The effects and contraindications of moxa

In life, many people particularly like moxibustion, because regular moxibustion has many benefits to the body. It can not only effectively relieve physical fatigue, but also treat some hidden diseases. Because mugwort has many benefits to the human body, in summer it can not only be used to repel mosquitoes, but also to calm the nerves and help sleep. However, there are some precautions in the process of moxibustion. So what are the effects and contraindications of moxa?

Effects of moxibustion

Moxibustion is very effective in calming the mind and promoting sleep, relieving stress, dispelling wind and cold, strengthening the body and eliminating evil, warming the meridians and dredging the collaterals, and helps relieve female uterine cold, menstrual pain and other cold pains, and can also maintain the spleen and stomach, and improve symptoms such as indigestion. It can also prevent colds and enhance immunity.

Taboos of moxibustion

1. Moxa quality: Choose moxa of good quality. Inferior quality moxa is hard and not clumping together. It burns with great intensity and can easily cause patients to feel burning pain. It may even cause stone particles to fall off and burn the skin during fumigation.

2. Environmental ventilation The environment should be ventilated. The person performing the moxibustion should not be in the wind direction.

3. Moxibustion sites: Moxibustion should not be performed on the abdomen and lumbar sacral area of ​​pregnant women; direct moxibustion should not be performed on the facial features, genitals, and areas with large blood vessels; moxibustion should not be performed too much on the head, chest, and extremities where the skin is thin and there are many tendons and bones.

4. To avoid burns, the distance between the moxibustion fire and the skin should be adjusted in time during moxibustion. Some patients have severe local coldness and, when first receiving moxibustion, have limited tolerance to the moxa fire. They often unknowingly bring the moxa fire close to the skin, resulting in burning pain. In fact, the best time to moxibustion is until the skin turns red, and each time should last for 10-15 minutes.