Why do I feel colder the more I do moxibustion?

In life, as time goes by, we will also welcome the change of seasons, but everyone's feelings about the change of seasons will be different. For example, some people like summer, some people like winter more. Of course, spring and autumn are more popular with people. This is because the climate in these two seasons is more pleasant. Generally, friends who don't catch a cold in winter are mostly afraid of cold, no matter how much they wear. This is the manifestation of heavy cold evil in the body. It's just that it becomes more serious after a period of treatment with moxibustion. Let's talk about why this is the case.

People with heavy cold evil in their bodies will feel that their body surface is very cold after a period of moxibustion, and they will still feel cold no matter how thick the clothes they wear. Don't think that this is a bad thing. Patients with severe cold evil in the internal organs, such as paralysis of the limbs, may experience very obvious fear of cold all over the body after moxibustion, and feel that the disease seems to be getting worse, and feel that cold air is coming out of the body. This is a manifestation of the body's Yang Qi gradually replenishing and eliminating Yin evil from the outside. When you do the moxibustion gradually, you will feel it slowly getting warmer.

Of course, the symptoms vary from person to person. Some people will feel gradually warmer after a few days, while others have severe cold and it will take a long time for them to feel gradually warmer. Here I would like to remind you that some people need several months. If you encounter such a situation, do not be discouraged, and persist in moxibustion, and you will get a good result.

Moxibustion can stimulate the body's Yang energy. After the Yang energy is stimulated, the body will self-regulate and the cold will be expelled from the body through the skin. When the skin is expelling cold, you will break out in cold sweat. You should wipe it dry with a dry towel in time, avoid being exposed to the wind, and never rinse it with cold water.

Common wind-cold arthritis that women suffer from during the confinement period often causes a feeling of coolness coming out of the extremities or joints after treatment. At this time, you can strengthen moxibustion on the joints that are emitting cool air.

The cold air that invades the Du meridian and the Taiyang meridian may be expelled through sneezing. Here we would like to remind you that if the Yintang is affected by wind and cold evil spirits, it may be discharged through runny nose. Some patients who undergo moxibustion may experience coughing day and night. These are very similar to the common cold.

It can be seen that the way to expel cold varies from person to person, and sometimes the coldness in the stomach and intestines can be expelled through diarrhea.

In order to speed up the process of eliminating cold, two acupoints are often used, one is Shenque and the other is Dazhui.

The Shenque point located on the navel has collaterals that go directly to the stomach and intestines. Moxibustion on the navel can nourish the positive energy and more effectively remove excess cold in the stomach and intestines. Dazhui point is the meeting point of all yang points. Moxibustion on it has the effects of promoting yang and relieving exterior symptoms, dispersing wind and cold.

In addition, during the period of expelling cold, you can soak your feet in water boiled with mugwort and ginger to enhance blood circulation. Of course, there is another very important point, you must keep warm and avoid cold air or using cold water.