What is the effect of moxibustion on Shenque?

Many female friends often feel cold body and limbs, are prone to dysmenorrhea in summer, or are under a lot of pressure at work, which leads to physical exhaustion and weakness. These problems can be alleviated by moxibustion on the Shenque point. In addition, if you are greedy and accidentally upset your stomach, or if you have diarrhea due to catching a cold in the abdomen, you can use moxibustion on the Shenque point to relieve the symptoms. Here I will introduce some knowledge about Shenque point.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the navel is an important acupuncture point with therapeutic effects, called "Shenque". This point is believed to be the central hub of the meridians and the gathering place of meridian qi, and it can control all the meridians in the human body. There is an interesting story recorded in Du Mu's "Du Gong Tan Zhan" in the Ming Dynasty: During the Yongle period, Jin Sheng, a native of Jiaxing, served as the head of the Ministry of Justice. During a campaign to suppress bandits, the government captured many robbers. What surprised Jin was that the leader of the robbers was actually a centenarian who was "180 years old", but he did not look old at all and had a "face like a child". Jin Chu didn't believe it, so he drafted a document to send people to the criminal's hometown to investigate and collect evidence, and the result was correct. Jin then personally interrogated the thief's leader and asked him why he lived longer. The prisoner said: When he was young and lived in Jingshan (now in Hunan), he heard a strange man tell him: If you often use grass to moxibustion the navel, you will live longer. So I practiced this technique for a long time, and "I finally knew this."

Interestingly, some scientists used the "golden rule" to measure the human body and were surprised to find that the ratio of the length from the navel to the feet to the length from the navel to the top of the head is exactly equal to 0.618, that is, the navel is located at the "golden section point" of the human body. Modern scientific research shows that 0.168 plays an important role in health preservation, so the "golden ratio point" should be the best point for adjusting human body functions. Experimental studies have also proved that stimulation such as medicated ironing and moxibustion can help regulate the human nervous system and endocrine activities, especially significantly improve the body's immune function, thereby playing a role in strengthening the body, eliminating diseases, and prolonging life.

When moxibustion is performed on the Shenque point, gentle moxibustion is generally chosen. This is because the skin at the Shenque point is thin and is not suitable for vigorous moxibustion. During moxibustion, the burning moxa stick should be kept about 2 to 3 cm away from the skin, until the skin feels warm, and then kept in this fixed position. You can also do spiral moxibustion on the Shenque point. The distance is the same, but the position is not fixed, and the moxa stick is rotated back and forth.