Theoretical Explanation

Winter diseases, as the name implies, are diseases that tend to flare up or worsen during the cold winter season. People suffering from ‘winter diseases’ mostly belong to Yang deficiency constitution. In the four seasons of the year, the body’s yang energy is most vigorous in the summer, and in this season through some methods to correct the Yang deficiency body, can often make the number and severity of ‘winter disease’ attacks significantly improved. The so-called winter illnesses are treated in summer, so that the patient’s deficient yang can be restored to normal and resistance to disease can be enhanced, thus preventing and reducing the onset of disease in winter. According to the theory of “spring and summer nourish Yang” in Chinese medicine, the cold climate in winter is more harmful to the human body, coupled with the lack of Yang energy, it is easy to suffer from the above diseases, and it is difficult to heal. In summer, when the disease is in remission and the weather is hot, the body’s yang energy is strong, especially in the three volt days, the three volt days are the hottest days of the year, when the couples of the human skin are completely open, and specific acupuncture points are selected for compressing, the drug is most likely to penetrate into the meridians of the acupuncture points from the skin and reach the disease through the meridians of qi and blood, which will have the effect of supporting the internal organs and eliminating evil, strengthening the immunity of the body and reducing the number of attacks in winter. It is the most effective way to treat both symptoms and root causes. It is the main method of moxibustion in Chinese medicine, also known as foaming therapy, which is the application of specially formulated drugs to specific acupuncture points, so that the drugs can continuously stimulate the acupuncture points, pass through the meridians into the channels, to achieve the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing cold, unblocking the meridians, activating the blood and blood vessels, and regulating the function of the internal organs, which can improve clinical symptoms and improve the immunity of the body. Guided by Chinese medicine’s “Heaven and Man Corresponding to Time” and the theory of meridians and acupuncture points, the ointment is made from Chinese herbs that dispel wind and cold, resolve phlegm and regulate qi, and is applied on the “three volt days” and “three nine days”. It is applied at specific acupuncture points for the treatment of asthma, chronic bronchitis, allergic rhinitis and other diseases. These diseases are based on the theory of Chinese medicine, the patient’s root is lung or spleen and kidney Yang deficiency, and the symptoms are the persistent phlegm of evil spirits. It has the advantages of unique efficacy, convenient operation and less toxic side effects. The treatment course is 3 years, and the effect is better if it is applied continuously for more than 3 years. According to the Inner Classic of Traditional Chinese Medicine, heaven and man are united, and the yang energy of the human body corresponds to the yang energy of natural organisms, which is born in spring, flourishes in summer, is collected in autumn, and is hidden in winter. The yang energy of the human body is also at its highest on the day of three volcanoes, when the yang energy of the natural world is at its peak. The skin couples are open and the metabolism of the body is vigorous, so the ancient people put medicine on the day of three volts, the medicine is the easiest to penetrate the skin into the acupuncture points meridians, through the meridians of Qi and blood directly to the disease, the corresponding organs to play a role in supporting the immunity of the body to eliminate evil, enhance the body’s immunity, the body can resist the invasion of external evil in winter. The traditional three volt day moxibustion choose in three volt days, the first volt for the summer solstice after the third “g” day, the middle volt for the summer solstice after the fourth “g” day, the last volt for the autumn after the first “g” day. G” day. In addition to the fact that the three volt days are the hottest days of summer, the three “G” days are chosen for moxibustion, which has its own special significance. According to the five elements of the heavenly stems and the five organs, Geng and Xin days are both gold and lung, “G belongs to the large intestine and Xin belongs to the lung”, so the large intestine and the lung are cousins of each other, so the respiratory system such as bronchial asthma and other diseases belonging to the lung system are treated on the “volcano days”. However, according to the relationship between the heavenly stems and the meridians of the internal organs, lung diseases can be treated on the G day, and the day after the G day is the Xin day, which directly belongs to the lungs, and the treatment of lung diseases should be effective in theory. Therefore, the mechanism of preventing and treating bronchial asthma by moxibustion on the three volt days may be that the therapy inhibits the infiltration of eosinophils and type I metaplasia through the combined effect of time (three volt days), meridian points and moxibustion method, and improves the immune function of cells. The modern medical treatment for bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic bronchitis and other chronic and persistent respiratory diseases is mainly desensitization therapy and pharmacotherapy, however, the application of desensitization therapy has been decreasing due to its limited indications and its inability to improve the airway inflammatory response, its large side effects, which can induce asthma and even cause anaphylaxis. The use of inhalers in children is not easy to control the amount of inhalation, and the improper use of inhalers can easily damage the mucous membrane of the tract and even produce a certain degree of adrenal cortical function inhibition. In contrast, the traditional Chinese medicine “three volts of moxibustion” therapy has been more and more widely used for its “high efficiency, safety, economy and small side effects”. According to modern medicine, bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways mediated by mast cell reaction and eosinophil infiltration, with multiple cells and factors. From the immunological point of view, bronchial asthma is a systemic allergic disease with immune dysfunction, of which airway inflammation is only a local manifestation. The etiology of bronchial asthma is quite complex, and most scholars now tend to divide the causes of asthma into two major aspects: pathogenic factors and triggering factors. Modern laboratory studies have confirmed that the non-specific immunity of the body can be enhanced after acupuncture patching, with a significant decrease in blood eosinophils and a significant increase in cortisol. Through the stimulation of acupuncture points and the absorption and metabolism of the drugs, the acupuncture point patch affects the relevant physical and chemical receptors in the lungs, directly and indirectly adjusts the functions of the cerebral cortex and the vegetative nervous system, improves the reactivity of the body, and enhances the resistance to disease, which is especially effective for bronchial asthma, bronchitis, allergic rhinitis, various chronic coughs, weakness and colds, and other respiratory diseases. It is also effective for diseases related to deficiency cold, such as chronic gastritis, chronic enteritis, various digestive diseases, joint pain, back pain caused by kidney deficiency, and other diseases caused by kidney deficiency. The main pathway of the role of moxibustion treatment 1, the stimulation of local tissues: most of the drugs used in moxibustion with strong stimulation, with the effect of making the skin foam, can make local vasodilation, promote blood circulation, improve the nutrition of the surrounding tissues, so as to play a role in clearing heat and detoxification, anti-inflammatory and swelling. 2.Tian moxibustion stimulates and acts on the corresponding skin of acupuncture points on the body surface, through the conduction and adjustment of meridians, corrects the bias of yin and yang of internal organs, improves the operation of meridians and qi and blood to achieve the purpose of eliminating diseases. 3.Tian moxibustion drugs through the skin of specific acupoints, its active ingredients through the blood circulation directly to the lesion site, to play its pharmacological effect. 4, neuromodulation effect: moxibustion mainly through the drug to the role of the skin of the various nerve endings into the state of activity, so as to improve the functional activities of tissues and organs, to achieve the purpose of disease prevention and treatment. 5, the role of immune function: through the role of nerve reflex, stimulate the regulatory function of the body, so as to adjust and enhance the human immune function.