Does moxibustion cure the cervical spine?

Moxibustion can play a role in the clinical treatment of cervical spondylosis, usually as an adjunctive treatment. After moxibustion of the cervical spine, it can effectively play the role of warming the meridians and dispersing cold, relaxing the muscles and improving the blood circulation in the cervical spine area, which helps to relieve the symptoms. But moxibustion is only used as an adjunctive treatment for the following reasons: First, the formation of cervical spondylosis is mainly due to inflammatory hyperplasia, degeneration, disc protrusion or bony structure proliferation, calcification, will produce compression on the surrounding nerves, blood vessels, cervical marrow, a series of symptoms related to cervical spondylosis, the simple application of moxibustion can only relieve the symptoms, and can not remove the root of the disease, so this is the reason for adjunctive treatment. Second, in the usual precautions must be done in order to effectively relieve, such as to avoid low head time too long, to avoid cervical spine cold, when sleeping pillow must be the right height, to maintain the normal physiological curvature of the cervical spine, otherwise even if moxibustion is carried out, cervical spondylosis is unlikely to get significantly better. In the treatment of cervical spondylosis with moxibustion, you must pay attention to avoid the state of low head, pay attention to the warmth of the cervical spine, especially after moxibustion, if there is a cold, may lead to the aggravation of cervical spondylosis.