Can you have moxibustion if your body is cold?

Generally, cold body can perform moxibustion. Moxibustion, refers to the use of moxa leaves made of moxa cones or moxa sticks produced by the heat of moxa, stimulation of the body’s acupuncture points or specific parts of the body to achieve the warming of the meridians and collaterals, blood stasis (to promote the blood flow, eliminating blood stasis in the body) and other effects of a therapeutic approach to warming the meridians and dispersal of cold (warm the meridians and collaterals of the human body to eliminate cold evils in the body), eliminating blood stasis and dispersal of cold and then alleviate the body’s symptoms of coldness. Moxibustion is suitable for people with external wind-cold symptoms; wind-cold-dampness paralysis (paralysis of limbs caused by wind, cold and dampness), dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea; uterine prolapse, gastric ptosis; prolonged diarrhea and dysentery, dyspareunia, and spermatorrhea. Moxibustion is prohibited in the abdomen and lumbosacral region of pregnant women. Cold body can be relieved by moxibustion, the operation should be carried out under the guidance of a physician. If the body is cold for a long time without relief, should actively seek medical treatment, according to the individual physique and condition to choose the appropriate treatment.