Can I do moxibustion every day during the dog days?

There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "winter diseases are treated in summer", so every Chinese medicine practitioner will recommend patients to undergo moxibustion during the dog days of summer, because moxibustion during the dog days of summer can effectively prevent the occurrence of diseases and can also play a role in treating human diseases. Moreover, the weather is very hot most of the time during the dog days of summer, and it is also a period when heat stroke incidents occur frequently. But can we do moxibustion every day during the dog days?

Can I use moxibustion every day during the dog days?

Theoretically, moxibustion can be performed every day, but there is no need to do it every day during the dog days. You only need to do moxibustion once before the first dog days, the first dog days, the middle dog days, the last dog days, and the last dog days according to the schedule of the dog days.

The dog days of summer every year are the time to treat winter diseases in summer. The so-called dog days of summer is a therapy that uses natural fire to treat diseases at this time. This method combines the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine time medicine and external treatment of Chinese medicine. It has become a popular summer therapy method in recent years and is quite popular among people. Generally speaking, moxibustion can be performed once a day during the dog days of summer, each time lasting 30 minutes, and a course of treatment is about one week. It should be noted that when doing moxibustion, care should be taken to avoid burns. The skin should be kept at a certain distance from the body, not too close to avoid burns. Generally, a slight burning sensation is felt locally.

The first question is whether moxibustion can be done every day. It depends on different situations. For example, if some acute symptoms suddenly occur in the body, some are serious. We can do moxibustion for a longer period of time, about once or twice a day, until the symptoms are cured. But there is a prerequisite that your body can bear it. Another thing is that for chronic diseases, there should be a pause after moxibustion for a period of time. If a certain disease has troubled us for many years, we should start moxibustion slowly and step by step. In this case, you can do moxibustion every day for about half a month, rest for two days in between, and then do it every day again. Also, if you don't have any physical illness, moxibustion is only for daily health care, and you can moxibustion the health care points every three to five days. Or if you have a physique of yin deficiency and yang excess, it is not suitable for you to do moxibustion every day, especially for children and the elderly, the moxibustion time should be shorter.

Frequency of moxibustion during the dog days

The frequency of moxibustion during the dog days needs to be determined according to different physical conditions, but generally speaking, moxibustion is not required every day. Moxibustion once every three to five days or so is sufficient. If you are seriously unwell, moxibustion can be performed once a day, but it must be done under the guidance of a professional doctor.

There are strict regulations on the time of moxibustion in the three-fu days, namely the first, middle and last days. The "three-fu days" are the hottest time of the year, and are also the time when "yang energy is the most vigorous" as described in traditional Chinese medicine. At this time, the human skin is relaxed and the pores are wide open. Applying medicine on specific acupoints can more easily penetrate the skin, stimulate the acupoints, help dredge the meridians, regulate the internal organs, and expel stubborn diseases and coldness in the body, achieving the effect of "treating winter diseases in summer."

As a treatment for chronic diseases, Sanfu moxibustion generally requires three courses of treatment, that is, the treatment of the first, middle and third fu periods must be completed on time for three consecutive summers. Some hospitals have also introduced enhanced moxibustion and the 39th day of winter moxibustion to consolidate the therapeutic effect. Among the “Three-Fu Moxibustion”, “moxibustion through ginger + applying medicine” is the most traditional treatment. Ginger can make the medicine penetrate more easily, stimulate the efficacy of acupoints and superimpose the therapeutic effects, so as to exert the true therapeutic effect of Sanfu moxibustion. Ginger moxibustion plus medicated patch usually takes 30-40 minutes. Beforehand, you need to prepare and select large old ginger and cut it into slices of equal thickness. Light the moxa stick with ginger slices, and apply medicine after it burns out. Only this is the formal definition of Sanfu moxibustion.