Moxibustion is one of the characteristic therapies of traditional Chinese medicine, but do you know that moxibustion can also prevent cancer?
The selenium content in moxibustion is very high, which is 10 times that of aloe, and aloe is recognized as an anticancer plant. Has anti-tumor and anti-aging effects. Now is a good time to clear lung and detoxify in autumn, and moxibustion is the first choice for health preservation. Moxibustion has strong permeability, circulates in the body, regulates viscera, nourishes qi and blood, drives away evil spirits, dispels cold and dampness, moistens the lungs and detoxifies.
Moxibustion therapy has a history of more than 3000 years in China. It gives warm stimulation to human body through pure yang heat of moxa fire, and regulates the balance of yin and yang of zang-fu organs through conduction of meridians and acupoints.
It is autumn now, and there is no heat at this time. At this point, the chill is slowly invading as the night progresses.
In autumn, gallbladder meridian and liver meridian are the worst. Therefore, the key to health care in autumn is to moxibustion gallbladder meridian and liver meridian to strengthen their functions.
Efficacy and function of moxibustion
Moxibustion can warm channels and dispel cold, dredge channels and collaterals, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, relieve pain, restore yang and relieve depression, and enhance immunity and disease resistance by stimulating some acupoints on the body surface.
In addition, moxibustion can also regulate endocrine, dispel cold and dampness and improve sleep. For women, the most surprising effect is beauty care, including acne and freckle removal. It can also delay aging and lose weight! ~
We may consume some essence blood when we are moxibustion, so sometimes we can't moxibustion.
The following seven points are not suitable for moxibustion.
1, pregnant women;
2. physiological period;
3. Hunger and satiety;
4. Some infectious diseases;
5, high fever, hypertensive crisis, advanced tuberculosis;
6. Severe anemia (hypoglycemia) and acute infectious diseases;
7. Extreme fatigue, drunkenness, sweating and emotional instability.
Why moxibustion can prevent and treat diseases?
Moxibustion is a simple and effective method to prevent and treat diseases, preserve health and prolong life in traditional Chinese medicine. Moxibustion is to burn, roast, smoke, scald or tamp with fresh products at certain parts or acupoints on the body surface after being ignited with moxa or other medicinal materials. With the help of moxa fire or medicine, the moxibustion site will be heated, congested and even blistered, so as to achieve the purposes of warming and dispersing cold pathogens, warming and dredging meridians, restoring yang to rescue adverse events, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass, strengthening the body and preventing and treating diseases.
The role of moxibustion in preventing and treating complications mostly comes from the nourishing effect of moxibustion. Chinese medicine believes that moxibustion can prevent and treat diseases because it can make the human body play the following roles.
1. Regulating Yin and Yang
The balance of yin and yang in human body is healthy, and the imbalance of yin and yang will make you sick. Moxibustion can restore the imbalance between yin and yang.
Regulate qi and blood
Qi is the source of life and blood is the material basis. Sufficient qi and blood, sufficient qi and blood, life activities will be normal. Or you'll get sick. Moxibustion can invigorate qi and nourish blood, regulate qi and harmonize the middle energizer, and achieve the purpose of health care.
3. Warming meridians
Meridian is the channel through which qi and blood flow. Smooth channels and collaterals are beneficial to qi and blood circulation and nutrient transport. If evil spirits invade the meridians, it will cause diseases. With the help of its function of warming the skin, moxibustion warms the skin and meridians, and promotes blood circulation and collaterals, thus achieving the effect of treating various diseases caused by cold, blood stasis and meridian obstruction.
Step 4 strengthen the body and eliminate evil spirits
Healthy qi exists in it, and evil spirits can't do it. Moxibustion can cultivate healthy qi and enhance the ability of disease prevention and disease resistance.
In addition, modern research has also confirmed that moxibustion can enhance the phagocytosis of white blood cells, accelerate the production of various specific and non-specific antibodies, improve its immune effect and enhance human immune function. At the same time, moxibustion can also improve the functions of various systems of human body, improve the disease resistance of human body, and is conducive to the rehabilitation of many diseases. It is through the above principles that moxibustion achieves the purpose of keeping healthy and protecting ships from various common diseases.
Beauty moxibustion at 5 acupoints
A good complexion often reflects a healthy physical condition. The acupuncturist pointed out that only when the zang-fu organs function normally and the qi and blood are vigorous can they remain young and radiant. When dark circles, eye bags and facial wrinkles appear, it is often necessary to nourish yin and tonify the kidney, clear away deficiency and reduce fire, remove blood stasis and dredge collaterals. Moxibustion at the following acupoints will help you bring out a good complexion from the inside out.
Hegu
Hegu is located between the first and second metacarpals of the back of the hand, near the midpoint of the second metacarpal. Hegu point is an important point where the energy of the large intestine meridian of Shouyangming meets. "Song of Four Generals' Acupoints" says that "the combination of facial and oral lines shows that Hegu point has the function of treating facial diseases, because Hegu point can dredge local meridians and qi and blood.
Back acupoint
Shu Ge, under the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra 1.5 inch. Ganshu, below spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra 1.5 inch. Shenshu, below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra 1.5 inch. Pishu is located at 1 1 and 1 inch below the spinous process of the thoracic spine. Moxibustion on these acupoints can enhance the metabolism of human body, promote blood circulation and eliminate edema.
