You can’t use moxibustion to heat the abdomen during menstruation, this is because moxibustion has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and moxibustion during menstruation will increase the amount of menstrual blood, which will have an adverse effect.
You can’t use moxibustion to heat the abdomen during menstruation, moxibustion has the efficacy of warming up and dispersing cold, activating blood circulation, dredging up the meridians, for patients with cold, you can moxibustion a week before menstruation, and should be suspended in time for menstruation, or it may lead to an increase in the amount of menstruation, so that the patient appears to have the symptom of anemia.
For patients with uterine cold, abdominal pain and fear of cold may occur during menstruation. Treatment of uterine cold can be done through premenstrual moxibustion, such as Guanyuan, Qihai, Shenque, Sanyinjiao and other acupoints, which has a better therapeutic effect.
If you need to perform moxibustion, please do so under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.