Can I continue moxibustion if I have night sweats while sleeping on the day of moxibustion?

Night sweats often occur in middle-aged people, and even some young people in modern society also experience this condition. To put it simply, night sweats are the accumulation of a large amount of sweat while sleeping, so it is called night sweats. Moxibustion is one of the most common treatment methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine and has a wide range of effects and functions. So the question is, can we use moxibustion to solve night sweats?

Night sweats are generally a manifestation of kidney yin deficiency. Night sweats caused by yin deficiency, heat disturbance and leakage of body fluid are seen in patients who have internal consumption of yin fluid due to overwork, long-term illness or fever. In this case, moxibustion is used. By lighting the moxa stick, moxibustion is performed on the acupuncture point about 2-3 cm above the skin. If you keep doing moxibustion, the symptoms of account hacking will be alleviated. If you add effective acupoints, the effect of moxibustion will be better.

For night sweats, moxibustion should be performed on the Dazhui, Feishu, Qihai, Guanyuan, Yinxi, Zusanli and Fuliu acupoints. Regularly perform moxibustion every day. During the moxibustion process, careful observation should be made, and attention should be paid to the amount of moxibustion and the intensity of the fire.

Moxibustion acupoint for night sweats: Dazhui point

[Dazhui Point]: Located in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra.

Method of finding the acupoint: Lower your head when finding the acupoint. Dazhui point is located at the lower end of the human neck, in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra. If the bony protrusion is not obvious, ask the patient to move his neck. The immobile bone is the first thoracic vertebra, which is approximately level with the shoulder.

Moxibustion diseases: epilepsy, fever, dysentery, cough, shoulder and back pain, stiff waist and spine, infantile convulsions, heatstroke, vomiting, rubella, etc.

Moxibustion night sweats acupoint 2: Feishu point

[Feishu Point]: Located 1.5 inches lateral to the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra on the back or two finger widths to the left and right.

Acupoint location method: Sit upright or lie prone when locating the acupoint. The Feishu point is located on the back of the human body, two finger widths or 1.5 inches to the left and right below the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra.

Moxibustion symptoms: cough, asthma, vomiting blood, night sweats, nasal congestion, pneumonia, bronchitis, tuberculosis and other lung meridian and respiratory diseases.