Moxibustion is a simple and effective method to prevent and treat diseases and prolong life in traditional Chinese medicine.

It is made of moxa stick or moxa stick with airong as the main raw material, and is smoked and irons or warms the surface acupoints or diseased parts of the body after ignition.

Through the conduction of meridians and collaterals, it plays the role of warming and ventilating qi and blood, nourishing health and removing pathogenic factors, so as to achieve the purpose of health care, disease prevention and treatment. Do you know the historical development and function of moxibustion?

Fill the world with "ai"

Moxibustion, mainly refers to the use of the heat of burning moxa strips, to the body meridian acupoints with warm and thermal stimulation, in order to achieve the purpose of preventing and curing diseases of a traditional therapy. It has the function of warming Yang to replenish qi, warming meridian to clear collaterals, removing silt and dispersing knot, and replenishing middle qi.

The scope of application of moxibustion therapy is very wide, in ancient China is the main means of treatment of diseases, now moxibustion prevention of diseases has been involved in the internal, external, women, children, facial features and other clinical departments.

Moxibustion is one of the few natural green therapies in modern times. It is easy to learn and has no side effects. Let's all start our hands, learn moxibustion easily, bring health and love to ourselves and our families, and let the world be full of "ai".

The origin and development of moxibustion

The eastern han dynasty

During the eastern han dynasty, zhang zhongjing inherited the idea of treating diseases without diseases in neijing. Although he focused on drug differentiation and treatment, he also involved acupuncture and moxibustion prevention. The first chapter of synopsis of the golden chamber points out clearly: "if people can keep cautious, do not make evil wind emmaus meridians; Moderate meridian, did not spread the viscera, that is, healing.

Limbs just feel heavy sluggish, namely guide, vomit na, acupuncture and moxibustion, plaster rub, do not make 9 qiao occlusion. It emphasizes that attention should be paid to health care and disease prevention at ordinary times.

Jin and tang dynasties

Jin and tang dynasties, the emphasis on moxibustion method. During this period, moxibustion was widely used for prevention and had a profound impact on later generations. Its emphasis is to prevent all kinds of acute and serious diseases, including the following:

One is the emphasis on planning ahead. For example, the use of moxibustion to prevent disease infection, such as "elbow emergency side · volume 2" mentioned "close moxibustion patients bed four corners, each a strong, to prevent the disease of miasma. Although its actual effect is still to be verified, but this assumption is quite valuable.

The other is the use of moxibustion method to enhance people's resistance, to achieve the purpose of prevention. As sun simiao wrote in the tang dynasty: "if you travel to wushu, you should moxibustion at least three or two places on your body. Do not make the sore worse temporarily.

During the prevention, doctors at that time also noticed that measures should be taken in accordance with local conditions, "on the various pathogenic factors · volume 45" mentioned: "the land between the luo river is cold, the children like spasmodic disease, the common birth of children for three days, like to prevent the adverse moxibustion. And moxibustion of the cheek to prevent a shiver.

Jiangdong diwen, there is no such disease, the ancient prescription has the law of reverse acupuncture and moxibustion, now people do not know the difference between the north and the south, according to the prescription used, more harm to children. The term "reverse acupuncture" refers to preventive acupuncture and moxibustion, which was also proposed in jin dynasty and first appeared in fan wangfang.

After the song dynasty

After song dynasty, moxibustion became the main method of health care. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, moxibustion has the merits of warming Yang, dispersing cold, and helping yuan to fix the source. In addition, moxibustion is cheap and easy to obtain, and moxibustion is easy to operate on its own.

Ming lee  referred to in the introduction to medicine, namely: "all the year round, the cured time, strength strong, fit not born", and "longevity".

In order to verify the actual clinical effect of acupuncture and moxibustion health care, some doctors also made a personal experiment. For example, wang zhizhong in song dynasty wrote in the book of the endowment of acupuncture and moxibustion: "people do not instinctively use their vitality to help their emotions, if moxibustion can make the sea of qi warm, it is also the second.

To the old many diseases, often afraid of short of breath, the doctor taught moxibustion sea gas, gas then not promote, since every year must be one or two moxibustion. Another example is dou CAI, since the age of 50 years old "moxibustion guan yuan 500 strong", "hence the elderly health".

