Acupuncture and moxibustion is the combined name for two different TCM treatments – acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture is the practice of inserting millimeters of needles into the patient’s body at certain points and using twisting and lifting techniques to treat diseases. Moxibustion is the burning moxa or moxa sticks according to certain acupuncture points smoked skin, the use of heat stimulation to treat the disease. In ancient times, there is the saying “one needle, two moxibustion and three medicines”, which explains the importance of needles and moxibustion. Of course, needles and moxibustion are often used in combination in clinical practice, so it is called acupuncture and moxibustion. For example, the ancient art of medicine, “six sets of needles,” said: “No needle is not God, not moxibustion is bad.” Meaning that although the use of acupuncture alone can achieve divine results, but acupuncture and moxibustion and better results. Needle and moxibustion are both based on the theory of Chinese medicine essence, meridians and acupoints, through the stimulation of meridians and acupoints, to achieve the purpose of the harmonization of yin and yang, the two treatments are not the same scope, the so-called “needle is not, moxibustion of the appropriate”. Generally speaking, acupuncture to open, dredge, cool diarrhea as a specialty, mainly for the treatment of real heat; and moxibustion to collect, sealing, warm tonic as a specialty, mainly for the treatment of cold deficiency. Acupuncture has a certain effect on almost all diseases, because acupuncture is directly on the human meridians, and the meridians are communicating inside and outside, connecting the five internal organs and tissues of the body. Almost all diseases originate from the obstruction of the corresponding meridians, deficiency or over-exuberance of qi and blood, and so on. Acupuncture is precisely through the dredging of meridians, regulating yin and yang, virtual complementary method, so that the body to restore health, so there is almost no disease that can not be treated with acupuncture. Of course, the efficacy of the treatment has a lot to do with the level of the practitioner. Comparatively speaking, the discovery and application of moxibustion has a longer history than that of acupuncture, dating back to the time of flint, when people used moxa as a medium to start the fire. Because moxa velvet itself is flammable and long-lasting, and there is fire in the ash, people have used the term rekindling to describe this feature of moxa velvet. In addition, mugwort itself is very good Chinese medicine, Dragon Boat Festival hanging fresh mugwort outside the house to use its aromatic warm flavor to ward off evil spirits and detoxification. The reason for choosing mugwort is that it is gentle and long-lasting when it burns, and the more important reason is that the heat energy radiated from the burning of mugwort is the closest in frequency and amplitude to the winter sunlight, which is easy to resonate in the human body, and thus is particularly strong in penetration and penetrating power. Li Shizhen in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” said: “Ai leaves take the real fire of the sun, you can go back to the hanging off the yuanyang. Served to go three yin, and chase all the cold and dampness, turn the suicidal gas for the harmony. Moxibustion is through the meridians, and cure a hundred kinds of diseases and evils, up with the disease for the well-being of the people, its work is also great. Elderly dantian qi weak, navel and abdomen cold, to cook moxa into a cloth bag pocket its navel and abdomen, wonderful.” Acupuncture and moxibustion is the invention of the Chinese ancestors from nature, the essence of traditional acupuncture is simple and simple, abandoned experience, utilitarian and subjective artificial and back to basics, back to nature, natural and unadorned, simple and not simple, simple and not plain. With the “return to nature” of the world trend, acupuncture “side effects or no” than its “efficacy” can attract the attention of Westerners, many Westerners than the Chinese believe that the acupuncture of the Many Westerners believe in the miracle of acupuncture more than their Chinese counterparts. As a “replacement therapy” or “complementary therapy” for some diseases, more and more people in the West have been seeking acupuncture treatment, from smoking cessation, weight loss, analgesia, rehabilitation to the treatment of a variety of difficult and complicated diseases, so that the proven indications for acupuncture are becoming more and more extensive. Throughout the history of Chinese medicine, acupuncture has made great contributions to the health and reproduction of the Chinese people. Looking around the world today, acupuncture is leading the global “back to nature” trend with its unique charm. Chinese text is also very interesting: the needle and the real harmonic, Ai and love harmonic, needle, Ai and true love harmonic, moxibustion and long harmonic, acupuncture and moxibustion two words, implies the needle Ai often moxibustion, true love often, health and longevity of the meaning. In short, the method of acupuncture and moxibustion, a long history, the effect is outstanding, easy to operate, practical, green, in the ordinary people face difficult to see a doctor, see a doctor expensive today, will be used to get rid of disease and health, life extension has a very important significance.