Moxibustion is one of the more familiar methods of Chinese health care. Many people who have back pain choose moxibustion. However, there was this woman who was found to have multiple lung nodules after a long period of moxibustion. In addition, there was a news report that a couple who had been doing moxibustion for a long time were both found to have lung nodules. Can long-term moxibustion cause lung disease? 1, long-term moxibustion in a closed room is bad for the lungs Moxibustion, a traditional Chinese medicine treatment method that has been handed down for thousands of years, is widely used. There is also a disadvantage. That is, it is likely to increase the burden on the lungs. In the past, the environment of moxibustion was mostly a courtyard, bungalow and other places with large space and air circulation, and the smoke produced during moxibustion would slowly dissipate with air flow, causing less damage to the lungs. But nowadays, many people will buy moxibustion tools from the Internet and smoke moxa at home by themselves. But the space at home is small, moxa smoke is more concentrated, a large number of long-term moxibustion is likely to produce damage to the lungs. 2, mugwort burning smoke and smoking smoke, different hazards, but the nature is similar moxibustion will produce more beneficial ingredients, but will also discharge some undesirable ingredients, such as α-sidebornone (also known as shou terpene ketone), this substance is likely to have adverse reactions to the nervous system, a large number of inhalation is likely to lead to epilepsy-like convulsions. In addition moxa leaves burning may produce tar, benzaldehyde and other aromatic hydrocarbons, the adverse effects on the lungs. The average moxa stick burning can produce 400-750 mg of tar per stick, which translates into about 20-40 cigarettes of medium tar smoke from burning, which can cause passive smoking to the smoker and the recipient of moxibustion. So let’s do moxibustion clearly 1, the best time period for moxibustion but in the morning 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. In this time period, there is yang dominant in the human body, which can better regulate the qi and blood. But after 18:00 pm moxibustion is likely to trigger Yin and Yang clash, resulting in poor sleep quality. 2, some people do not know enough about moxibustion, they may mistakenly think that the hotter the temperature of moxibustion, the better it can be. However, the fitness effect of moxibustion is mainly due to the infrared energy generated during the burning process of moxa sticks to penetrate the deep subcutaneous tissue. If the temperature of the moxa stick is very hot, it is likely to burn the skin, thus affecting the skin burns. 3, some people who first moxibustion will feel that the moxibustion time is long, the body is a little unbearable. The moxibustion time is too long will increase the loss in the human body, resulting in the loss of balance of Yang Qi in the human body, thus affecting the Yang Qi overload and fire. When choosing moxibustion should be gradual, wait until the body adapts, and then slowly extend the time. 4, to be in a ventilated environment moxibustion is conducive to the dissipation of smoke is medicine three points of poison, moxibustion brings positive effects at the same time, may also bring damage to the human body because of the smoke produced during combustion, the correct understanding of moxibustion, more beneficial to health.