From June 5 to June 12, it is the time from the grain planting solar term to the Dragon Boat Festival. At this time, the weather is hot and the rain is increasing. Although it is not in the summer, it makes people feel like they are in the hot and humid July and August. They are tired, fidgety and even have eczema. This is due to the change of seasons, which makes the body unable to adjust in time. Therefore, it is the necessary period of moxibustion from the mang seed to the Dragon Boat Festival!
Why is it the best season for moxa?
On this day, people hang mugwort branches and Acorus calamus to kill bacteria and prevent diseases, avoid plague and expel toxin, which is an important period to prevent infectious diseases and parasites!
Dragon Boat Festival is a festival representing the sun in the ecliptic. It happens to be a good match with the mid autumn festival which belongs to the moon. The ancients believed that Yang valued people in the middle of the sky, so the Dragon Boat Festival had another name of Tianzhong Festival. Since the Dragon Boat Festival, Yang has been rising. This special time, people can take advantage of the sun's yang to regulate their bodies, so as to strengthen their resistance and improve their weak physique.
At this time, what is the principle of Aizhi?
The air temperature rises before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, and there is more rain. The weather is relatively hot and humid, and the human body is also more prone to perspire, which is easy to lead to the leakage of Yang Qi. At this time, moxa leaf can be used to moxibustion the acupoints, which can warm the meridians and unblock the collaterals, smooth the Qi and blood, harmonize the viscera, and improve the immunity of the body.
The functions of moxibustion can be summarized as follows:
Warming the meridians and dispersing the cold: moxibustion can generate heat in the process of treatment, has the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing the cold, and has obvious effect on diseases caused by exogenous wind, cold, dampness and pathogenic factors, deficiency of Yang and other factors.
Clinically, the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatism, rheumatoid, stomach cold, diarrhea and other diseases with moxibustion is effective.
Back to Yang: Yang Qi is an important subtle substance of human beings, and when Yang declines, Yin will flourish. Moxibustion can dispel Yin cold and invigorate Yang Qi, which is suitable for patients with weak body and weak Yang Qi. Qi not only has the function of warm, but also has the function of fixation. When Qi is insufficient, organ ptosis can occur. Moxibustion has a good effect on this kind of disease.
Removing blood stasis and removing stasis: stasis refers to stagnation of blood, including Qi, blood and phlegm, which affects the operation of meridians. Moxibustion can play the role of removing blood stasis, dispersing stasis and clearing channels and collaterals.
Prevention and health care: Ancient Chinese medical experts have long put forward the idea of disease prevention in advance. Moxibustion has the effect of disease prevention and health care in addition to treatment. For ordinary people, moxibustion is simple and effective, which is suitable for health care.
Recommend you to do more moxibustion on several commonly used health care acupoints
Zusanli (located at the edge of the four transverse fingers and tibia of the external knee): it has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, helping to transport and transform, regulating qi and blood, Strengthening Qi, strengthening the Yuanyang, dispelling wind evil and strengthening the body and longevity.
Guan yuan (three inches below the navel): moxibustion can adjust the tension of the bladder, improve the body's immunity, prevent diseases and strengthen health care.
Shenshu (1.5 inch beside the second lumbar spine): it has the functions of Tonifying the kidney, nourishing the essence, strengthening the back, hearing, eyesight, strengthening the bones, warming yang and dispersing cold.
Sanyinjiao: moxibustion can adjust endocrine function, female reproductive function, rhythm and insulin secretion.
Nine poison days of Dragon Boat Festival, please remember to moxibustion
First 3 days: (June 2-4)
Middle 3 days: (June 12-14)
Next 3 days: (June 22-24)
These days are the most poisonous time of the year. They are called "nine poison days". Please seize this Detox day to expel poison and cold and damp, which will get twice the result with half the effort. People often say: Dragon Boat Festival detoxification, life is blessing! Detoxification, such as flower beauty. In summer, with the help of time, earth and Qi, combined with Moxibustion on the meridians and meridians of the whole body, the pores of the human body can be quickly opened, and the cold accumulated in the body for a long time can be driven out of the body through sweat to achieve the goal of radical cure. It's a good way to cure winter disease in summer!