Can moxibustion treat uterine fibroids?

A woman's uterus is one of the most important organs. Once there is a problem here, it will not only affect a woman's ability to give birth, but also affect her normal life. The most serious disease of the uterus is uterine fibroids. If this disease is not treated properly, it can easily cause cancer, and it may not be cured no matter how it is treated. So can Chinese medicine physical therapy and moxibustion treat uterine fibroids?

Let's first look at the situations of these two friends. For the convenience of the following description, the friend whose uterine fibroids were cured will be referred to as A, and the one whose uterine fibroids became larger will be referred to as B. A's fibroids were discovered during a physical examination at work and are relatively small, about one centimeter in size. After she knew she had uterine fibroids, she would apply moxibustion to the acupuncture points on her lower abdomen every day when she had nothing to do. After a few months, she went for another check-up and found that the fibroids had disappeared. So she said that moxibustion is very effective in treating uterine fibroids.

B discovered the fibroids when she went to the hospital for a check-up because she was feeling unwell. The fibroids were about three centimeters in size. After returning home, she also wanted to eliminate the fibroids through moxibustion. She has to go to work every day, and when she gets home from get off work, she does moxibustion for a while. I spend about an hour a day on moxibustion. As a result, after about twenty days to a month, she went to the hospital for a check-up and found that the fibroid had grown again and became four centimeters. She was very panicked and did not dare to do the moxibustion anymore. She felt that moxibustion might not be suitable for her uterine fibroids.

Uterine fibroids are necrotic menstruation

Why does this happen? According to Chinese medicine, cold causes coagulation, coagulation causes stagnation, stagnation causes blood stasis, blood stasis causes blockage, and blockage causes tumors. Therefore, uterine fibroids, as a type of tumor, are also caused by cold. According to traditional Chinese medicine, uterine fibroids are actually necrotic menstruation. Under normal circumstances, menstruation is discharged on time every month under the impetus of heat. If there is not enough heat in the body to discharge all the menstrual blood from the uterus, a portion of it will accumulate. If too much accumulates, it will become a fibroid.

Since uterine fibroids are caused by the condensation of cold air, moxa heat has the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing cold, reducing swelling and removing blood stasis. In theory, it is effective for uterine fibroids. Why do uterine fibroids grow larger after moxibustion?

I have to talk about uterine fibroids again. Traditional Chinese medicine calls tumors and cancers Yin-shi, and uterine fibroids are also a type of Yin-shi. To get rid of the so-called solid, you need to open it up first. When the moxa heat goes in, the Yin-shi expands when it encounters heat, and its texture becomes loose, so it slowly dissolves and then slowly gets discharged.

Why do uterine fibroids grow larger and larger?

So why do some people not get good results from moxibustion for uterine fibroids? It’s still a problem of method. If we break down the word "moxibustion", it means long-term fire. That is to say, it will only be effective if the time is long enough and the calories are accumulated enough. So, friend A would apply moxibustion to her lower abdomen whenever she had nothing to do. The fire was strong enough, and her fibroids were small, so they disappeared quickly.

But B doesn't have that much time. She only has less than an hour a day to do moxibustion, and the calories are not enough. In addition, her fibroids were slightly larger, and 20-30 days was just the time it took for the fibroids to expand under the effects of the moxa heat. Although her fibroids have become larger, their density has decreased. If she continues to increase the amount of moxibustion, it may gradually become smaller over time.