An Introduction to Acupuncture for Health?

The idea of the motherland medical treatment of the disease: Huang Di Nei Jing has recorded: “on the work of treatment of the disease”, “from the yin and yang is born, the reverse is dead, from the cure, the reverse is chaotic. Against the smooth for the reverse, is the inner frame; Therefore, the saint does not cure has been sick cure not sick, not cure has been chaotic cure not chaotic, this is also called, the disease has become after the medicine, chaotic has become after the treatment, such as thirst and wear wells, fighting and casting soldiers, is not also late?” First, acupuncture and moxibustion health care: the use of acupuncture and moxibustion methods, stimulate the human meridians, adjust the human meridians and internal organs and qi and blood functions, so that the body balance of yin and yang, so as to achieve the prevention of disease, health care purposes. It is generally believed that: acupuncture is used for both disease prevention and change, while the normal body of the first prevention of disease is more moxibustion. Therefore, focus on the introduction of moxibustion health care. 1, improve immunity: moxibustion can humoral immune function, but also affect the number and function of T lymphocytes, active white blood cells, macrophages phagocytosis, especially for higher or lower than the normal value of the moxibustion, high values can be lowered, low values can be elevated, indicating that the moxibustion has a two-way regulation. Moxa mild moxibustion on the body with benign warm stimulation, but also can make the body produce a series of beneficial reactions and changes, with similar antigenic immune effect, can activate the regulation of the body’s immune mechanism. 2, delay aging: no matter Chinese medicine or western medicine, all believe that the kidney in aging and delay aging is a significant change in the important organs, there are experiments by observing the kidney to reflect the ability to remove metabolic wastes of the important indicators – blood urea nitrogen and creatinine, the results: moxibustion can make the old people’s blood urea nitrogen and creatinine have a more significant decline, indicating that moxibustion for the aging and the loss of the kidneys have a The results showed that moxibustion has a tonic effect on the kidney due to aging, so that the function of the kidney can be restored to normal, and it is the embodiment of the effect of moxibustion to cultivate and consolidate the root. Mild moxibustion of Shenque and Ashigaru with clear moxa sticks was found to have an improving effect on the continuation of memory loss in the elderly, improvement of balance, improvement of cardiac function, continuation of the aging of the visual adjustment function, the aging of the skeletal muscle and many other indexes. Revealed that health care moxibustion has a good effect on slowing down the aging of the brain and improving the heart function of the elderly. 3, prevention of disease: foot Sanli with absolute bone four points of septic moxibustion, have obvious effect on lowering blood lipids, its triglycerides and cholesterol have different degrees of decline, for moxibustion foot Sanli prevention of cardiovascular disease provides a theoretical basis. Japanese scholars Suzuki Hirasuke that: foot Sanli daily scarless moxibustion about 5, can prevent the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease. Second, health care moxibustion commonly used points and methods: 1, foot Sanli: foot Sanli for the foot Yangming stomach meridian of the joint point, located in the calf’s nose point under 3 inches, the tibial bone outside the front ridge of the 1 cross finger, there is a tonic spleen and stomach, and adjust the qi and blood, and support the positive and cultivate the yuan, to get rid of the evil and prevent the efficacy of the disease. In this point moxibustion can prevent stroke, get rid of the disease to prolong life, the ancients put the three mile moxibustion is also known as longevity of moxibustion. Methods: foot Sanli mild moxibustion will be ignited, close to the foot Sanli smoked, moxa from the point of about 3cm, such as local warm comfortable feeling, fixed, each time the moxibustion 10 to 15min, to moxibustion to the localization of the degree of a slight reddish halo. Every other day moxibustion 1, 10 times a month moxibustion. Foot Sanli scar moxibustion: is the ancient common health care method. In this point to burn scar moxibustion, can be 3 years 1 time, each time moxibustion 3 to 5 strong, moxa cones such as wheat, soybean or half a jujube large. Generally first in the acupuncture point coated with garlic juice, and then the cones immediately stick, lit moxibustion, until the cones are all burned out, moxa fire extinguished, remove the ash, and then re-light moxa cones moxibustion. Every moxibustion 1 strong, that is coated with garlic juice 1 time, moxibustion until the local skin blistering. In the process of moxibustion, such as patients feel burning pain, the doctor can gently pat