Taixi
Located on the medial side of the foot, behind the medial malleolus, and in the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and the achilles tendon. Moxibustion at this point can nourish yin and tonify kidney.
moisture
Above the umbilicus 1 inch. This acupoint can help the abdomen to remove fat and eliminate edema.
Sanyinjiao
Sanyinjiao point is 3 inches above the medial malleolus and behind the medial edge of tibia. Moxibustion at this point can regulate the balance of yin and yang and endocrine.
When doing beauty moxibustion, gently moxibustion the above-mentioned acupoints with smokeless moxa stick for 10- 15 minutes each time, with the moxibustion distance of 3-5 cm, once a day until the acupoints are warm and reddish, and 10 times is a course of treatment.
What should I pay attention to when moxibustion?
Although moxibustion is a simple method, the following points should be paid attention to in clinical application to ensure its safety and effectiveness. So what do you need to pay attention to when moxibustion?
(1) The performer should be serious, attentive and careful. Before moxibustion, the operation requirements should be explained to the patients, so as to eliminate the fear and obtain the cooperation of the patients. If scar moxibustion is needed, the patient's consent must be obtained first.
② The correct posture should be selected in clinical moxibustion, and the patient's posture should be straight and comfortable, which is not only conducive to the accurate selection of acupoints, but also conducive to the placement of moxa cone and the smooth completion of moxibustion.
③ The amount of moxa cone moxibustion is often determined according to the size of moxa cone and the intensity of moxibustion. Generally speaking, the moxa cone with strong physique at the beginning of illness is bigger and stronger. Ai Xi, who is weak after a long illness, should be small and strong. According to the characteristics of the moxibustion site, it is not suitable to apply moxibustion on the head, face and chest. Waist and abdomen moxibustion can be strong; Don't moxibustion at the ends of limbs with thin skin and many bones and muscles; Shoulders and thick skin and full muscles should be big and strong. Moxibustion should be combined with the condition. If it is a cold, the yang will soon be exhausted, and moxibustion without a cauldron will not work; If it is exogenous wind-cold and carbuncle, we should master it moderately, otherwise it will easily lead to the adverse consequences of pathogenic heat and internal depression.
④ Moxibustion is widely used, which can not only benefit Yiyang, but also hurt Yin. Clinically, moxibustion should be used with caution for all diseases such as yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang, excess of pathogenic factors and excessive heat toxicity.
⑤ When moxibustion is applied, moxibustion scars should not be applied in the five senses, the heart area, the area with large blood vessels, etc. And the acupoints should be used with caution. Pregnant women's abdomen and lumbosacral region should not be moxibustion.
⑥ When moxibustion or warm acupuncture is applied, attention should be paid to prevent moxa fire from falling off, so as to avoid burning skin and clothes. In the process of moxibustion, it is necessary to know the patient's reaction at any time, adjust the distance between moxibustion fire and skin in time, master the amount of moxibustion, and avoid moxibustion injury caused by excessive moxibustion.
If blisters appear locally after moxibustion, they can be absorbed naturally as long as they are not rubbed. If the blister is too large, it can be punctured from the bottom of the blister with a sterile needle, then coated with gentian violet liquid, and told the patient not to scratch, which can be absorbed and healed in a few days. Those who have suppurated moxibustion should avoid alcohol, fishy smell and irritating food during the suppurative period of moxibustion sores to prevent infection. If there is a secondary infection, it should be treated in time. In addition, more attention should be paid to moxibustion treatment, especially for patients with respiratory diseases.
⑦ In the operating room, attention should be paid to ventilation to keep the air fresh, so as to avoid the smoke being too thick, polluting the air and causing harm to the human body. After moxa cone or moxa stick moxibustion treatment, the burning moxa stick must be extinguished to prevent the accident from happening again.
What are the taboos of moxibustion?
Moxibustion has a wide range of applications, but it also has its taboos. Generally includes the following aspects.
1. Taboo: There are many records about forbidden moxibustion points in some ancient documents, but there are differences among books, which are quite inconsistent. For example, there are only 24 acupoints in Acupuncture and Moxibustion A&B Classic, but there are 49 acupoints in Acupuncture and Moxibustion Integration. From the clinical practice, it is not necessary to ban moxibustion in most cases. However, some acupoints near the head and face or important organs and large blood vessels should be avoided as far as possible or appropriate moxibustion therapy should be selected, especially direct moxibustion with moxa sticks. In addition, pregnant women with less abdomen are also prohibited from moxibustion.
2. Taboo: Symptoms such as high fever, massive hematemesis, stroke, and liver-yang headache are generally not suitable for moxibustion, but they are not absolute.
3. Other contraindications: those who are full, overworked, hungry, drunk, thirsty, surprised, surprised and angry should use moxibustion with caution. In addition, in recent years, it has been found that a small number of patients are allergic to mugwort, and such patients can adopt non-moxibustion therapy or other acupoint stimulation methods.
Conclusion: It turns out that moxibustion can also effectively fight cancer. Do you think it's amazing? Therefore, you may wish to have moxibustion at ordinary times. However, moxibustion also has precautions and taboos, and some people can't moxibustion.