How long does moxibustion usually last?

As a common health care method, moxibustion has become quite popular in daily life. The time of moxibustion can be flexibly controlled according to personal constitution and condition, and 5 to 30 minutes is generally more common. The first time you do moxibustion you may feel more sensitive. In this case, the time can be shortened as much as possible. Generally, we mainly judge based on the patient's comfort. After you become familiar with it, you can extend the time appropriately.

The duration of moxibustion depends on the feeling of moxibustion. If an acupoint produces obvious moxibustion feeling, the moxibustion time of this acupoint will be extended. Each moxibustion has main target acupoints and auxiliary acupoints, and more time is often allocated to the main acupoints. The total time of moxibustion affects the time of each acupoint. For example: if you only have one hour for moxibustion and you arrange 4 acupoints, then you will only have 15 minutes on average for each acupoint. If the total time is 2 hours, then you will have 30 minutes on average for each acupoint.

The time of moxibustion will also vary according to the patient's condition and physical condition. In emergencies or serious illnesses, the moxibustion time for one acupoint will be longer, while for daily health care it can be shorter. For the redness of the skin, it depends on the sensitivity of the patient's skin. Everyone has different skin types. Some people's skin is very intolerant to heat and turns red when it is baked, while some people's skin is particularly resistant to heat. Fundamentally speaking, moxibustion on the epidermis is a form of treatment, and its purpose is to penetrate and stimulate the acupuncture points and treat the body. Therefore, it is unscientific to rely entirely on whether the epidermis turns red or not.

From a clinical perspective, both traditional Chinese medicine theory and clinical practice aim to strengthen the body and prevent diseases. Moxibustion, as a relatively common health care treatment method, can not only warm the meridians and dredge the collaterals, but also has a good effect on improving the body's immunity. The purpose of using moxibustion for health care is to help the body's functions function normally through its function of strengthening the body and eliminating evil, so as to achieve the effect of preventing and curing diseases.