How to choose the time to fumigate moxa?

Maybe most people are not very clear about what kind of treatment method moxa fumigation is. Moxa fumigation is a common method, which is the usual fire therapy. It mainly involves burning the moxa and placing it on the body. However, there will be a partition underneath, which will not burn the skin. At the same time, the hot air can penetrate through the pores into the deepest part of the body to carry out anti-inflammatory treatment of the root cause of the disease. Moreover, this treatment is particular about the acupoints, and you must grasp the correct method. So how should you control the time when doing this treatment?

In terms of solar terms

Moxibustion focuses on solar terms because solar terms are the time when yin and yang in the human body alternate. At this time, moxibustion will achieve twice the result with half the effort. Chinese medicine talks about winter diseases at the summer solstice, which means that diseases contracted in winter should be traced back to summer. If they are diseases contracted in summer, they should be treated from summer onwards. The winter solstice is the time of the year when "yang rises", and it is the most suitable time to do moxibustion to replenish yang energy.

In terms of season

Winter is the time when the human body is coldest and its yang energy is weakest. If you do not pay attention to conditioning at this time, many diseases will be caused by insufficient yang energy. Therefore, winter moxibustion is especially important for people with cold constitution.

About time

There is no fixed time for moxibustion. Moxibustion can be performed at any time. It can be done before or after meals, in the morning or evening. It is fine to do it before meals as long as you are not too hungry. It can be done half an hour to an hour after meals. It is not allowed to do it when you are too full or too hungry.

If you are doing moxibustion according to the course of treatment, it is best to do it continuously every day for the first three times, 15-20 minutes for each acupoint. After that, you can do it every other day. 10 days constitute a course of treatment. The moxibustion time for children and the elderly should be shorter.