Moxibustion is the essence of traditional medicine in China. Moxibustion can not only cure diseases, but also be used for health care in ancient times. So,
Moxibustion is the essence of traditional medicine in China. Moxibustion can not only cure diseases, but also be used for health care in ancient times. So, let's get to know each other. Welcome to read!
The role of moxibustion in health care
Moxibustion can not only prevent diseases, but also have a wide range of therapeutic effects.
Moxibustion's principles of health care and disease prevention and treatment include regulating yin and yang, harmonizing qi and blood, warming meridians, strengthening body resistance and eliminating pathogens. Ai Caotang believes that according to the Yin-Yang theory of traditional Chinese medicine, if the human body is balanced with Yin-Yang, then the body can remain healthy, while if the Yin-Yang is unbalanced, people will have one disease or another. Moxibustion can regulate the yin and yang of the human body and maintain the balance of yin and yang, thus playing a role in health care. For patients with imbalance between yin and yang, moxibustion can restore the balance of imbalance between yin and yang; According to the theory of qi and blood in traditional Chinese medicine, qi is the source of human life and blood is the basic substance of human beings. Sufficient qi and blood, smooth qi flow, and normal human life function. Moxibustion can invigorate qi, nourish blood, dredge qi-flowing, raise middle qi and harmonize qi and blood, thus achieving the purpose of health care; According to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, human meridians are channels for qi and blood execution, and smooth meridians are conducive to qi and blood execution and nutrient delivery. If you encounter diseases such as cold and dampness, the human meridians will often be blocked, which will lead to the occurrence of diseases. Moxibustion, with the help of its medicine and warming function, warms the skin meridians to promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, so it can treat various diseases caused by cold coagulation and blood stasis and meridian obstruction. In addition, the theory of traditional Chinese medicine holds that "healthy qi exists inside, and evil cannot be done." It means that when people's immune function is normal, they have strong resistance and are not prone to diseases. Moxibustion can cultivate healthy qi and enhance people's ability to prevent and treat diseases by moxibustion at Dazhui, Zusanli, Qihai and Guanyuan points. Ai Caotang research believes that moxibustion at different acupoints and parts can produce different health-preserving effects. Whether it is regulating yin and yang, harmonizing qi and blood, warming channels and collaterals, strengthening body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors, it can help the human body maintain normal functions and play a role in health care, health preservation and disease prevention.
Moxibustion is not only simple and popular, but also effective. In Neijing, "Moxibustion forces people to eat raw meat"; "yin and yang are both weak, so is fire." "If you are sleepy, you need moxibustion". In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao wrote "A Thousand Daughters Should Be Prescribed", saying, "When an official travels to Wu and Shu, he often needs moxibustion in three or two places, so as not to make the boils warm and malaria toxic.". "Bian Que's Heart Book" written by Dou Cai in the Song Dynasty "People's yang declines in their later years, so their hands and feet can't be warm and their movements are difficult. If people have a breath, they will not die, and those who are angry will have yang. " Therefore, when the yang is exhausted, the heart will die. When people are not sick, they often moxibustion Guan Yuan, Qi Hai, Ming Guan and Zhong Wan ... Although they can't live forever, they can still live for a hundred years. "if you want to be safe, Li San usually doesn't do this."
Health moxibustion can not only prevent problems before they occur, cure diseases before they occur, treat disorders before they occur and resist premature aging, but also treat diseases before they occur. Ai Caotang Moxibustion Health Center has devoted itself to the research of moxibustion health care and disease prevention for many years, and has launched a series of moxibustion health care projects suitable for modern people. The customer response effect is very good, and the effect of conditioning sub-health is remarkable.
Moxibustion health care method
Moxibustion has a very rich health-preserving function, which can not only stimulate and improve human immune function, but also warm meridians and dispel cold, strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil spirits, and dredge meridians, which has attracted the attention of doctors. Moxibustion is a health care prescription handed down from our ancestors, and its health care function is very significant, so it has been respected and trusted by many people. Moxibustion is a simple and easy method to maintain health and treat diseases by igniting moxa sticks and acting on acupoints.
First, moxibustion health moxibustion method
Moxibustion Zusanli point. Zusanli point is located three inches below the tip of the calf nose, with a horizontal finger distance from the front edge of the tibia. Recommend a simple and accurate method for finding acupoints. Sit on your knee and touch the tibial tubercle with your hand, just one inch below the lateral lower edge of the tibial tubercle. Acupuncture at Zusanli point with moxa sticks often has the functions of invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, harmonizing qi and blood, and preventing diseases. Just fumigate with moxa sticks 15 minutes.
Second, moxibustion at Mingmen point
Mingmen point is located below the second lumbar vertebra of the back, opposite to the navel. It is the center of human vitality and the place where vitality gathers. Moxibustion at this point can play the role of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, and is an important point for health care and strengthening the body. Just use moxa stick 15 minutes.
