one. Definition and function of moxibustion:
Moxibustion moxibustion, what does Ai mean? A grass head with a fork below it is a human hand. What is Ai? Ai is something that the ancients can cure many diseases with this grass! There are two medicines that are the king of all kinds of medicines, one is laurel and the other is Ai! From this word-making, we can see that the ancients affirmed the medicinal function of this moxa! !
Second, Ai, the fork below also means weapon. A soldier is an unknown weapon, but it is also a weapon of stability! ! Maintaining national stability depends on political power and military strength, while maintaining human stability. According to the ancients, the first thing is to rely on Dan medicine, and the second thing is to rely on moxibustion. The third is to rely on other conditioning, including one's own mentality, other drugs and other exercises. Therefore, the word Ai also means security, which can cure stable diseases!
the third meaning of ai is love! When the ancients bid farewell to their friends, there were often three kinds of grass as the best consideration. The first one was bluegrass, hoping that the other party would be happy. I also hope that the other party is as comfortable with life as a gentleman, while in friendship, I hope that gentlemen are lighter than water and lighter than blue. The second is the day lily, also known as A Girl Without Sorrow, and the implication is obvious. The third is to send wormwood, hoping that the other person can be healthy. Everything represents the deep love of friends. The use of wormwood as medicine is not found in the earliest classic of traditional Chinese medicine, that is, it is not found in Shennong Materia Medica, but as medicine. The first mention of it is the famous doctor's memoir written by our famous Taoist doctor Mr. Tao Hongjing in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but the ancients didn't know Ai long ago. This is not the case. Ai is described in the Book of Songs, and it is also found in Er Ya Li, which is called it in the Book of Songs. The most famous mugwort is mugwort in Hubei, and Nanyang mugwort in Henan. Our sage said that seven years' illness requires three years' love, which is really profound enough. Many diseases are beyond the reach of needles and medicines, and must be moxibustion, but moxibustion is moxibustion, moxibustion is moxibustion, moxibustion is just one of many moxibustion methods, and it is by no means that everyone thinks that holding hands in such a flash is called moxibustion, and now everyone can only call it moxibustion. The real moxibustion method is to rub moxa into the size of a wheat grain, which is called a strong one, then put it close to the skin, light it with thread incense, and moxibustion one strong after another until the skin is flushed, or let the moxa stick burn out directly if you want to do scar moxibustion.
from the surface meaning of these two words, moxibustion means moxibustion with moxa sticks. The original meaning of moxibustion is "long", and later it developed into moxibustion with the meaning of burning. Therefore, the definition of moxibustion is baking with fire for a long time. Moxibustion has two characteristics, one is heating, and the other is targeted acupuncture points. Further, moxibustion is a kind of Chinese medicine therapy that uses burned moxa sticks to hang acupuncture points on human body. It is a therapeutic method to adjust the disordered function of human body by stimulating menstrual qi, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
Artemisia argyi leaves are born of the yang in the world, so it tastes bitter and slightly warm, while the heat is hot, which can rise or fall. Its qi is fragrant and strong, and it is pure yang grass! ! ! As a medicine, moxa has five classic functions, the first is to warm meridians to stop bleeding, the second is to dispel cold and relieve pain, the third is to regulate menstruation and prevent miscarriage, and the fourth is to remove dampness and relieve itching. But in fact, there are at least a dozen functions of moxibustion, but in fact, there is only one function of moxibustion, that is, to warm yang, and all its functions are produced on the basis of warming yang, such as activating qi and dredging collaterals, warming meridians to dispel cold, supporting yang and removing stagnation. We often hear the saying "Moxibustion is king, acupuncture is immortal, and medication is overbearing". From this, we can see that Moxibustion is the gentlest and the most admired therapy, so today I will talk about this topic of Moxibustion.
