Whether moxibustion can be done during menstrual period depends on personal circumstances.
1, some people are older during menstrual period, so moxibustion can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and dredge meridians. If moxibustion can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis at this time, it will lead to greater menstrual flow.
2, if the menstrual flow is small, then you can moxibustion during menstruation, just use moxibustion to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, dredge meridians, and discharge some stasis in the body, thus achieving the purpose of treating diseases.
3. When we do moxibustion, it must vary from person to person. We can't say for sure that menstruation won't work, nor can we say that menstruation will definitely work. Decide according to your own situation. Sometimes menstrual moxibustion will have a good effect. By discharging blood during menstruation, it can help the body discharge sewage, garbage, some blood clots and so on.
Chinese medicine believes that dysmenorrhea is mostly caused by poor circulation of qi and blood. If it is dysmenorrhea, moxibustion can be used to relieve the pain. So what acupuncture points are there for moxibustion dysmenorrhea? Let's have a look.
What acupoints are there in dysmenorrhea moxibustion?
Moxibustion is used to treat dysmenorrhea, and points such as Zhongwan, Guanyuan, Qihai and Sanyinjiao are selected. When taking abdominal acupoints, you can take a supine position, put a piece of ginger about 3 mm on the abdominal acupoints, take a small amount of moxa sticks on the ginger slices, and light it before moxibustion.
If you feel the temperature is too high, you can move your position slightly to avoid scalding your skin, while hanging moxibustion can be used at Sanyinjiao point, starting a few days before menstruation begins and moxibustion at various points for 20 ~ 30 minutes after menstruation stops.
1, Zhongji point
Standard location: Renmai point. Lower abdomen, anterior midline, 4 inches below umbilicus.
Indications: amenorrhea, leukorrhagia, impotence, dysmenorrhea, postpartum lochia, yin cold and hernia; Accumulate pain and rush to the heart when air conditioning; Edema, corpse trance; Nephritis, cystitis and postpartum uterine neuralgia.
2. Guanyuan point
Standard location: Renmai point. Lower abdomen, anterior midline, 3 inches below umbilicus.
Indications: Asthma due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, impotence, hernia, enuresis, stranguria, frequent micturition, urinary incontinence, hematuria, menoxenia, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, leucorrhea, metrorrhagia, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentery, urinary tract infection, functional uterine bleeding, uterine prolapse, neurasthenia, syncope and shock.
3. Qihai point
Standard positioning: Qihai point is located in the lower abdomen, just below the navel, 1.5 inch (about two fingers wide).
Indications: chloasma, yellowing, abdominal pain, edema, constipation, dysentery, impotence, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, etc.
4. Sanyinjiao
Standard position: Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian Point. Inside the calf, 3 inches above the ankle tip of the medial foot, and behind the medial edge of the tibia.
Indications: Abdominal pain, bowel sounds, abdominal distension, diarrhea, loose stool's disease, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, vaginal rigidity, amenorrhea, infertility, dystocia, nocturnal emission, impotence, enuresis, hernia, foot flaccidity, rash addiction, insomnia, neurasthenia, urticaria and neurodermatitis.
Moxibustion in the treatment of dysmenorrhea is to regulate the body function through the unique smell and warm stimulation of Artemisia argyi leaves, so as to achieve the purpose of relieving uterine muscle reflex spasm, relieving spasm, promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals and relieving pain. This is what Chinese medicine says: "The general principle does not hurt, but the pain will not work."