What is the difference between smoked moxa sticks and smokeless moxa sticks?

1, the amount of smoke is different

Because of the production of smokeless moxa sticks of moxa velvet after the sealing of charring, so smoky moxa sticks burn, there is smoke, smokeless moxa stick burning smoke is very little or even none.

2, the effect is different

Smoking moxa is more effective, smokeless is the second, this is because the production of smokeless moxa sticks of moxa, has been charcoal charcoal, charcoal needs to release heat, and moxibustion is needed to rely on the heat of moxa stick acupuncture point stimulation, so as to achieve the effect of warm through the meridians.

Smoked moxa produces more near-infrared energy than smokeless moxa produces near-infrared energy, and one of the main mechanisms of moxibustion is from the near-infrared this has a strong penetrating light energy, so smoked moxa is more effective.

3, flammability is different

Smoke moxa easy to ignite, smokeless moxa is not too easy to ignite, because smoky moxa ignited directly ignite the moxa velvet, smokeless moxa ignited but the moxa charcoal.

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