Effects of Sanfutian moxibustion

Once we enter the dog days of summer, everyone should take precautions against heat stroke, because this is the hottest time of the year and there are many cases of heat stroke during this time. At the same time, during the dog days, you should try to eat more foods that help clear away heat and relieve summer heat. Many Chinese medicine practitioners also recommend that patients perform moxibustion during the dog days. What effect will moxibustion have on the body during the dog days?

Why do we need moxibustion during the dog days?

Many people choose to do moxibustion during the dog days. So why do we need moxibustion during the dog days? There is an old Chinese saying that winter diseases should be treated in summer. Treating diseases in summer can prevent the occurrence of some diseases.

Treating winter diseases in summer means giving targeted treatment in summer to some diseases that are prone to occur or worsen in winter, thereby improving the body's disease resistance and alleviating or eliminating the symptoms that are prone to occur or worsen in winter. It is a specific application of Traditional Chinese Medicine's holistic view of "harmony between man and nature" and its disease prevention concept of "prevention before illness occurs." Commonly used treatment methods include moxibustion, acupoint application, acupuncture, oral medication, etc. By performing drug or non-drug therapies on the human body during the summer when the natural yang energy is at its strongest, the purpose of invigorating qi and warming yang, dispelling cold and unblocking meridians is achieved, thereby achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases that are prone to occur in winter.

There are many ways to treat winter diseases in summer, such as applying medicine, injecting medicine, moxibustion, thread embedding, scraping, cupping, or taking medicine orally on specific acupoints on the human body according to the main diseases and symptoms of the acupoints. Among them, moxibustion and acupoint applying are the most widely used.

"Treating winter diseases in summer" Sanfu moxibustion makes use of the hot weather during the Sanfu days. Moxibustion has the functions of warming and nourishing, removing phlegm, promoting qi circulation, unblocking meridians and removing cold, so as to achieve the effects of warming yang and benefiting qi, dispersing internal cold evil, normalizing the rise and fall of lung qi, warming and nourishing the spleen and kidneys, enhancing the body's disease resistance, and preventing the occurrence of these diseases.

Four benefits of moxibustion in dog days

1. Promote Qi and blood circulation

For office workers, they often sit for long periods of time, which causes blood stagnation and qi congestion, and they often suffer from body aches. Mugwort has the effect of activating blood circulation and promoting the flow of qi. The dog days of summer are when the temperature is the highest in the year, and the pores of the body are open. Moxibustion at this time can promote the circulation of qi and blood in the body and warm the meridians.

2. Improve digestion

The dog days are the hottest time of the year. Because of the harsh summer weather, many people suffer from loss of appetite during the dog days. Moxibustion can stimulate the body's acupuncture points, which can strengthen the body's digestive system, enhance appetite and promote digestion.

3. Warming Yang and tonifying the kidney

The dog days of summer are the time of the year when the Yang energy is at its peak. At this time, the body's Yang energy is at its peak. Moxibustion can enhance physical fitness and help people with poor physical fitness to maintain their bodies, especially for people with insufficient Yang and kidney energy. The effect is more direct.

4. Prolong life

Moxibustion during the dog days of summer is one of the traditional Chinese medicines. It can help the body to remove blood stasis, reopen blocked meridians, and promote the body's metabolism. For the elderly whose immune system is beginning to decline, it can also help prolong life.