Thirdly, moxibustion at Guanyuan point.
Guanyuan point is located three inches below our navel and is an important point for health care. Long-term acupuncture can make the human body full of vitality, because this acupoint can achieve the purpose of regulating qi and blood, tonifying kidney and fixing essence, and can treat various diseases of urinary and reproductive systems. You can fumigate with moxa sticks 15 minutes.
Fourth, moxibustion at zhongwan point.
Zhongwan point is located in the midline of our abdomen, four inches above the navel, which can be used to treat and recuperate stomach diseases.
Traditional Chinese medicine has been used for aromatherapy in China for a long time, at least dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period. Different aromatherapy, or relieving fatigue, helping sleep, or refreshing, beauty beauty, all delight our body and mind to varying degrees.
Chinese medicine aromatherapy can be roughly divided into two categories: one is relying on fire, including steam fumigation, direct combustion or mixing a variety of drugs into specific shapes and burning them in a censer; The other kind does not need fire, such as making sachets and pillows. The following fragrant Chinese medicines are well used by Chinese medicine practitioners and are suitable for ordinary people's homes.
Sandalwood. Sandalwood is known as the "king of spices" and is also a common incense for worshipping Buddha. It can warm the middle warmer, stimulate appetite and relieve pain, and is especially suitable for chest pain and angina pectoris caused by stagnation of cold and qi. The usage of sandalwood is generally to put incense crumbs into a censer for burning. You can also use sandalwood to boil water to wash your face, which has the effect of freckle and whitening.
Eupatorium odoratum is a very common herb. Because it smells like orchids, it is called Eupatorium odoratum when worn. Perrin can purify the faucet, also known as "waking grass". Its fragrance is elegant, so it is often made into sachets and pillows. The pillow unearthed from Mawangdui in the Western Han Dynasty was filled with Perrin.
Absinthe. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, all kinds of precious spices began to enter the Central Plains, and few people burned local herbs again, leaving only burning wormwood. Because wormwood is moist and transparent, fumigation of wormwood branches and leaves can drive away mosquitoes and flies, avoid bad breath and remove ptomaine, so in the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to wearing sachets, families will burn wormwood to prevent infectious diseases and protect family health. In addition, because of the pungent smell of wormwood, it is also commonly used in moxibustion to warm meridians to treat diseases.
Musk. Musk is the secretion of the gland sac of male musk deer and is often made into spice. It has the effects of inducing resuscitation, promoting blood circulation, dredging meridians, relieving swelling and pain, and can be used for treating traumatic injury, fever, coma and apoplexy. Ancient literati often made it into "musk ink" for writing and painting, which is not only fragrant and quiet, but also antiseptic and moth-proof, which is convenient for long-term preservation of calligraphy and painting.
Angelica dahurica is a commonly used medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Has the effects of expelling pathogenic wind, removing dampness, inducing resuscitation and relieving pain. It is often mixed with other spices to make incense and burn, which is suitable for people with cold, headache and stuffy nose. In addition, it can also treat sores and whiten panels.
Platycladus orientalis leaves have the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, promoting hair growth and blackening hair. It can be directly burned, and it is often used with Radix Angelicae Dahuricae and Lingxiang for bath fumigation. Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica records that Platycladus orientalis leaves can "lighten the body and replenish qi, make people resist cold and heat, remove dampness and promote granulation."
Lilacs. Clove has a strong and slightly sweet fragrance and can be mixed with other spices to make sachets. It has the effects of warming middle warmer, reducing adverse reactions, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, and is suitable for people with spleen and stomach weakness, hiccup, vomiting and diarrhea, chills and pains, and impotence due to kidney deficiency.
It should be noted that although TCM aromatherapy has many benefits, not everyone has it. Because the drugs used for incense are mostly pungent and dry products, pregnant women should use them with caution, especially in the early stage of pregnancy, pungent and dry products are easy to cause fetal movement, and musk is absolutely forbidden. Infants and infirm people are also not suitable for long-term use.
It is often said that moxibustion can warm and tonify yang and treat some chronic diseases. The 75-year-old great-grandmother often buys moxa sticks to fumigate at home, but she doesn't know what to pay attention to in moxibustion.
Moxibustion with moxa sticks is also called moxibustion. This is recorded in detail in Huangdi Neijing. Because of its high safety, strong health care and wide spread, it was the main means to treat diseases in ancient China. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that moxibustion has the functions of warming yang and benefiting qi, warming meridians and dredging collaterals, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass, and tonifying middle energizer and benefiting qi, and can be widely used in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics and ent diseases, especially for mastitis, prostatitis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical spondylosis and diabetes.
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 will consume some essence, so we should pay attention to the taboo: 1. Do not directly moxibustion exposed parts such as face to prevent scar formation. 2. Do not apply moxibustion to thin skin, less tendons and muscles, pregnant women's lumbosacral region and lower abdomen, male and female testicles, joints, large blood vessels, heart and other 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.