The operation methods of moxibustion at the anointed point can be moxa cone moxibustion, moxa stick moxibustion and moxibustion device moxibustion.
1. moxa cone moxibustion, can be divided into direct moxibustion and indirect moxibustion.
Direct moxibustion can be applied before the application of moxibustion with onion liquid or garlic juice on the anointed vital points, and then put on the moxa cone burning, until the entire cone burned out, and then add 1 strong, continue to ignite the point, the general moxibustion 5 to 10 strong. You can also use moxa cones on the anointing point to burn, to be burned to half or two-thirds, the patient feels burning pain, the cone is not burned out to remove, continue to change another 1 strong moxa cones and then moxibustion.
Indirect moxibustion can be taken according to the specific type of evidence of garlic moxibustion, ginger moxibustion, epiphyllum cake moxibustion method.
2. moxa stick moxibustion is a method of moxibustion in which the wrapped moxa stick is ignited and the burning end is suspended in the air at a distance of about 5 centimeters from the skin at the anointed metabolic point, and moxibustion is performed by means of gyrating, sparrow pecking, or oscillating along the meridians in the same way.
3. Moxibustion is a kind of moxibustion method with the help of a device. Moxibustion, moxa and medicine into the small tube of the moxibustion device, ignited until it burns when the cover buckle, and then in the proposed moxibustion parts or acupuncture points back and forth ironing, until the local redness to the degree.
When moxibustion is needed at the anointed vital point, it should be operated by a physician or therapist after clear identification by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be operated by oneself.