What should I pay attention to after doing moxibustion

People need to pay a lot of attention after doing moxibustion, because moxibustion can release the cold and poisonous gas in the body. At this time, the body is still connected to the outside world, so be sure to avoid catching cold. Otherwise, moxibustion may not be effective, and may even cause your physical condition to deteriorate, and the original symptoms will become more and more serious. Let’s take a look at what we should pay attention to when doing moxibustion.

Precautions for moxibustion

1. After the moxibustion device is lit, it should not be left hanging in the air for too long to avoid the temperature being too high when it comes into contact with the skin, which may cause burns. If it is left hanging in the air for too long, you can rub the temperature of the moxibustion device with your palm to lower it before continuing to use it. The moxibustion device should be knocked out every once in a while.

2. After using two to three moxibustion sticks, moxibustion oil stains will form at the control port of the moxibustion device, which should be cleaned with a brush to keep the moxibustion sticks unobstructed.

3. Do not wash your hands or take a bath with cold water within half an hour of moxibustion.

4. After moxibustion, drink more warm water than usual (never drink cold or ice water).

5. Moxibustion should not be performed within one hour after a meal.

The side effects of moxibustion health care and treatment must be prevented

Ancient Chinese doctors have long recognized the importance of disease prevention and proposed the academic ideas of "preventing disease before it happens" and "treating disease before it occurs". In addition to its therapeutic effects, moxibustion also has the functions of disease prevention and health care. It is one of the methods of disease prevention and health care, which is recorded in many ancient documents.

As early as in the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic", it was mentioned that "moxibustion three times on the place where a dog has bitten it, that is, moxibustion according to the method for dog bites" can prevent rabies. "Prescriptions for Emergencies" states, "Whenever you are an official traveling to Wu or Shu, you should always apply moxibustion to three or two spots on your body. Do not let the sores heal temporarily, then the poisonous gas from malaria and fever will not be able to infect you." This shows that moxibustion can prevent infectious diseases. "Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion" mentions that moxibustion on Zusanli can prevent stroke.

There is also a folk saying that "If you want to be healthy, keep Sanli acupoint moist" and "If you keep moxibustion on Sanli, all disasters and diseases will cease." Because moxibustion can warm the yang and replenish the deficiency, moxibustion on Zusanli and Zhongwan can make the stomach qi always strong. The stomach is the sea of ​​water and grain, where the blood and qi come from, and the five internal organs are all affected by its qi. If the stomach qi is always strong, the qi and blood will be full. Mingmen is the place where the true fire of the human body is located, and it is the root of the human being. Guanyuan and Qihai are the places where essence and blood are stored. Moxibustion on the above points can make people's stomach qi strong, yang energy sufficient, and essence and blood full, thereby strengthening the body's resistance, making it difficult for pathogens to invade, and achieving the effect of disease prevention and health care. Nowadays, the disease prevention and health care function of moxibustion has become one of the important health care methods.