Contraindications of moxibustion

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1. Contraindications of moxibustion

1. Do not moxibustion when you are drunk, angry, shocked, overjoyed, overworked or overfed.

2. People with skin allergies should not use moxibustion

3. Do not directly apply moxibustion to exposed parts, such as the face, to prevent the formation of scars and affect the appearance.

4. Do not apply moxibustion on areas with thin skin, little muscle, and tendon aggregation, the lumbar sacral area and lower abdomen of pregnant women, and the nipples, genitals, and testicles of men and women. In addition, do not apply moxibustion directly to the joints. In addition, do not apply moxibustion to large blood vessels or the heart, and do not apply moxibustion to the eyeballs which are part of the facial area.

5. Avoid moxibustion if you are extremely tired, too hungry, too full, drunk, sweating profusely, emotionally unstable, or women during menstruation.

6. Moxibustion should not be used during certain infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or when the body is extremely exhausted and emaciated.

7. People who have no self-control ability, such as mental patients, should not undergo moxibustion.

2. Precautions

1. Be focused and patient when applying moxibustion. Pay attention to concentrating your mind and do not be distracted during the application.

2. Pay attention to the accuracy of body position and acupoints. On the one hand, the body position should be suitable for the needs of moxibustion. At the same time, it should be comfortable and natural. The correct parts and acupoints should be found according to the prescription to ensure the effect of moxibustion.

3. Pay attention to keeping warm and preventing heatstroke. Because part of the body surface will be exposed during moxibustion, you should keep warm in winter and prevent heatstroke in high temperatures in summer. At the same time, you should also pay attention to adjusting the indoor temperature and turn on the ventilation fan to get fresh air in time.

4. To prevent infection and suppuration due to moxibustion or improper moxibustion, local burns may cause sores and moxibustion sores. Be sure not to break the sores. If they have already broken and become infected, use anti-inflammatory drugs in time.

5. You must master the procedure of moxibustion. If the acupoints to be moxibustion are numerous and scattered, they should be performed in the order of back first, then chest and abdomen, and head first, then body and limbs.

6. Pay attention to the time of moxibustion. For some diseases and symptoms, you must pay attention to the time of moxibustion. For example, insomnia should be moxibustioned before going to bed. Do not perform moxibustion on an empty stomach before meals or immediately after meals.