burning, lift the ginger slices and keep the residual heat until a needle is burned. Generally, moxibustion is 3-7 strong.

(4) Hanging moxibustion with moxa sticks

Mild moxibustion: light a piece of moxa stick, aim at the acupoint or affected part, and smoke moxibustion at a place 2-3 cm away from the skin. It is appropriate for patients to feel warm locally without burning sensation. Generally, moxibustion at each acupoint lasts for 65,438+00 ~ 65,438+05 minutes until the skin is flushed and moist.

Rotating moxibustion: ignite the moxa stick and hang it about 3 cm above the moxibustion site. The moxa stick moves back and forth or rotates repeatedly at the moxibustion site, so that the skin has a warm feeling without burning pain. Generally, moxibustion at each acupoint lasts for 65,438+00 ~ 65,438+05 minutes.