Can you get moxibustion when you have your period?

Moxibustion can be performed when menstruation meets the indications for moxibustion, but moxibustion should not be used by those with excessive menstrual flow. Moxibustion is made of moxa cones or moxa sticks with moxa floss as the main material, which is ignited and then smoked or cauterized on the surface of the body to give the human body a warm stimulation of a therapeutic method. Its warmth can penetrate deep into the tissues, can moxibustion treatment of cold diseases, dysmenorrhea and other diseases more appropriate. Such as qi and blood weakness of dysmenorrhea patients feasible moxa cones moxibustion complementary method. First make the patient lying down, waist stretching, take the cone such as soybean size, when the fourteenth vertebrae and the left and right side of the open 1.5 inches for moxibustion, but also in the Guanyuan and foot acupuncture points moxibustion. Cold and damp stagnation evidence of dysmenorrhea patients can feasible spacer moxibustion. Use either ginger slices or epiphyllum cakes can be used, or place the warm moxibustion device on the Zhongji, Shuidao and Diqi points. Moxibustion can not only treat menstrual disorders, but also other gynecological diseases such as underbelt disease and postpartum disease. If you have any related conditions, it is recommended to treat them under the guidance of a professional physician who can identify and treat them, and not blindly operate on your own.