What are the effects and functions of moxibustion on the face?

Moxibustion is a very common way of maintaining physical health. It can be done not only on the body but also on the face. Regular moxibustion on the face can delay aging. It can also effectively treat some facial skin diseases, such as spots or chloasma, which can be relieved and treated with moxibustion. When doing moxibustion, you also need to pay attention to the temperature of the moxibustion.

1. Benefits of facial moxibustion:

1. Treatment of facial wrinkles: Before going to bed, light one end of the moxa stick, aim it at the facial acupoints, and perform moxibustion at a distance of 2 to 3 cm from the acupoints. Select 2 or 3 acupoints each time, and moxibustion for about 5 minutes each time, until the skin turns blush. For people with many crow's feet, choose the Taiyang and Sizhukong acupoints; for people with many laugh lines, choose the Dicang, Xiaguan and Jiache acupoints.

2. Treatment of freckles: Light moxa sticks, fumigate the Hegu, Quchi acupoints and the freckles on the face to make the local skin feel warm until it turns red. When using moxibustion, especially on the face, be careful of the ash falling off and burning the skin. Moxibustion once every night or every other night. Promote blood circulation and achieve the effect of preventing and treating freckles.

3. Treatment of chloasma: Take a moxa stick, light it and apply it to the chloasma on the face, 2 to 3 cm away from the skin, until the skin flushes and feels warm. Apply moxibustion for about 10 minutes. Be careful not to burn the skin with moxa ash.

Although moxibustion has many effects in tonifying yang, it also damages yin. Patients with yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, and evil heat should not use moxibustion therapy. Patients with stroke, coma, high fever syndrome, hemoptysis, hematemesis, and embolism are prohibited from using it. Moxibustion therapy should not be used directly on the face, important organs, nipples, and large blood vessels; scar moxibustion should not be used on joints and other parts, otherwise it is easy to form difficult-to-heal purulent ulcers.

Moxibustion can be applied directly to the face.

Moxibustion with moxa sticks:

[Mild moxibustion]: Mild moxibustion or also called hanging moxibustion, is to hold the moxa stick in your hand without the help of any moxibustion tools, press the acupoint with your left hand, hold the moxa stick in your right hand at the acupoint, and fumigate 2-3cm above the skin. Do not move. If it feels too hot, keep it away from your skin.

[Bird Pecking Moxibustion]: As the name suggests, bird pecking means bird pecking. The method of bird pecking moxibustion is to imitate the pecking of birds. After lighting the fire, aim at the acupuncture point and move vertically up and down at a moderate speed, just like a bird pecking. When it is very close to the skin and the skin feels very hot, increase the height, rest for 1-2 seconds, and then move it down again.

[Effects of facial moxibustion]: It can clear away coldness and moisture from the face, enhance facial skin immunity and resistance, and eliminate toxins (such as blackheads, blemishes, etc., but the effect on acne is not ideal, mainly because the heat of the moxa stick is too strong, which can easily cause acne to suddenly erupt - and become redder).

[Effects of moxa sticks]: It has the effects of warming the meridians and dredge the collaterals, calming the mind and promoting sleep, relieving stress, dispelling wind and cold, strengthening the body and eliminating evil, relieving uterine cold, menstrual pain, pain caused by deficiency and cold, maintaining the spleen and stomach, improving indigestion, preventing colds, enhancing immunity, and detoxifying.