Why moxibustion navel can be healthy and longevity?

Mu's Du Gong Tan Bian recorded an anecdote: During Yongle period, Jiaxing native Jin Sheng was in charge of the punishments department. During a thief begging, the government caught many robbers. To Jin's surprise, the leader of the robbers is a birthday boy who is "1825 years old", but he looks like a boy without any old age. Chu Jin did not believe it, so he proposed to send someone to the prisoner's hometown to investigate and collect evidence, and the result was correct. King then tried the thief's head himself. "Ask him why he died." The prisoner said: I lived in Jingshan when I was young, and I heard a stranger tell me that moxibustion with grass on the navel can often make people live longer. So I practiced this technique for a long time, "so I know this."

There are similar records in other ancient medical books. For example, the Acupuncture Sutra of the Song Dynasty said, "If someone is old and looks like a boy, he will moxibustion his navel with rat dung every year." There is a navel prescription in the Selected Prescriptions of Qingtai Hospital, which is called Yulin Guben Ointment. It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi used this ointment to treat gastrointestinal dysfunction. Interestingly, some scientists used Huang Jinlv to measure the human body. They were surprised to find that the ratio of the length from navel to toe to the length from navel to the top of the head was exactly equal to 0.6 18, that is, the navel was located at the "golden section" of the human body. Modern scientific research shows that 0. 168 plays an important role in health preservation, so "golden section" should be the best point to regulate human function. The experimental study also proves that the stimulation of medicated ironing and moxibustion is helpful to regulate the nervous system and endocrine activities of the human body, especially to significantly improve the immune function of the human body, thus playing the role of strengthening the body resistance, eliminating pathogens and prolonging life.

Generally speaking, moxibustion on navel has three points to pay attention to: First, people with umbilical injury and inflammation and pregnant women are prohibited; Second, it is not appropriate to just eat a meal or moxibustion navel on an empty stomach; Third, moxibustion should not be too close to the navel, otherwise it is easy to burn. First method

Direct moxibustion with moxa cone. Hang the burning moxa cone directly at about 1 cm above the umbilicus for moxibustion to feel warm. Moxibustion 15 ~ 30 minutes each time, daily 1 time, and continuous moxibustion 1 time is1course of treatment. Moxibustion can be performed irregularly for 3 ~ 5 courses throughout the year, especially in autumn and winter. The method can effectively prevent and treat diseases such as gastrointestinal dysfunction and neurasthenia caused by physical deficiency.

The second method

Ginger-separated moxibustion at Shenque. Punch a few holes in the ginger, cover it on the navel, light moxa cone, and peck moxibustion on the ginger, which feels warm and comfortable. Moxibustion every time 15 ~ 20 minutes, every other day 1 time, once a month 10 times, and it is best to start moxibustion in winter solstice. This method can prevent indigestion and abdominal pain caused by cold pathogen.

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