First of all, it is not recommended that every day moxibustion, daily moxibustion will be excessive depletion of fluid leading to an imbalance of yin and yang, yin deficiency fire (Yin essence loss in the body, the emergence of the evidence of hyperactive fire); Secondly, not everyone applies to the method of moxibustion, such as the body of the yin deficiency, the real hot patients should not moxibustion.
Moxibustion belongs to the traditional Chinese medicine therapy, generally refers to the ignition of moxa made of moxa cones, moxa sticks, smoked specific points in order to prevent and cure diseases of a therapy, with warming cold (warming the human body meridians, get rid of the body’s cold), the line of qi and blood, dredge meridians and channels, and support the yang fixed off (by way of replenishing yang qi to treat prolapsed type of disease) and other therapeutic effects.
Moxibustion is often used for deficiency and cold symptoms, such as cold joints, cold stomach and epigastric pain, diarrhea that has not been cured for a long time, uterine cold menstrual cramps, and lack of warmth in the hands and feet.
Moxibustion treatment (including the amount of moxibustion, moxibustion time, frequency, course of treatment, etc.) should be different from person to person depending on the disease, such as non-disease needs, every day moxibustion or moxibustion time is too long, may cause dry mouth and tongue, eye redness, swelling and pain, such as the manifestation of the yin deficiency of fire. Discomfort should be timely medical treatment, under the guidance of a doctor, not self-treatment.