Taboos of moxibustion barrel

Moxibustion can be said to be a manifestation of my country's traditional Chinese medicine culture. Many middle-aged and elderly people have great trust in this method. When they have pain or discomfort in their bodies, they will choose moxibustion to improve the condition. Moxibustion tube is a commonly used one, but you should also pay attention to the taboos of moxibustion barrel when using it, such as paying attention to the temperature of moxibustion, and whether there is too much smoke. Of course, the most important thing is to pay attention to the accuracy of the acupuncture points.

What are the precautions for using moxibustion tube?

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 nowadays are made of chemical fiber, down and other materials, which are very 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.