What is the meaning of “strong” in moxibustion?

The Zhuang of moxibustion is the counting unit of burning moxa cones, each burning of 1 cone can be called 1 Zhuang. Moxa products can be generally divided into cones and moxa sticks, strong is generally used to calculate the number of cones, is one of the factors affecting the amount of moxibustion, and moxibustion of the number of strong generally by the patient’s constitution, age, the severity of the disease, moxibustion of the part of the body and other factors to decide. The patient’s body strong strong number of moxibustion should be big, the body is weak patients moxibustion strong number should be less; pediatric and adolescent patients moxibustion strong number should be less, middle-aged and elderly patients moxibustion strong number can be a little big; the condition of the patient’s moxibustion strong number should be less, the condition of the person who is more serious moxibustion strong number should be big; muscle thick moxibustion strong number should be big, the skin is weak at the number of moxibustion strong number should be less. Moxibustion may appear skin foaming, itching and other adverse reactions; body serious loss of people prohibited moxibustion; pregnant women and menstruating women caution moxibustion; in addition to control the moxibustion time, distance, number of strong, so as to avoid burns. Moxibustion needs to be carried out by a professional Chinese medicine technician, do not arbitrarily self moxibustion or add the number of strong, so as not to cause adverse consequences.