What are the taboos of fumigation and moxibustion?

Moxibustion is very popular among people in real life. There are no toxins or side effects in moxibustion. It is very effective for physical health and disease treatment. It can also improve the body's resistance and is very good for the body. However, you need to pay more attention to some taboos when doing moxibustion. First of all, you need to pay attention to the temperature of moxibustion. If it is too hot, it will easily burn the skin and cause burn scars.

Since moxibustion is performed with fire, carelessness during the application may cause local skin burns. On the other hand, the process of moxibustion will consume some essence and blood, so some parts of the body or some people cannot be moxibustioned. These are the taboos of moxibustion. There are many taboos in ancient moxibustion. Although some taboos can be broken, there are some situations where they should indeed be avoided.

Do not directly apply moxibustion to exposed parts, such as the face, to prevent the formation of scars and affect the appearance.

Do not apply moxibustion on areas with thin skin, little muscle, and tendon knots; the lumbar sacral area and lower abdomen of pregnant women; and the nipples, genitals, and testicles of men and women. In addition, do not apply moxibustion directly to the joints. In addition, do not apply moxibustion to large blood vessels or the heart, and do not apply moxibustion to the eyeballs which are part of the facial area.

People who are extremely tired, too hungry, too full, drunk, sweating profusely, emotionally unstable, or women during menstruation should avoid moxibustion.

Moxibustion is not recommended during certain infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or when the body is extremely exhausted and emaciated.

People who lack self-control, such as the mentally ill, should avoid moxibustion.

Be focused and patient: Pay attention to concentrating your mind when applying moxibustion, and do not be distracted during the application, so as to avoid the moxa stick moving and not being on the acupuncture points, which will hurt the skin and flesh and waste time. For health-care moxibustion, you must persist in it for a long time. Occasional moxibustion will not achieve the desired effect.

Pay attention to the accuracy of body position and acupoints: on the one hand, the body position should be suitable for the needs of moxibustion, and on the other hand, it should be comfortable and natural. The correct parts and acupoints should be found according to the prescription to ensure the effect of moxibustion.

Fire prevention: Many clothes worn by modern people are made of chemical fiber, down and other materials, which are very easy to catch fire. Therefore, when performing moxibustion, you must pay attention to prevent fire. Especially when using moxa cones for moxibustion, you must be more careful to prevent the moxa cones from rolling and falling off. After moxibustion with moxa sticks, you can put the lit end of the moxa stick into a bottle with a diameter slightly larger than the moxa stick to facilitate extinguishing.

Pay attention to keeping warm and preventing heatstroke: because part of the body surface will be exposed during moxibustion, you should keep warm in winter and prevent heatstroke in high temperatures in summer. At the same time, you should also pay attention to regulating the indoor temperature and turn on the ventilation fan to get fresh air in time.

To prevent infection: suppurative moxibustion or local burns due to improper moxibustion may cause sores and moxibustion sores. Be sure not to break the sores. If they have already broken and become infected, use anti-inflammatory drugs in time.

It is necessary to master the procedure of moxibustion: if there are many and scattered acupoints to be moxibustioned, they should be performed in the order of back first, then chest and abdomen, and head first, then body and limbs.

Be gradual: When using moxibustion for the first time, you should pay attention to the amount of stimulation. Start with a small amount and small dose, such as using a small moxa cone, or moxibustion for a shorter time and with fewer times. Increase the dosage later. Don't start with a large dose.

Preventing dizziness with moxibustion

Although dizziness due to moxibustion is rare, once it occurs, you may experience dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, pale complexion, palpitations, sweating, and even fainting. If you feel dizzy after moxibustion, stop moxibustion immediately, lie down and lie quietly, then add moxibustion on Zusanli point, and continue gentle moxibustion for about 10 minutes.