What should I do if I feel chest tightness and discomfort after doing moxibustion?

Moxibustion is also a commonly used treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine. It belongs to traditional Chinese medicine physical therapy and does not require taking Chinese herbal medicine. For some women, regular moxibustion can not only adjust their physical condition, but more importantly, it can help beautify and make them look younger. But some friends found that they felt chest tightness and very uncomfortable after doing moxibustion. What should they do?

When patients receive whole-body moxibustion, the digestive system often reacts first. If the patient feels the movement of air flow in the abdomen, accelerated intestinal peristalsis, rumbling in the abdomen, flatulence, burping, etc., these are all good manifestations of the circulation of the patient's abdominal atmosphere, that is, the abdominal qi is circulating and the qi flow in the middle burner is unobstructed. The middle burner is a link between the upper and lower parts. The smooth flow of qi in the middle burner is beneficial to the smooth flow of qi throughout the body. Often after the patient feels the flow of Qi in the abdomen, the disease will quickly show significant improvement.

In addition, patients will experience some abnormal urination and defecation reactions during the overall moxibustion treatment. After a certain course of moxibustion treatment, white precipitates will appear in the patient's urine, which is a sign of excretion of stagnation and dissipation of pathogenic factors. In addition, patients often have increased bowel movements, some present as black spherical hard stools, some present as black tarry stools, some present as white sticky pus-like stools, and some present as watery stools. These are manifestations of the unblocking of stagnation in the intestines and the removal of dampness and turbidity. The accumulation of stagnation and dampness in the body is the main pathological factor causing disease in the human body. When these stagnations are discharged, the patient's mental and physical strength will be significantly restored, appetite will greatly increase, and the disease will be significantly improved. It has also been found clinically that when moxibustion is used to treat chronic or intractable digestive system diseases, most patients will experience different changes in the intra-abdominal qi and urination and defecation reactions.

In fact, moxibustion has relatively few adverse reactions. Only a few patients may experience dizziness, fatigue, poor appetite, allergies, etc. after moxibustion. Some patients experience dizziness when they first receive moxibustion, especially when they first receive moxibustion on the Baihui acupoint. This is because the patient's meridians are blocked and there is severe stagnation. Therefore, when they first receive moxibustion, the fire property burns up or accumulates on the acupoint, causing dizziness. In this case, the amount of moxibustion can be reduced. At the same time, continue moxibustion for 2 to 3 days and observe. If the dizziness symptoms are alleviated or improved, you can continue moxibustion and gradually increase the amount of moxibustion. However, if the dizziness worsens, first moxibustion the acupoints on the lower part of the body, and then moxibustion the acupoints on the upper part of the body after the lower part is unblocked. Some patients usually have a constitution of excessive gallbladder fire, stomach yin deficiency, and excessive stomach acid. These patients will experience a bitter taste in the mouth and acid reflux when receiving moxibustion on the Zusanli point. For patients with this constitution, moxibustion on Yanglingquan can be used instead of Zusanli.

Some literature has reported individual cases of moxibustion allergy, pointing out that the allergic symptoms caused by moxa smoke mainly include swollen tonsils, itchy throat, eye pain, itchy Eustachian tube and drowsiness, and sometimes there are symptoms such as fever or irritability in the chest. The allergic symptoms disappear after terminating the moxibustion treatment or leaving the moxa smoke environment. An important measure to reduce moxibustion allergy is to minimize the amount of moxa smoke. If the patient has abnormal reactions during the moxibustion process, such as dizziness, severe fatigue, chest tightness, palpitations, cold sweats, etc., and the reaction is severe, medical treatment must be sought promptly.