2. Explanation of the burning smoke of the moxa stick:
First, let's briefly talk about the efficacy difference between the smoked moxa stick and the smokeless moxa stick. As the name implies, the smoked moxa stick is the moxa stick that will generate smoke when burning; And smokeless moxa sticks are moxa sticks that burn without producing smoke. Of course, this explanation is relatively rough. Let's explain the differences between them in detail from three aspects: 1. The difference between the production of smoked moxa sticks and smokeless moxa sticks: the main raw material for making smoked moxa sticks is moxa, which is processed by wormwood and made into moxa sticks with paper rolls. Smokeless moxa sticks are actually charcoal, which is mainly made to prevent too much smoke. 2. The efficacy difference between smoked moxa sticks and smokeless moxa sticks: Their functions are used to warm meridians and dispel cold, so they are the same when lighting moxa sticks for moxibustion. Smokeless moxa sticks often burn for a long time, but the firepower is not strong. The burning time of the smoked moxa sticks is short, and the firepower is strong. Especially, it is noted that this moxa smoke is also a kind of medicinal gas, which is non-toxic! In fact, it has a therapeutic effect on the human body itself. The therapeutic effect of this smoke on the human body is completely different from that of the current smog, because the ingredients are different. When it comes to cigarettes, talk a little more. Now, no matter which hospital you go to, Chinese medicine hospital or western hospital, moxibustion is used for disinfection. It is a good thing to have moxa smoke at home, which will reduce many respiratory diseases. The ancients in China used moxibustion to reduce inflammation. This kind of smoke can never achieve the effect of smokeless moxa sticks. 3, the difference between the smoke of smoked moxa sticks and smokeless moxa sticks: In fact, as mentioned above, the smoke produced by the burning of smoked moxa sticks will be larger than that of smokeless moxa sticks; But smokeless moxa sticks are not really smokeless, but are much less than those with cigarettes, so they are considered smokeless moxa sticks. What I want to say here is that smokeless moxa sticks and smoked moxa sticks have their own characteristics, mainly depending on the place of use, such as some acupoints near the face and nostrils. Smoking moxa sticks will stimulate respiratory organs such as the nose, and smokeless moxa sticks in these places will be much better than smoking moxa sticks.
3. Operation of moxibustion:
Generally, we all think that moxibustion is the process of holding a lighted moxa stick to warm a certain part of the body there. In fact, it is really not that simple. There are several points that need our attention in the operation. The first one is that we must hold it with our own hands to moxibustion. Why? Because the purpose of our moxibustion is to preserve health or treat diseases, only when we hold moxibustion with our own hands can you concentrate, and your heart is still. This process itself is to treat diseases. No matter what kind of therapy we treat diseases with Chinese medicine, we pay attention to the unity of man and god, so this is an effect that moxibustion with moxibustion tools can't be replaced. Of course, under special circumstances, such as physical inconvenience, or occasional rush of time, you can temporarily consider using moxibustion tools. In addition, you should use hand-held moxa sticks to concentrate on moxibustion, which is the best effect.
indications of moxibustion:
Although we highly admire this therapy, we must never demonize it, thinking that it can cure all diseases. No, it also has its indications. For example, if the meridians caused by wind, cold, heat, dampness and dry fire are blocked, moxibustion cannot be used to treat all the diseases, including summer heat, fire and dry evil. For example, heatstroke in summer, if you still do moxibustion, it is definitely uncomfortable, which shows that it still has its shortcomings. Not all wind, cold, heat, dampness and dryness can be cured, but dryness in summer can never be treated with moxibustion. Otherwise, why do we have to learn so many other therapies, such as acupuncture, Chinese medicine, scrapping, cupping and patting? For example, heatstroke is the most classic and traditional treatment. Therefore, we should choose the most effective and safest different treatment methods according to the different conditions of the disease.
Then we will talk about the indications of moxibustion. There are three indications. The first is the person with weak constitution and weak qi and blood, the second is the person with yang deficiency and chronic cold, and the third is the person with fire depression. Speaking of fire depression, it needs to be clarified that moxibustion can never clear away heat. Although moxibustion can be used to treat heat syndrome, it is definitely not used to treat real excess heat syndrome, and moxibustion will become more and more powerful for excess heat syndrome. Using the method of making the best use of the situation to disperse this smoldering fire with one thing means not directly clearing away heat, but spreading it out, that is, inducing heat with heat.
5. Types of moxibustion:
There are many types of moxibustion, so we only need to know the more commonly used ones. Generally, there are mild moxibustion, bird-pecking moxibustion, whirling moxibustion, moxibustion without and with Dian marks, as well as object-separating moxibustion, and the other is the electronic moxibustion now used, in which object-separating moxibustion includes ginger-separating moxibustion, salt-separating moxibustion, garlic-separating moxibustion and aconite cake-separating moxibustion.
In the above classification, there are some points that need attention. First, let's talk about purulent moxibustion. Purulent moxibustion doesn't mean putting moxa sticks on your body and lighting them close to your body. It's not that simple. First, moxa sticks should not be too big, but smaller, the smaller the better. The size of rice grains is the best. In addition, the moxa sticks should be coated with a layer of ginger juice, otherwise it should be so big. When you put the moxa stick on your skin, you can't burn it completely. If you wait until it is burned, you will burn your skin. This is a place to pay attention to.
