Moxibustion can be used on the glans and penis

Moxibustion is often used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat human diseases, because moxibustion mainly uses a traditional Chinese medicinal material called mugwort, which is dried and rolled into strips for heating, and the main area it heats is some acupuncture points on the human body. Because the acupuncture points on the human body are actually closely related to human diseases, and the male glans and penis are areas where diseases often occur. So can moxibustion be used to treat the glans and penis?

Can the glans penis be moxibustioned?

1. Can the glans penis be moxibustioned?

Moxibustion should not be performed on male and female nipples, female private parts, and testicles; direct moxibustion is also not suitable for areas with thin skin, little muscle, large blood vessels, and muscle knots (such as armpits, carotid artery, Weizhong acupoint, etc.).

Therefore, moxibustion cannot be performed on the glans penis.

The skin of the penis and scrotum is relatively thin and tender. Moxibustion is not recommended because of the damage it causes, especially the scrotum, where the pain nerves are very sensitive.

Precautions for moxibustion

1. Be focused and patient: Pay attention to concentrating your mind when applying moxibustion, and do not be distracted during the application, so as to avoid the moxa stick moving and not being on the acupuncture points, which will hurt the skin and flesh and waste time. For health-care moxibustion, you must persist in it for a long time. Occasional moxibustion will not achieve the desired effect.

2. Pay attention to the accuracy of body position and acupoints: On the one hand, the body position should be suitable for the needs of moxibustion, and on the other hand, it should be comfortable and natural. The correct parts and acupoints should be found according to the prescription to ensure the effect of moxibustion.

3. Fire prevention: Many clothes of modern people are made of chemical fiber, down and other materials, which are easy to burn. Therefore, you must pay attention to prevent fire when performing moxibustion, especially when using moxa cones for moxibustion, you must be more careful to prevent the moxa cones from rolling and falling off. After moxibustion with moxa sticks, you can put the lit end of the moxa stick into a bottle with a diameter slightly larger than the moxa stick to facilitate extinguishing.

4. Pay attention to keeping warm and preventing heatstroke: because part of the body surface will be exposed during moxibustion, you should keep warm in winter and prevent heatstroke in high temperatures in summer. At the same time, you should also pay attention to adjusting the indoor temperature and turn on the ventilation fan to get fresh air in time.

5. To prevent infection: Moxibustion with suppuration or due to improper moxibustion, local burns may cause sores and moxibustion sores. Be sure not to break the sores. If they have already broken and become infected, use anti-inflammatory drugs in time.

6. You must master the procedure of moxibustion: If there are many and scattered acupoints to be moxibustioned, you should do it in the order of back first, then chest and abdomen, and head first, then body and limbs.

7. Pay attention to the time of moxibustion: For some diseases, you must pay attention to the time of moxibustion. For example, insomnia should be moxibustioned before going to bed. Do not perform moxibustion on an empty stomach before meals or immediately after meals.

8. Be gradual. When using moxibustion for the first time, pay attention to the amount of stimulation. Start with a small amount and small dose, such as using a small moxa cone, or moxibustion for a shorter time and with fewer times. Increase the dosage later. Don't start with a large dose.

9. Prevent dizziness due to moxibustion. Although dizziness due to moxibustion is rare, once it occurs, you may experience dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, pale complexion, palpitations, sweating, and even fainting. If you feel dizzy after moxibustion, stop moxibustion immediately, lie down and lie quietly, then add moxibustion on Zusanli point, and continue gentle moxibustion for about 10 minutes.

10. Pay attention to the regulation of moxibustion temperature: For those with insensitive skin or children, place the index and middle fingers on both sides of the moxibustion site to sense the temperature of the moxibustion site, so as to avoid scalding the skin and achieve good results.