Can moxibustion cure pharyngitis?

There are great differences in the treatment methods of diseases between Chinese and Western medicine. Western medicine mostly uses chemical drugs or surgical methods to treat diseases, while Chinese medicine mostly uses Chinese herbal medicine conditioning, or acupuncture methods on acupoints. Acupuncture is a method of treating diseases through acupoints that was derived through continuous research and experimentation by the ancients. Moxibustion, as the name suggests, uses mugwort in acupuncture. Let us now understand whether moxibustion can cure pharyngitis?

Moxibustion can be used for both chronic and acute pharyngitis. Traditional Chinese medicine calls pharyngitis "false fire throat congestion". In the acute phase, the throat is obviously congested, manifested as fever, sore throat, and difficulty swallowing. Delayed treatment may lead to chronic pharyngitis, which is prone to recurrence and difficult to eradicate, and manifests as dryness, dull pain, dry cough, and foreign body sensation in the throat. Therefore, if you have pharyngitis, do not take it lightly! Fortunately, both chronic pharyngitis and acute pharyngitis can be treated with moxibustion, and the moxibustion method is the same. Here, the effective parts of moxibustion include moxa heat and moxa smoke. Under normal circumstances, the effect of moxa smoke only accounts for a small part, but when treating pharyngitis, the effect of moxa smoke cannot be ignored. The mugwort essential oil in moxa smoke can enter the pharyngitis site to reduce inflammation and kill bacteria. Therefore, when treating pharyngitis with moxibustion, you need to use moxa sticks of high purity!

Select Lieque, Hegu, and Tiantu, and moxibustion each for 10 minutes.

If you feel pain when swallowing, add moxibustion on Chize and Quchi for 10 minutes each.

If there is night sweats (sweating after falling asleep and no sweating after waking up), add moxibustion on Taixi and Zhaohai for 10 minutes each.

Note:

1. Drink plenty of water

For acute pharyngitis, it is best recommended to take cephalexin capsules plus Jinshengzi throat tablets for treatment. The effect is quite good. Avoid spicy food, do not drink alcohol, and keep warm. Oral baking soda and erythromycin ethylsuccinate for anti-inflammatory treatment during acute pain. Take after meals. You must drink plenty of water on a regular basis. Eat more vegetables.

Chronic pharyngitis is caused by repeated attacks of acute pharyngitis that are not completely treated and turn into a chronic disease. Generally speaking, it is difficult to cure, and the main thing is to pay more attention to it in daily life.

Guidance:

It is recommended to use Chinese patent medicine, such as Liyanling, Coral Grass Tablets, Baoan Powder, etc., and can be used to make tea: equal parts of Shuanghua, Ophiopogon japonicus, Sterculia lychnophora, and raw licorice, brewed with boiling water and taken frequently

Acupoints: Dazhui, Jiaoji point, Tiantu. Tools: Buy a single-eye moxibustion box, or a double-eye moxibustion box, or a single-pot moxibustion jar, or a double-pot moxibustion jar. Method: Dazhui and cervical Jiaji points can be treated with moxa sticks. The best way to moxibustion Tiantu is to lie down and hold a moxa stick to fumigate Tiantu and the neck. It takes about 20 minutes. Note: When doing moxibustion, be careful not to eat spicy food, drink more water, and talk less. It is best to avoid smoking and drinking and keep a happy mood during treatment. Efficacy evaluation: For mild cases, the effect can be seen after about a week of treatment. If it is chronic, you will need moxibustion for at least half a month to a month to treat it. When choosing moxa sticks to treat pharyngitis, you need to choose golden moxa sticks.

Chronic pharyngitis, more massage:

Massage is often used for chronic pharyngitis, which can nourish yin and relieve sore throat.

Massage points for pharyngitis:

(1) Sit down and massage the Lianquan and Tiantu points on the neck with your thumb and index finger for 2 minutes.

(2) Sit down and use the tips of your thumbs to press the Hegu points on both hands 30 times on each side, until you feel soreness and swelling in the area.

(3) Sit down, stand behind the body, and rub the lung point on the back with your palm until you feel a burning sensation on the back.

(4) Sit down, place your palms horizontally on the back of your neck, and gently push forward from the lower jaw to the Adam's apple, 20 times on each side. In the acute phase, hold the Quchi, Jianjing, and Hegu points for 1 to 2 minutes each. In the chronic phase, rub the Yongquan point directly until it warms up, and massage the Taixi and Zhaohai points for 1 to 2 minutes each.

The last thing to say is:

During the treatment of pharyngitis, avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, drink more water, and talk less.