Is moxibustion smoke poisonous?

I believe everyone is familiar with mugwort. In addition to rice dumplings, many people have the custom of hanging mugwort on their doors during the Dragon Boat Festival every year. The dogwood in "there is one less person everywhere with dogwood inserted" refers to mugwort. The effect of mugwort is very important. Not only does it smell fragrant, but the mugwort leaves also have high medicinal value. Now many acupuncture places also use moxibustion. So is moxibustion smoke poisonous?

1. Benefits of using moxa smoke:

1. Moxa smoke contains moxa essential oil ingredients, which have very good bactericidal and disinfecting abilities, and are broad-spectrum antibacterial, with inhibitory and killing effects on many bacteria and viruses. Therefore, moxibustion can prevent colds, purify the indoor environment, and is especially effective for respiratory and skin diseases. Blowing moxibustion to treat otitis media also mainly utilizes the effects of moxa smoke. The lower part of the word "Ai" (wormwood) is "×", which means murderous aura. Therefore, the ancients believed that wormwood had murderous aura and could ward off evil spirits, which is consistent with the current meaning of wormwood for sterilization and disinfection. To this day, there is a custom of inserting wormwood at the door to ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival. It actually has the effect of repelling insects and mosquitoes, and killing bacteria and disinfecting.

2. Appropriate moxa smoke has a special moxa fragrance that can soothe the mind, help sleep, and calm the nerves. Moreover, this smell has clear effects of relieving asthma, relieving cough, removing phlegm, and relaxing tracheal smooth muscles. It is particularly effective in treating asthma cases.

2. Disadvantages of moxa smoke: In addition to moxa essential oil, moxa smoke also contains complex ingredients such as dust particles and carbon monoxide. Especially the portable moxibustion cups used nowadays, some of which will produce some unpleasant smells due to incomplete combustion or quality problems of moxa sticks. It’s okay to do moxibustion occasionally, but you should be careful when doing it for a long time. Especially for people with Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, if there is large-scale fire and smoke, they will experience dizziness, getting angry, dry mouth and other symptoms.

Through the above introduction, I believe everyone has a deeper understanding of moxibustion smoke. Although moxibustion smoke is non-toxic, it can cause great harm to the human body. The burning smoke contains not only many dust particles, but also harmful gases such as carbon monoxide. If we inhale moxibustion smoke for a long time, the harm to our body will be immeasurable.