Is it useful to use hot compresses with mugwort for meniscus injuries?

Ai Ye hot compress belongs to a kind of traditional Chinese medicine to regulate the body, for the meniscus injury caused by pain and other clinical symptoms have some relief, meniscus injury should be given according to the severity of the injury to standardize the clinical treatment. Hot compresses with moxa leaves have the effect of opening the meridians and channels and activating blood circulation. Hot compresses with moxa leaves are also called moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effect of removing dampness and coldness in the body, and can promote the local blood circulation and improve the local blood flow, which can alleviate the clinical symptoms such as pain and have a certain effect on the recovery of the injury. Meniscus injury is usually treated according to its severity, if the degree of injury is less than two degrees, conservative treatment can be carried out, the use of joint braking rest, to avoid joint weight-bearing, with medication, as well as localized hot compresses and other physical therapy. Meniscus injury is serious, belongs to more than two degrees of injury, the need for surgical treatment, such as meniscectomy, etc., at this time the hot compresses almost can not play a role. Meniscus injury patients need to go to the hospital in a timely manner, to clarify the degree of injury, targeted treatment, to avoid blind self-treatment, so as not to delay the condition.