Moxibustion can be used in cases of low menstrual flow, or cold pain in the abdomen during menstruation.
The warm nature of moxa is commonly used clinically for the treatment of cold pain in the abdomen, infertility with uterine cold, irregular menstruation, heavy or dribbling menstruation, nosebleeds, bleeding gums, vomiting of blood, and itching of the skin.
Moxibustion is through the use of moxa or other drugs on the surface of the body acupuncture points burning, warm iron, through the heat of moxibustion fire and the role of medicinal power, through the meridian conduction, to achieve the warming and dispersal of cold (warming the human body meridians to get rid of the body’s cold), blood stasis (to promote the blood run, to eliminate the body’s stagnation of blood), and pain (dredge the meridian to ease the pain) of the efficacy of the.
During menstruation, if there are symptoms such as cold pain in the abdomen, low menstrual flow, fear of cold, cold hands and feet, diarrhea, etc., you can use moxibustion to improve the symptoms. However, moxibustion can only be used to relieve the symptoms, but not to treat the root cause of the disease, it is recommended to further gynecological consultation to clarify the cause of the disease, do not blindly moxibustion.
Note that moxibustion is not recommended for people with deficiency of yin and blood heat.