How to treat skin burns caused by moxibustion

When the skin is burned by moxibustion, we directly moxibustion the burned area, and suppuration may occur. This is because the evil qi from the affected area is discharged, which can effectively remove the bacterial growth in the affected area and promote tissue recovery. For the treatment of moxibustion burns, we should choose the correct moxibustion medicinal materials, and then discharge the moisture from the affected area out of the body. For the specific operation methods, we can learn from the content introduced in the article.

1. When doing moxibustion, especially direct moxibustion, sometimes blisters or even suppuration will appear in the moxibustion area, which is a manifestation of the expulsion of evil spirits. Ancient Chinese medicine often used scar moxibustion for health care and treatment of diseases. Use moxa to make a rice-sized ingot with a pointed top and a round bottom. Burn it directly on the skin and extinguish it when it is almost burned out. This counts as one ingot. Repeat this with multiple ingots and all your pain will be gone. There is a saying that "if moxibustion sores appear, the disease can be cured like scratching it." There is also the saying “If you want to have a healthy body, keep Sanli acupoint moist”, which are all referring to scar moxibustion.

2. Moxibustion sores are a manifestation of removing pathogens from our body, often manifested as blistering or even pus discharge. In ancient times, it was normal to get moxibustion sores after scar moxibustion. Some people even insisted on moxibustion until pus flowed out and sores formed before they believed that the pathogenic factors had been eliminated and the effect had been achieved. Modern moxibustion mostly uses warm moxibustion and suspended moxibustion. Different from the original scar moxibustion, moxibustion flower is a normal reaction of warm moxibustion and suspended moxibustion to expel evil spirits. It usually manifests as small local blisters or a small amount of pus in the blisters. Don't panic if this happens, as moxibustion is different from burns.

3. Large or small blisters caused by heavy dampness, cold and blocked meridians are a manifestation of the spread of pathogenic factors in the body. Dampness and coldness are evil, while yang energy is righteous. When the evil is about to be forced out, moxibustion flowers will appear. Evil qi needs a channel to be expelled from the body, and moxibustion flower is this channel. Of course, we will try our best to avoid the appearance of moxibustion flowers when doing moxibustion. After all, in modern times, the appearance of moxibustion flowers in busy life will bring some inconvenience and also damage the appearance.

4. If blisters appear during moxibustion, the most common way is to first disinfect the blistered area strictly with alcohol, then use a needle to pierce a few small holes on the surface of the blister, squeeze out the water inside, and then continue moxibustion on the blister area for about five minutes, and then disinfect it. The bubbles will heal on their own. In fact, bubbles are a detoxification phenomenon, so there is no need to panic.

5. If the patient develops a large area of ​​severe skin erythema, blisters, and itching, the patch and dressing should be removed immediately and symptomatic treatment should be carried out. If local skin allergies occur, anti-allergic ointment can be applied externally. If there is local skin redness and swelling, blisters or purulent secretions in the blisters, skin ulcers, systemic skin allergy symptoms, etc., you should go to a professional burn hospital for treatment immediately. Take care to keep the local area clean, do not scratch, and do not apply other anti-itching drugs casually to prevent further skin irritation.