Benefits of Wormwood Hot Packs for Cervical Spine

Wormwood hot compresses cervical spine have dispersing cold and dampness, blood stasis (promote blood circulation, eliminate blood stasis in the body), through the pain (dredge the meridians, relieve pain) auxiliary therapeutic effect, followed by warming the yang Yiqi. Hot compress is one of the traditional physiotherapy methods of traditional Chinese medicine, belongs to the category of external treatment, and wormwood for the name of the Chinese medicine, is a warm tonic class of traditional Chinese medicine, its medicinal properties of warm, itself has a warm meridian dispersal of cold (warm the human body meridian, get rid of the body’s cold), blood circulation, and other efficacy. So the mugwort hot compress on the neck, can warm Yang dispersing cold (warm tonic yang qi, dispel cold) dampness, relieve the neck muscles due to wind-cold dampness due to pain, adverse activities and other symptoms in order to relieve muscle tension pain. In addition, because of the warmth of mugwort, hot compresses and heat therapy, so it can be feasible to activate blood, in order to improve local blood circulation, promote the circulation of qi and blood meridians and channels, and the stasis of evidence since the removal of the effective relief of neck pain, difficult to turn the side of the phenomenon, and at the same time, can prevent the stasis of blood and produce other pathologic products. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the cervical spine for the dushi and foot solar bladder meridian route, the main body of the yang qi, moxa hot compresses can invigorate the yang qi, improve the positive qi, so that the dushi and bladder meridian run smoothly, prevent cervical spine disease. Note that when using moxa hot compresses for cervical vertebrae, it is recommended to be operated by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to avoid damaging the skin and to improve its efficacy.