The second one is salt-separated moxibustion, but I don't quite agree with everyone. In particular, some people give salt-separated moxibustion to children, which is very easy to burn, that is, they put salt in the belly button, even if it is easy to burn through a layer of Jiang Ye. My Chinese medicine teacher improved a method by himself, that is, soaking moxa soaked in white wine, putting this moxa soaked in white wine in the belly button, and then moxibustion. The effect is very good. Because the requirements of salt-separated moxibustion are very strict, it requires your mind to be absolutely quiet before you can do it. If you don't do it well, the salt melts in it and you don't know it. At this time, it is very hot inside. Sometimes you don't feel hot yourself, but you have actually burned yourself, so it is better to do salt-separated moxibustion. Although the effect of salt-separated moxibustion is very good, it is very unsafe. This is also a place to pay attention to.
six. Body reactions during moxibustion:
There will be some body reactions during moxibustion, such as itching and blisters. Itching is actually a good thing. Moxibustion is the same as cupping. Itching is a manifestation of expelling cold and exhausting air, but it is absolutely not good to go to Dazhui to bleed and scrape. Scraping when itching is very bad, because Moxibustion is partial and scraping is diarrhea, so it can't be done like this. Moxibustion and scraping can't be done together, so itching will happen.
Secondly, blisters may appear during moxibustion. The problem of blisters is actually very easy to solve. It is different from cupping. Cupping is squeezing, and it will damage local skin before blisters. The blisters from cupping are different from those from this moxibustion. This is the first point. The second point that we often talk about in traditional Chinese medicine is that the pores are warm during moxibustion, and the cold pathogen, yin pathogen and wind pathogen can only come out of the pores, and it will never form blisters. Blisters are edema after scalding. If you have scalded your skin and scalded this grassroots, it will form blisters, otherwise it will only come out of the pores, that is to say, from the sputum. Many of us don't feel hot during moxibustion, and they are far apart, but sometimes the heat is difficult to control. You don't know when you are far away and near. When you are hot, you walk away, but most of the time it's not hot. In fact, you have been burned at that time. Some skin is scalded at first sight, because the skin is reddish and uneven, which proves that the firepower is also uneven, so it is scalded. Maybe it is not very painful when it is close occasionally, but it will blister after a while. Blisters usually appear, so just pick them.
VII. Taboos and Precautions of Moxibustion:
There are six points to be noted here. Firstly, Moxibustion also has reinforcing and reducing methods, which we usually do. Only one case is purging method, that is, blowing moxibustion with the mouth while moxibustion. This is the purging method. The second one is emphasized by too many people now. Basically, all people who do moxibustion say so, that is, Guanyuan, Zusanli moxibustion every day, which is absolutely impossible. In addition, moxibustion is not allowed on the head, unless the real yang deficiency is severe, qi deficiency sinks, and uterine prolapse can be moxibustion. Allergic rhinitis can be moxibustion. Moreover, moxibustion is not allowed at night, the first day and the fifteenth day, especially on the fifteenth day, when the moon is full, people's qi and blood are also the most vigorous at that time. At this time, it can't be replenished, and there will be problems if it is replenished. In addition, as Chinese medicine has said, it must be taboo for someone. At this time, your god is in that place, so you can't disturb it at that point, so you must pay attention to these things. When you can't moxibustion, you should know for yourself. In addition, moxibustion is generally required during the day, preferably in the morning when the sun is shining, and the moxibustion effect is the best. Unless there is a special emergency, it is necessary to moxibustion at night, and moxibustion at night is required in other cases.
Thirdly, it is often said that Zusanli is a good health care method if you want to have a stable stomach, but not all ages can get moxibustion. The traditional Chinese medicine understanding is that you can't moxibustion Zusanli under 3 years old, not that the function of Zusanli tonic does not exist, but that moxibustion Zusanli under 3 years old is easy to damage a person's vision, especially for children.
the fourth one is that after moxibustion, the fire should be brought back to Yuan, and finally the spring should be moxibustion.
Fifth, moxibustion should not be used when you are hungry, full, drunk, terrified, furious and thirsty.
The sixth one is aftercare after moxibustion. Moxibustion generally has no discomfort, but some people feel tired, dry mouth, and general discomfort. Generally, they don't need to be treated. They can drink a little water, eat lightly, and rest quietly.
the seventh is to put out the fire completely after moxibustion to avoid fire. It's best not to cut the moxa stick, which is wasteful. It's best not to use water to extinguish it, otherwise it will take a long time to use it next time. There is a safe and easy way: find an empty wine bottle suitable for the size of moxibustion sticks. When you want to put out the moxa sticks, put the burning part of the moxa sticks directly into the bottle mouth, and it will go out in two minutes, and it will be easy to light when you recall it next time. The square bottle won't roll, and it's stable. So it is safe. If you feel that it is not easy to put out the fire after using it, just take scissors to cut the point with fire, and let it burn in the house or in the toilet.
Finally, it is emphasized that moxibustion must be done in advance: 1. Have a good moxa stick; 2。 To understand the direction of the twelve meridians; 3, choose a local adherence to moxibustion.
So with so much knowledge about moxa sticks, the most important thing is to follow the doctor's advice and insist on moxibustion on the premise of having good moxa sticks. Only long-term persistence is the most important thing.
At present, there are only a few doctors who completely treat diseases by moxibustion in China, but in Japan, there are many famous moxibustion doctors, and people can treat many diseases by moxibustion. Now China said.