Is it good to do moxibustion for a long time?

Some friends may be doing moxibustion for the first time. At this time, they are very interested in this novel treatment method, so they have done moxibustion many times in a very short period of time. It should be noted here that moxibustion is not something new. The history of moxibustion in my country can be traced back to more than two thousand years. In addition, moxibustion should not be done frequently, and the length of moxibustion time should be chosen according to each person's physical constitution.

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

If a certain disease has troubled us for many years, that is, a chronic disease, the author thinks that when you first start moxibustion, you should take it slow 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.

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 doing moxibustion, you will slowly feel the effect.

During moxibustion, if you feel a certain acupoint is very comfortable, you can extend the moxibustion time. If you experience adverse reactions such as chest tightness, dizziness, etc. during moxibustion, you should appropriately reduce the moxibustion time or even stop it immediately. If you choose to do moxibustion to treat a disease, you must follow the course of treatment prescribed by the doctor.