around the points, to relieve pain, moxibustion to the end of the moxibustion points in the application of sterile gauze and adhesive tape. The patient is advised to eat more mutton, tofu, etc.. Generally about 1 week of pus, pus is strictly prevented from infection, moxibustion sore about 45d healing, leaving a permanent scar. In addition, for the degree of moxibustion, predecessors have mature experience, such as the “Medical Zong Jinjian” said: “the skin does not hurt the poison is shallow, moxibustion to know the pain until; skin pain is deep poison, moxibustion to the degree of pain” 2, anointing: foot solar meridian point, is located in the 4th spinous process under the, beside the opening of 3 inches. The serious illness is difficult to treat, said the disease into the vitals. This point can treat deficiency and serious illness, so the name. This point has the function of tonifying deficiency and cultivating vitality, tonifying the kidney and brain, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, warming the stomach and strengthening the spleen. Weakness and aging, fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath, sweat from the overflow, moving is particularly bad, such as the five viscera and six bowels, yin and yang, qi and blood, to the main symptoms of deficiency, moxibustion are effective. 3, Shen Que: Ren meridian point, located in the center of the umbilical fossa. It is the gateway for the fetus to get nutrition from the mother. The point has back to the sun to save the reverse, cultivate the root, benefit gas solid torque, moxibustion main treatment of various off evidence, false sweating syncope, the point also nourishes the kidney yin, regulating the Chong Ren, benefit from the essence of the blood. Moxibustion can cure anemia, menstrual disorders, leakage, spermatorrhea, infertility, false sweating and diarrhea. The acupuncture point moxibustion more salt fried dry, Na in the umbilicus filled, moxibustion more than a hundred strong, the more the better. (Note: Beware of burns). 4, qihai: Ren meridian point, located in the front center line, 1.5 inches below the umbilicus. The point is the sea of the innate gas, with a large tonic energy, blood filler essence, beneficial qi and solid off the function. Moxibustion can treat dislocation, deficiency and exhaustion of the organs, thinness of the body, anemia, shortness of breath, spermatorrhea, impotence, and enuresis. The point also tonic liver and kidney, adjusting the Chong Ren, the function of qi and blood, the main treatment of menstrual disorders, leakage, yinjiao, with all the symptoms 5, Guanyuan: Ren meridian point, located in the front center line, 3 inches below the umbilicus. The point is located in the dantian, the place where the vital energy is hidden, the point has the function of nourishing yin and filling the essence, warming the kidney and strengthening the yang, cultivating the vital energy and consolidating the root, and returning the yang to consolidate the loss of function. Moxibustion can cure dehydration, weakness, spermatorrhea and impotence. The point can also replenish the vital energy, have the benefit of blood, used to treat blood deficiency caused by leakage, blood in stool, blood in urine and so on. 6, large vertebrae: Dushi meridian point, is located in the rear center line, the 7th cervical vertebrae spinous process in the depression. The Dugu vein is the sea of Yang vein, the point for the Dugu vein and the yang meridian of the meeting, can invigorate the yang energy, encourage, regulate the whole body’s qi and blood, the body has a strong role in replenishing the deficiency and cultivate the role of the body, the main treatment of the five labors of the deficiency, the seven injuries and weakness, bone vapor and tide fever and other diseases of the deficiency and fatigue. 7, the fate of the door: the Governor’s meridian point, located in the rear center line, the 2nd lumbar vertebrae spinous processes in the depression. The Governor’s Chakra Governor of the body of the sun, between the two kidney Yu, for the important portal of life, so the name of the fate of the door. The point has the warm kidney and yang, cultivate the essence, tonifying the kidney and essence, brain and wisdom, the main treatment of the fate of the fire, cold limbs cold, fatigue, forgetfulness and dementia, impotence and premature ejaculation of various diseases. 8, others: Sanyinjiao – strengthening the spleen and qi, tonifying the kidney essence, benefiting the essence and blood; Taixi – warming the kidney yang, nourishing the kidney yin, yin and yang double tonic; Zhongji – tonifying the kidney and cultivating vitality, benefiting the essence and blood, and strengthening the vitality of the yang; Baihui – elevating the yang and lifting the trap, benefiting the qi and fixing the loss of vitality; spleen Yu Spleen Yu – benefiting Qi and nourishing Blood, warming Yang and strengthening the Spleen; Kidney Yu – benefiting the Kidneys and strengthening Yang, nourishing the deficiency and strengthening the muscles and bones.