Effects and Indications of Moxa

Moxa, i.e. moxa, mugwort, can warm menstruation and stop bleeding, disperse cold and regulate menstruation, remove dampness and relieve itching, and is mainly used for treating gynecological disorders, cold pain, eczema and itching.
1. Warm menstruation and stop bleeding: the main treatment of gynecological disorders. Mugwort is warm and hot, warming qi and blood meridians, for the cold hemorrhagic diseases with better efficacy, especially gynecological disorders, such as the following cold deficiency caused by the lower focal point of the leakage of blood (excessive menstrual flow or dripping), excessive menstruation; spleen and stomach cold menstrual dysfunction caused by menstrual dysmenorrhea, menstrual abdominal pain, and so on.
2. Dispersing cold and relieving pain: treating cold pain. Mugwort leaf warms the meridians, disperses cold and relieves pain, and is effective in treating cold pain in the epigastric region caused by cold in the spleen and stomach (cold pain in the epigastric region and abdomen) and loose stools. Wormwood leaves fried hot compresses umbilical abdomen, but also can treat abdominal cold pain or postpartum cold abdominal pain.
3. Remove dampness and relieve itching: the main treatment of skin disorders. Mugwort leaves decoction soup external wash has dehumidification and itching, wind treatment of sores, can treat skin eczema itching, scabies and other skin disorders.
The use of mugwort leaves need to be carried out under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, mugwort leaves are warm in nature, hot constitution is prohibited, adverse reactions are dry mouth, constipation and so on. Individuals should not self-medicate to avoid adverse reactions.