What is the best season for moxibustion?

There are seasonal choices for moxibustion, as well as considerations on acupoints and instrument selection. If the season or time for moxibustion is not chosen appropriately, it will not have an effective therapeutic effect. As people's living standards have improved, choosing to use moxibustion for health care has become increasingly popular. Moxibustion has the effect of replenishing the body and is especially suitable for people with weak constitutions. Here we will introduce some knowledge about seasonal selection for moxibustion.

From the perspective of solar terms, moxibustion focuses on solar term moxibustion, because during the solar terms is the time when yin and yang in the human body alternate, and moxibustion will have twice the result with half the effort. Chinese medicine health care talks about winter diseases at the summer solstice, which means that the diseases contracted in winter should be traced back to the summer. If they are diseases contracted in the summer, they should be treated from the summer. The winter solstice is the time of the year when "yang rises", and it is the most suitable time to do moxibustion to replenish yang energy.

In terms of seasons, winter is the time when the human body is coldest and its yang energy is weakest. If you do not pay attention to conditioning at this time, many diseases will be caused by insufficient yang energy. Therefore, winter moxibustion is especially important for people with cold constitutions. Regarding time, there is no particularly fixed time for moxibustion. Moxibustion can be performed at any time. It can be done before or after meals, in the morning or evening. It is fine to do it before meals as long as you are not too hungry. It can be done half an hour to an hour after meals. It is not allowed to do it when you are too full or too hungry.

If you are doing moxibustion according to the course of treatment, it is best to do it continuously every day for the first three times, 15-20 minutes for each acupoint. After that, you can do it every other day. 10 days constitute a course of treatment. The moxibustion time for children and the elderly should be shorter.

Well, that’s all for the seasonal selection for moxibustion. By the way, moxibustion can not only cure diseases and maintain health, but also has the effect of beautifying the skin. Especially for some ladies who love beauty, if they do moxibustion, their skin can be more elastic, smoother and more tender. When performing moxibustion, be careful to avoid scalding and burns, and operate with caution.