In the operation of health moxibustion, there are a variety of moxibustion methods, including simple moxibustion (direct moxibustion or isolated moxibustion), moxibustion method (similar to modern moxibustion moxibustion strips) and so on. There is also a kind of rat dung moxibustion, "acupuncture and moxibustion resources · volume 3" : "the old story, some old and looks like a child, cover every year with rat dung moxibustion navel in a strong, so also.

Health moxibustion of the strong number, generally believed to be related to age, such as "people to 30. Moxibustion can be three years under the umbilical three hundred strong; Fifty moxibustion can be two years under the umbilical three hundred strong; Sixty moxibustion can be a year three hundred strong navel. As mentioned above, moxibustion every season, the number of strong can be as little as a strong.

Health moxibustion point of choice, with god que, gas sea, guan yuan, zusanli and other points are the most commonly used.

Does modern

Acupuncture and moxibustion health care and prevention have made rapid development in modern times. In the 1950s and 1960s, acupuncture and moxibustion were widely carried out in China. The early focus for acupuncture and moxibustion disease prevention, and to a variety of acute infectious diseases. In recent 30 years, acupuncture and moxibustion health care work has attracted more and more attention, while the prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases such as heart and cerebrovascular diseases has gradually shifted to the content.

Nowadays, moxibustion is not only used to prevent some senile diseases, but also to fight against senility. For example, in recent years, acupuncture point moxibustion instrument is used to irradiate health points to improve the immune function of the elderly. It is worth mentioning that Japanese doctors also attach great importance to health care moxibustion, in clinical practice has been developed, they suggest that "17, 8 years old moxibustion damper, to prevent colds and tuberculosis.

Moxibustion at the age of 24 or 5 promotes the healthy development of reproductive system. Moxibustion zusanli around 30 to 40 years old to prevent aging and disease; In old age add moxibustion qu chi, in order to make the teeth firm, eyes bright, blood pressure is normal, etc.

How much do you know about moxibustion

"Huangdi neijing" "linshu · function" said that "the needle is not for, moxibustion should be appropriate", "introduction to medicine" also said that "medicine is not as good as, the needle is not, must moxibustion. It can be seen that moxibustion has long been valued by people, because of its high safety, non-toxic side effects, but also health care, so it is widely spread. The main effects of moxibustion are summarized as follows.

First, wen jing tong mai, cold dispelling evil spirits

Because this method is the use of superior Chen ai, integrated with a number of traditional Chinese medicine, Tibetan medicine combined, soft and warm fire, strong permeability, can diffuse cold warm-warm-classics, fire to fight evil. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the normal life activities of the human body, depends on the role of qi and blood, qi and blood deficiency, the operation is not smooth is prone to aging and illness

Qi and blood have the characteristics of "when it is warm, it will go; when it is cold, it will coagulate". The use of moxibustion, can produce warm and thermal stimulation to the meridians and collaterals points of the human body, so that the qi and blood flow, fire against evil. Moxibustion has the function of dispelling wind and cold, removing stagflation, relieving inflammation and pain, promoting cell regeneration, so as to achieve the effect of health care, health maintenance and beauty.

Second, warm Yang qi, Yang fu solid off

Moxibustion can stimulate the function of human immune system, promote metabolism, and strengthen internal and external communication. The moxibustion method has the special pure Yang nature, can make the person Yang qi sufficient, the fine blood is abundant, the solid strong body, enhances the human body digestion, the circulation, the excretion, the reproductive urinary system function.

Third, qi huoxue line, silt dispersal

Moxibustion has the characteristics of fragrant channeling, the heat and special smell emitted when burning, can quickly open the human meridian, accelerate the human blood circulation. So clinically, it is often used to treat the acute congestion of qi and blood, such as scrofula, scrofula, etc.

Fourth, prevent disease, health care to strengthen the body

Often moxibustion zusanli, guan yuan, shenque, dazhui and other health points, no disease moxibustion, can stimulate the human body, improve the ability to resist disease, make people energetic, longevity.