The benefits of daily moxibustion on the abdomen

If you do moxibustion on your stomach every day, there will definitely be many benefits, especially for some patients who have had poor gastrointestinal tract, it can have a good conditioning effect and make their gastric motility better than before. And for female friends, it can also prevent themselves from experiencing more intense pain during menstruation and reduce the number of dysmenorrhea each time.

Pharmacological Action

Although the use of drugs in moxibustion therapy is not as rich as that in internal treatment, the clinical application of various moxibustion methods and Taiyi and Leihuo acupuncture can also provide us with a glimpse of the syndrome differentiation and treatment of moxibustion therapy. It is particularly worth mentioning the function of moxa, the main raw material of moxibustion therapy. In the Qing Dynasty, Wu Yiluo said in "Bencao Congxin": "Mugwort leaves are bitter and pungent, warm when raw and hot when cooked. They are purely yang in nature. They can restore the lost yang, connect the twelve meridians, run through the three yin meridians, regulate qi and blood, expel cold and dampness, warm the uterus, stop all bleeding, warm the middle and relieve depression, regulate menstruation and stabilize the fetus... The moxa fire can penetrate all meridians and eliminate all diseases." It is no exaggeration to say that without mugwort, moxibustion therapy would not exist.

Combined Effect

The main effect of moxibustion on the human body is a comprehensive effect, which is an overall therapeutic effect in which various factors influence and complement each other and work together.

First of all, moxibustion therapy is a comprehensive treatment method. For example, treating winter diseases in summer, using white mustard and other drugs to apply to Tanzhong, Feishu, and Gaohuang to treat asthma, and using aconite cake to apply moxibustion to Shenshu and other acupoints for anti-aging, etc. The methods include local stimulation (local suppurative moxibustion, moxibustion through objects), meridian acupoints (specifically selected acupoints), and drugs. They are organically related to each other and are not independent. If any one of them is missing, the original therapeutic effect will be lost.

Second, the effect of treatment is comprehensive. The heat stimulation of moxibustion therapy adjusts local Qi and blood. The moxa fire stimulation combined with medicine will inevitably increase the efficacy of the medicine. Aromatic medicines are particularly easy to absorb in a warm environment. Moxibustion applied to acupoints first stimulates the acupoints themselves to stimulate the meridian Qi, mobilize the function of the meridians to better play the role of promoting Qi and blood, and harmonizing Yin and Yang.

Third, the body's reactivity and therapeutic effects are comprehensive. Treatment method (moxibustion) - external factors can only work through internal factors (human body reactivity). Researchers have found that the same moxibustion has different effects on patients with the same disease. The reason is that the human body's reactivity is different. The above factors, under the guidance of TCM's holistic concept and the idea of ​​syndrome differentiation and treatment, can be rationally selected and flexibly applied in clinical practice to maximize the effectiveness of moxibustion therapy.