Can you use moxibustion to treat hemorrhoids during pregnancy?

You should not use moxibustion to treat hemorrhoids during pregnancy. Acupuncture has an energizing effect and may cause miscarriage. If you have hemorrhoids during pregnancy, you can choose daily care, sitz bath and wet compress or medication.
1. Daily care: adjust the diet, eat more vegetables and fruits and fiber-rich foods, as little as possible to eat spicy and stimulating food, to reduce the gastrointestinal tract stimulation. Also pay attention to replenish water, avoid sedentary, appropriate exercise, prevent constipation and diarrhea.
2. Wet compress: 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution can be used to sit in the bath or magnesium sulfate injection wet compress, improve local blood circulation, swelling and pain.
3. medication: if the hemorrhoids are more serious, you can use suppositories containing compound coriander acid ester suppositories, avoid the use of drugs containing musk ingredients. Specifically under the guidance of the doctor to use drugs.
If there is blood in the stool, anal pain and other symptoms during pregnancy, you need to go to the hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment, to avoid blindly using their own medication.