Moxibustion Overview
Moxibustion, is the application of heat (mainly AIDS drugs or other substances produced after burning hot) or low temperatures, or in some materials (on the skin stimulating effect of the drug or other substance) direct contact with the skin surface resulting from the stimulation of acupuncture points in the human body or certain parts, so as to achieve the prevention or treatment of a disease therapy. Is a major component of acupuncture in China and also an important traditional non-drug therapies.
Moxibustion is hyperthermia, and fire is closely related to the history of fire in our country can be traced back to 500,000 years ago, “Peking Man” or 800,000 years ago, “Lantian Man” era, and even farther. According to archaeological research, excavations at Zhoukoudian, Beijing strata containing fossil bones, they found remnants of ash and burnt animal bones or debris. As early as about 50,000 years ago, the original clan commune period, our ancestors learned to use fire to warm, cooked food, especially the 18 000 years ago, “cavemen” have mastered the way to make fire. Moxibustion is the application of sprout with fire, and in its application in practice evolving.
The ancients simmer warm fire when the fire burns due to chance rather relieved some pain, resulting in the burning can cure revelation, which is the origin of moxibustion. “Moxibustion” character in the “Dictionary” is explained as “burning” is the meaning of burning the body for curing diseases. earliest possible use of branches, firewood to make fire smoked, ironing, burning, scalding to eliminate the pain, after gradually optional Ai (moxa) moxibustion as the main material. Ai, since ancient times in China’s vast land full of growth, because of its fragrance, warm flammable, and firepower to ease, so they replace the general branches of fuel, and to become the best material moxibustion. According to “Zuo Zhuan” records, Lu Chenggong 10 years (581 BC), Jin Jing Gong disease, Qin imperial doctor doctors slow to diagnosis, medical relief, said: “disease must not be also in blind on top of the cream under non-attack, reaching the less, drug died Yan. “Du Yu Jin dynasty comments:” attack “means moxibustion,” up “refers to acupuncture. Han ZhangZhongJing “Febrile Diseases” in “to fire” and “non-fire” records, which said the fire, also refers moxibustion.
“Moxibustion” character in the existing literature, the “Pirates of the plantar Zhuangzi •” The earliest mention, such as plantar Yagishita Confucius persuasion: “Confucius also called disease-free self-moxibustion.” “Mencius • Lou” has written: “People today For the king, still seven years of the disease, AIDS is also seeking three years, “apparently also refers moxibustion. It can be inferred in the Spring and Autumn Period, moxibustion is quite popular. 1973 In China Changsha Mawangdui Han Tomb unearthed III. In the unearthed silk describes that there are three meridians moxibustion, is found in the “via” before the earliest precious documents. In medicine monographs, moxibustion first seen in “Nei Jing”. “Su asked • iso French side should,” said: “North by heaven and earth are closed Tibet to the field also, their land gaoling home, wind Ice aroma, its folk wild place The milk food, dirty, cold and full of disease, its Expelling moxibustion Bing, so moxibustion Bing who also come from the north. “explained moxibustion generation and living habits of people in the North, conditions and characteristics of the disease have a close relationship.
After the successive emergence of many aspects of acupuncture works, such as Jin Mi’s “Acupuncture and B by” Sun Ssu Tang’s “emergency preparedness Prescriptions” are strong proponent of acupuncture and use. Wang Tao Tang’s “Taiwan Miyao” is abandoned needle in terms of moxibustion, moxibustion visible at the time of the attention. After the execution of the king from the Song Dynasty, “Acupuncture-funded students,” GAO Wu Ming JuYing acupuncture, “Yang Jizhou of the” acupuncture Dacheng “to the Qing Liao Runhong of the” acupuncture Integration “all focus moxibustion. Chronicles moxibustion monograph there are many, such as the 3rd century AD there, “Cao moxibustion side,” Tang Dynasty “Gu Zheng disease moxibustion side,” Song of “Huangdi Ming Tong moxibustion” “moxibustion Gaohuangshu shu Law”, “prepared Urgent moxibustion, “Yuan Dynasty” ulcer mysterious moxibustion “, Qing Dynasty” Tai Magic, “” divine dispensation moxibustion “and so on.
Moxibustion treatment, initially the ancients to use more direct moxibustion, moxa cone and a larger number of strong (moxa cone counting units) are more like “Holy Benevolent Prescriptions” pointed out: “Although the number of cone moxibustion foot, too bad sore pus , are suffering from the poor; sore pus if not worse, their illness unhealed. “” Golden Mirror • thorn moxibustion Heart Tips “also said:” Where the moxibustion various diseases, will be enough air into the fire before they can seek more . “ancients also very respected purulent moxibustion applications for physical health and disease prevention. With the rapid development of modern moxibustion then, in order to alleviate the suffering of patients receiving moxibustion, the use of moxa cone moxibustion young and derived a variety of moxibustion, such as moxa moxibustion, medicine, moxibustion (including Tai God acupuncture, Ray Vulcan acupuncture, etc.), moxa moxibustion, warm acupuncture, the day, the lights moxibustion and so on. Under different conditions, but also often using indirect moxibustion, the separated items, mostly ginger, garlic, salt, tempeh cakes, monkshood cake. Moxibustion has been the cause of human health to make a greater contribution.