How long does moxibustion take to be effective?

With the improvement of daily living standards, people are paying more and more attention to health care. Good health is very important to everyone. There are many ways to maintain health in life. Moxibustion is a common health care method. Moxibustion not only has the function of health care, but also has the effect of curing diseases. It is a common treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture. If you do moxibustion, how long will it take for the effect to appear?

How long does it take for moxibustion to be effective?

We need to analyze according to the situation. If the physical symptoms are more serious, we can moxibustion for a longer time, about once or twice a day, but the prerequisite is that your body can bear it! You should have a better mentality when doing moxibustion. After all, moxibustion is a chronic conditioning process.

Secondly, if a certain disease has troubled us for many years, that is, a chronic disease, we should take it slow when we first start moxibustion, and pay attention to gradual progress. At the beginning, you can moxibustion every day for about half a month, that is, fifteen days, and then take a break for two days, and then moxibustion every day. If you feel much better after moxibustion in the first half of the month, or you don’t have enough time, you can choose to moxibustion every other day, or two to three times a week. If moxibustion causes getting angry, you can moxibustion the Yongquan acupoint to guide the fire downward, or drink more water.

Finally, if you are doing moxibustion simply for health care, then choose a few tonic acupoints, such as Zhongwan, Shenque, Guanyuan, Zusanli, and Sanyinjiao, and moxibustion for about half an hour to forty minutes each time. If you persist in moxibustion, you will slowly feel the effect.

How long should moxibustion be done?

The author thinks that the length of moxibustion time should be determined according to one's own situation. If you feel comfortable during moxibustion, you can extend the time appropriately. If you feel dizzy or chest tightness after moxibustion, then start with moxibustion for ten or twenty minutes, and then slowly let your body adapt to moxibustion. Moxibustion can invigorate blood circulation. Some people experience dizziness and chest tightness after moxibustion. This is due to accelerated blood circulation and expansion of blood vessels, so the body needs to allow a gradual process.

What is the effect of moxibustion?

Moxibustion has a wide range of effects. Modern research shows that the methanol extract of the combustion product of moxa has the effect of scavenging free radicals, and is more effective than the methanol extract of unburned moxa. The lipid peroxides in the local skin after moxibustion were significantly reduced, and this effect was caused by the combustion products of moxa. The burning of moxa not only does not destroy its effective medicinal ingredients, but enhances them. The antioxidant substances in the products of moxa combustion adhere to the skin at the acupuncture points and penetrate into the body through the heat of moxibustion to take effect.

Moxibustion can harmonize yin and yang. The balance of yin and yang in the human body is the root of the occurrence and development of disease. The tonifying and purging effects of moxibustion therapy are used to achieve the effect of harmonizing yin and yang. Moxibustion can also warm the meridians and dispel cold evil. Mugwort is warm in nature and when burned and used for fumigation, the heat can penetrate deep into the muscle layer, warming the qi and promoting blood circulation. Moxibustion has the effects of warming and unblocking meridians, dispelling cold and dampness, regulating qi and blood, relieving numbness and relieving pain.

Moxibustion also plays a huge role in promoting qi and blood circulation, removing blood stasis and dispersing nodules. When Qi encounters heat, it flows; when it encounters cold, it condenses; when Qi warms, blood flows. Moxibustion is a warm stimulation that can coordinate Qi and blood, harmonize the Ying and Wei systems, and make the blood vessels smooth, thereby promoting Qi and blood circulation, removing blood stasis and dispersing nodules.

The effects of moxibustion therapy are multifaceted. For example, if the acupoints selected are different, the moxibustion methods are different, the stimulation degree is different, or the materials used for moxibustion are different, the effects will also be different; therefore, in clinical application, different acupoints and operation methods should be selected according to the specific condition.