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Principle of moxibustion treatment

Moxibustion is used to treat imbalances.

Moxibustion, or short "Moxa" is beside acupuncture, another important element in the oriental medicine. As a well-known therapy in this medicine is moxibustions intention to restore the circulation of energy and / or blood in the body. For example, as water freezes to ice at low temperatures, an abnormal cold body temperature to be strongly linked to poor functioning of the large and smaller body organs.
In this case, the injection of moxibustion help restore functions.

Traditional moxibustion is a special method, which the acupuncturist warm acupuncture points with burning leaves from mugwort.

Principle of moxibustion treatment Moxibustion, or short "Moxa" is beside acupuncture, another important element in the oriental medicine. As a well-known therapy in this medicine is moxibustions intention to restore the circulation of energy and / or blood in the body. For example, as water freezes to ice at low temperatures, an abnormal cold body temperature to be strongly linked to poor functioning of the large and smaller body organs.
In this case, the injection of moxibustion help restore functions.
Traditionally performed by the burning of special herbs (mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris) at certain acupuncture points and thus introduced to the body re-energized. These burnings can be done in different ways. The most famous is Moxa cigar. Mugwort pressed to form a cigar is ignited and the glowing tip is put near the body to warm in special points. Futher more can loose moxa herb in a moxabox and ignite it. It adds body heat in a larger surface. The best way to use moxa is by burning it directly of the needle itself. The pressed moxa herb is put on the shaft of the inserted needle and ignited. Through the heat is not only on the outside of a big flat but it will also be guided through the needle inside the disseminator of a heat wave style. A very pleasant and effective method.
Besides these, there are also various small-moxa stick with small distance will be placed on the skin and igniting.

Finally, there also grains method. This is a small amount of rise pressed moxa herb placed directly without separation of specific acupuncture points and ignited. Shortly before the skin is burnt grains are quickly pushed of the skin. One of the truest sense of the word sweating method, but is highly effective, if this treatment will be restrained without causing burns. This method is only very rarely used and essentially only tradition of loving care in China.
Acupuncture and Moxa is an important opportunity combination of Chinese medicine. The Chinese word for acupuncture "Zhen-Jiu", literally translated means "stuck and burn".

 

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