Long moxa sticks can be used for gentle moxibustion, sparrow pecking moxibustion and rotary moxibustion, but the common feature is that they are a certain height from the site of application, and moxibustion until the skin is slightly red.
1. Mild moxibustion: The doctor holds the moxa stick, lights one end of it, hangs it over the acupoint or the affected area, aligns the moxibustion site, and puts it about 3cm above the skin, so that the patient’s skin has a feeling of warmth and heat, but no burning pain is suitable.
2. bird pecking moxibustion: moxibustion, the burning end of the moxa stick against the moxibustion part of the skin, the distance between the two is not fixed, like a bird pecking up and down activities, until the skin redness to the degree.
3. rotary moxibustion: operation, holding moxa will be close to the burning end of the moxibustion site, and to maintain a certain height, at the same time for the left and right panning or rotating moxibustion.
Moxibustion operation should be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor, do not blindly operate on your own, so as not to cause adverse consequences.