Precautions for moxibustion

Moxibustion is a common practice in our lives. It can help our body remove moisture, prevent colds and arthritis, and improve body resistance. However, moxibustion needs to be taken seriously, because moxibustion requires everyone to keep calm, and pay attention to the moxibustion points. There must be a certain awareness of how to deal with the adverse reactions of moxibustion. You can learn about the specific precautions.

Precautions for moxibustion

1. Keep calm before moxibustion. It is not advisable to apply moxibustion immediately after being extremely angry, extremely happy, or extremely sad.

2. After moxibustion, you should be optimistic and happy, have a cheerful mood, take good care of yourself, abstain from sexual desire, avoid overwork, and eat a light vegetarian diet to help the therapeutic effect.

3. When using moxibustion for conditioning, you must be patient and not rush for quick results. Moxibustion should be done for a long time and you must have the confidence to persist for a long time, so that you can achieve unexpected results. When it comes to health care, you must persevere.

4. Moxibustion can be performed in the morning or afternoon, and there is no need to avoid it on cloudy or sunny days. It is better to treat insomnia by moxibustion at night.

5. There are generally no adverse reactions to moxibustion. However, due to different physical conditions and symptoms, the initial moxibustion may cause fever, fatigue, dry mouth, general discomfort and other reactions. Generally, there is no need to worry about them, and they will disappear as the moxibustion continues.

6. Generally, you should avoid catching a cold after moxibustion. In autumn and winter, you should dress neatly and wait until the sweat on your head and body has dried before going out. After moxibustion in spring and summer, you should also pay attention to keeping warm. Do not take a bath on the day of moxibustion to avoid catching a cold.

7. Generally, you should drink a cup of warm boiled water before and after moxibustion, which is beneficial for detoxification after moxibustion.

How often should I do moxibustion?

Moxibustion for acute diseases

For some people who are in more serious physical discomfort or have symptoms of acute illness, the moxibustion time can be longer. If the body can accept it, moxibustion can be performed once or twice a day.

For example, if the body suddenly has some acute symptoms, some of which are serious, we can use moxibustion for a longer period of time, about once or twice a day, every day until the symptoms are cured. But there is a prerequisite that your body can bear it. You should keep a good attitude when doing moxibustion. After all, moxibustion is a chronic conditioning process.

Moxibustion for chronic diseases

If it is a chronic disease, you should choose the time for moxibustion appropriately. You can do it every day at the beginning, and do it for about half a month, then take a few days off and do it again. If you feel better after moxibustion in the first half month, you can choose to do it every other day, or two to three times a week.

If a certain disease has troubled us for many years, that is, a chronic disease, we should take it slow when we first start moxibustion, and pay attention to gradual progress. In the beginning, you can do moxibustion every day for about half a month, which is fifteen days, and then take a two-day break in the middle, and then moxibustion every day. If you feel much better after moxibustion in the first half of the month, or you don’t have enough time, you can choose to moxibustion every other day, or two to three times a week. If moxibustion causes getting angry, you can moxibustion the Yongquan acupoint to guide the fire downward, or drink more water.

Health Care Moxibustion

If you rely solely on moxibustion for health care, you can do it about 3 times a week, or once every 3 to 5 days. If you are following a course of moxibustion for health preservation, you can do moxibustion continuously for the first three days, rest for a while, and then do moxibustion every other day.

If you don't have any physical illness, moxibustion is only for daily health care, and you can just moxibustion the health care points every 3-5 days. Or if you have a constitution of yin deficiency and yang excess, such as night sweats, hot hands and feet, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth, yellow urine and dry stool, you should not do moxibustion every day. However, even if it is for health care, if you are doing moxibustion according to the course of treatment, it is best to do it continuously every day for the first three times, 15-20 minutes for each acupoint, and then you can do it every other day, and 10 days as a course of treatment. The moxibustion time for children and the elderly should be shorter.

Conclusion: In life, it has good efficacy and function, can play a good health care effect, and is deeply loved by people. Therefore, the editor recommends that you can do moxibustion appropriately. If you have the above symptoms, you might as well try moxibustion therapy, the effect is still good.