Do You Know About Moxibustion Therapy?
Many people believe acupuncture and moxibustion are the same therapy, but this is not true. Although both are based on the understanding of meridians and acupoints in the human body, acupuncture produces only physical effects, while moxibustion involves a combination of pharmacological and physical actions.
Moxibustion has many unique advantages. Its therapeutic applications are extremely broad. In traditional Chinese medicine terms, it can warm yang, supplement qi, warm meridians, promote circulation, dissipate stasis, and tonify the middle energizer. It can be widely used for internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, and ENT diseases, especially effective for mastitis, prostatitis, periarthritis of the shoulder, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical spondylosis, and diabetes. Secondly, moxibustion has remarkable health-preserving and wellness benefits. With modernization, acupuncture has continuously developed, but moxibustion has been neglected. During moxibustion treatment, burning the acupoints may leave scars on the body. Master Zhou Meisheng pointed out that the dual suffering from illness and moxibustion-induced sores caused the decline of moxibustion, and he called for deeper research and modern development of moxibustion.
In recent years, with growing recognition of moxibustion's unique efficacy, medical circles have re-recognized its value, and modern research is accelerating. Modern moxibustion devices combine traditional moxa materials with optoelectronic instruments, fully utilizing the medicinal properties of moxa under new heat sources (such as infrared rays or magnetic therapy), offering convenience, simplicity, and no scarring or skin burns.