Gallstones belong to the category of “cholelithiasis” in Chinese medicine, and moxibustion cannot be used to treat gallstones.
Chinese medicine believes that this disease is dampness, heat and toxicity and bile mutual stone, blocked in the bile ducts and caused by the disease, dredging the liver and bile, clearing heat and dampness, through the attack, blood detoxification is the main treatment. This disease can be treated with Da Chai Hu Tang, Jin Zhong Zi San and other prescriptions after the physician’s diagnosis, and it is recommended to choose surgery and the combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine for those in critical condition.
Moxibustion has the ability to warm menstruation and disperse cold, dispel dampness and relieve pain, harmonize yin and yang, eliminate swelling and knots, and activate qi and blood circulation, etc. It has no therapeutic effect on gallstones. Therefore, moxibustion can not be used to treat gallstones.
If the patient has gallstones, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital for standardized treatment, so as not to delay the condition. The above drugs and moxibustion should be taken or operated under the guidance of a physician, and should not be taken or operated on their own to avoid adverse consequences.