Can varicose veins be treated with moxibustion?

Varicose veins are a very common disease in daily life. Not only does it cause great harm to the patient's physical health, it also seriously affects their normal life and work. Therefore, it is particularly important to find a scientific and effective treatment method. Many people don’t know whether varicose veins can be treated with moxibustion. In fact, the answer is yes. Moxibustion can accelerate blood flow in the varicose vein area, but it also depends on one’s own physical condition.

1. Varicose veins

Varicose veins refer to the tortuosity and dilation of veins due to factors such as blood stasis and weak venous walls. Varicose veins can occur in many parts of the body. For example, hemorrhoids are actually a type of varicose veins. Other clinically visible varicose veins include esophageal varicose veins, varicocele, abdominal wall varicose veins, etc. The most common site of varicose veins is the lower extremities. It is worth emphasizing that varicose veins themselves may be a secondary manifestation of other lesions, such as vena cava occlusion, and the primary disease should be actively treated.

2. Can varicose veins be treated with moxibustion?

The varicose area can be treated with moxibustion, which will speed up the blood flow there and thus improve the condition of varicose veins.

However, the blood in the varicose area is basically bad blood, that is, the blood in this area has not participated in the circulation for a long time and has been seeping inside. In the overlapping area, there will be blood deposition, which cannot circulate in this curvature. The deposited blood should be black and red. You can use a disposable puncture needle to prick the varicose area to release the blood stasis and allow fresh, itchy blood to participate in the circulation. This method, combined with moxibustion, should slowly slow down the progression of the disease.

To treat varicose veins, moxibustion is mainly performed along the blood vessels. That is, moxibustion is performed along the direction of the blood vessels to make the blood vessels relatively unobstructed. In this way, bloodletting and moxibustion are performed on the affected areas to minimize the detours. Over time, the blood vessels here will gradually become straight, which will improve the varicose veins.

After moxibustion, you should also massage this area to promote better blood circulation, reduce toxins in the blood as much as possible, promote faster blood flow, and use the principle of thermal expansion and contraction of moxibustion to take away more pathogens, so that you can slowly recover.

However, it takes time to treat these diseases. Don't be impatient. Just treat them slowly.

While moxibustioning the affected area and along the blood vessels, you should also moxibustion Zhongwan, Shenque, Guanyuan for a total of 40 minutes, Mingmen for 20 minutes, Zusanli for 20 minutes, and Yongquan acupoint. You can soak your feet in moxa leaves when you go to bed at night, and tie a moxibustion cup to each sole of the foot and moxibustion before going to bed, once or twice a day.