What are the benefits of fumigation?

In terms of treatment methods in traditional Chinese medicine, fumigation with moxa is a relatively popular technique. It is a current conditioning method that requires the help of experienced and very traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. Many women's gynecological diseases have not been cured for a long time, and long-term dysmenorrhea has not recovered. These can be solved by fumigation with moxa, which has good efficacy and no side effects. Although the course of treatment will be a bit slow, it can eventually achieve the desired purpose. For this, we need to understand what are the benefits of fumigation with moxa?

According to traditional Chinese medicine, moxa is bitter, pungent and warm in nature. It enters the liver, spleen and kidney meridians and has the functions of warming the meridians and stopping bleeding, dispelling cold and relieving pain, dispelling wind and relieving itching. It is suitable for abdominal pain due to deficiency and cold, metrorrhagia, irregular menstruation, abdominal pain during menstruation, leucorrhea and skin eczema and itching. Various moxa sticks made from moxa are used for burning and moxibustion, which can make the heat reach the inside and warm the qi and blood, penetrate the meridians, and treat various cold pain syndromes.

As the saying goes: Keep mugwort at home to keep young and old free from disease. This shows that keeping wormwood at home is very beneficial for maintaining good health. Winter is a season when cold winds blow, doors and windows are closed, and air convection is low, making it a high-risk season for many upper respiratory tract diseases. Regular use of moxa to fumigate rooms can effectively prevent the occurrence of respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza and maintain human health. Studies have found that mugwort fumigation is a good way to disinfect and sterilize homes.

Using mugwort leaves has different degrees of killing effects on bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, diphtheria Corynebacterium, typhoid and paratyphoid Salmonella, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc.; it also has a certain inhibitory effect on adenovirus, rhinovirus, influenza virus, herpes virus, etc. In addition, moxa fumigation has a certain effect against Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and can significantly increase the content of nonspecific immunoglobulin A in nasal secretions, thereby increasing the body's immune ability.

Generally, fumigation with mugwort leaves is done 1 to 2 times a month. In winter and the influenza epidemic season, fumigation is done 1 to 2 times a week. This can significantly reduce the number of various common pathogenic bacteria, viruses and fungi, thereby effectively preventing the occurrence of various respiratory infectious diseases. Mugwort has a pleasant fragrance. Applying its water extract or mugwort oil to the skin or smelling it has antibacterial and antiviral effects. It also has anti-asthmatic, antitussive, expectorant, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects on the respiratory tract.