Effects of adding ginger slices to moxibustion

Moxibustion is a treatment method in traditional medicine. Using moxibustion and ginger slices together is called ginger moxibustion, which refers to a moxibustion method that uses ginger slices and ginger powder as a cushion. This method is also often used to treat diseases, such as vomiting and diarrhea. For women who have dysmenorrhea or peripheral facial nerve paralysis, etc., it has a certain therapeutic effect. It can also play a good therapeutic effect on the manifestations of symptoms caused by stomach cold and stomach pain. When using ginger moxibustion, be sure to choose fresh old ginger.

Effects of adding ginger slices to moxibustion

Vomiting, diarrhea, dull pain in the abdomen, dysmenorrhea, peripheral facial nerve paralysis, etc.

For example, for stomach problems (stomach pain caused by deficiency and cold): take Zhongwan (in the upper abdomen, 4 inches above the navel, on the anterior midline), Zusanli (3 inches below the outer knee) and Neiguan (on the palm side of the forearm, on the line connecting Daling and Quze points, 2 inches above the transverse wrist crease, between the palmaris longus tendon and radial flexor carpi tendon) acupoints, mix ginger powder into a paste about 0.2 cm thick and place it on the above acupoints, take a moxa cone pinched into the size of a pagoda candy and place it on the ginger slices for moxibustion, 1 cone for each acupoint, moxibustion for about 45 minutes, twice a day.

Precautions

1. The ginger used for ginger moxibustion should be ginger powder or fresh old ginger, and it should be cut and used immediately. Do not use dried ginger slices or young ginger.

2. The thickness of the ginger slices should be determined according to the body part and the disease. Generally speaking, ginger slices can be thicker for more sensitive areas such as the face, and thinner for acute or painful conditions.

3. If the skin is accidentally burned during the moxibustion process, causing transparent and shiny blisters on the skin, care must be taken to prevent infection. The treatment method can refer to the scar-free moxibustion method.

Ginger's medicinal properties:

1. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginger is pungent and slightly warm in nature, and belongs to the lung, spleen, and stomach meridians. Its effects are to induce sweating and relieve exterior symptoms, warm the middle and stop vomiting, warm the lungs and stop coughing, and detoxify drugs.

2. Ginger can stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen, and prevent and treat summer gastrointestinal diseases. Ginger can enhance the secretion of gastric juice and the peristalsis of the intestinal wall, promote blood circulation, invigorate gastric function, and achieve the effects of strengthening the stomach, relieving pain, sweating, and relieving fever; and the gingerol and ginger ketone in ginger also have obvious anti-emetic effects.

3. Other functions. Prevent motion sickness, treat bad breath, periodontitis, treat insomnia, relieve heat and refresh the mind, treat waist and shoulder pain, athlete's foot and foot odor, anti-aging, anti-tumor, and oral ulcers.