Moxibustion has become a favored wellness method for many modern people. Which symptoms are suitable for moxibustion, and what precautions should be taken? Let’s listen to what the doctor has to say about the benefits and contraindications of moxibustion.

How does moxibustion work?

Many elderly people fear the cold, even during the hot summer months, feeling cold. This is a typical manifestation of insufficient yang energy. The book “New Materia Medica”

states: “Mugwort leaves are bitter and pungent, raw they are warm, cooked they are hot, of pure yang nature, can restore yang energy on the verge of collapse, connect the twelve meridians, access the three yin channels, regulate qi and blood, expel cold and dampness, warm the uterus, relieve depression, … when used for moxibustion, can penetrate all meridians and cure various diseases.”

Moxibustion therapy works by burning mugwort to produce heat, applying moderate warm stimulation. This is conducted through the meridians to achieve therapeutic and health-preserving effects.

This therapy is mainly used for strengthening the kidneys, invigorating yang, improving cold limbs, regulating internal organs, promoting metabolism, and enhancing physical fitness to achieve overall health and fitness.

The effects of moxibustion are more than you think

  • Restoring yang and preventing collapse, reviving the pulse in emergencies: Treats critical conditions like collapse and weak pulse.
  • Dispelling wind and cold, regulating ying and wei: Treats external wind-cold invasion and imbalances of ying and wei qi and blood.
  • Activating blood and resolving stasis, warming and opening meridians: Treats bruising, meridian obstruction, and joint diseases due to wind-cold-dampness.
  • Elevating central qi, stabilizing pregnancy: Treats prolapse of organs like rectum or uterus, instability of the fetus, and gynecological issues like excessive menstrual bleeding and vaginal discharge.
  • Warming meridians, dispelling cold, and stopping pain: Treats pain due to wind-cold.
  • Securing chong and ren, correcting fetal position: Treats obstetric conditions like transverse presentation or malposition of the fetus.
  • Strengthening spleen and kidneys, enhancing both: Treats spleen and stomach weakness, lack of digestive power, kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, impotence, and weakness of the waist and knees.
  • Strengthening yang, preventing disease, and prolonging life: Moxibustion without disease can prevent illness, enhance immunity, make one energetic, and prolong life.

Precautions before moxibustion

  • Avoid direct moxibustion on wounds, thin skin, areas with little muscle such as the face, joints, nipples, testes, and perineum. Do not apply moxibustion on large blood vessels or the heart area.
  • Moxibustion is contraindicated during high fever, unconsciousness, convulsions, menstruation, pregnancy, infectious diseases, and extreme physical weakness.
  • Avoid moxibustion when extremely fatigued, overly hungry or full, intoxicated, excessively sweating, or emotionally unstable.
  • People with no self-control, such as those with mental disorders, should not undergo moxibustion.
  • Do not consume cold foods during moxibustion. Avoid contact with cold water or bathing within an hour after moxibustion, and drink plenty of warm water to aid detoxification. Cold water should be avoided.

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