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Moxibustion treatment, both tonic but also reducing excess; either cold temperature can be heat; either Fu Yang, but also nourishing. But since the “Treatise on” that “fire against”, “fire calamity,” said the stitches are diarrhea, moxibustion is a complement of the traditional concept has been pursued for over 1000 years, until June 1985 issue of Medical Colleges Textbooks “acupuncture moxibustion law” still “moxibustion Considerations” that “All evidence, heat syndrome and yang fever, generally should not use moxibustion.”

In fact, merely warming moxibustion point certainly worth further discussion. If you think that the needle is mechanically diarrhea, moxibustion is a complement, it will virtually denied the needle and moxibustion reinforcing practical significance. Moxibustion and acupuncture are two different methods of treatment needle and moxibustion because there is a common characteristic: are based on meridian theory as the basis for the thorn moxibustion meridian points in the clinical treatment has a complementary role. Basic principles of traditional Chinese medicine treatment is to adjust the yin and yang, so that balance. Yin and Yang is a relative term, fill with diarrhea is also relative. Therefore, moxibustion can itself should be both diarrhea real tonic, has a dual regulatory role. Therefore, merely warming moxibustion point neither Annexed basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it does not meet the traditional Chinese medicine practice.

First, the origin of moxibustion reinforcing

Back in the “Yellow Emperor” had clearly pointed out that moxibustion reinforcing. Such as “coffin back acupoints” article said: “The fit is diarrhea, then fill the empty, in order to make up the fire who, not blowing their fire shall also self-destruction: the fire vent who blow their illness fire, pass it Ai be its fire is out too. “” Yellow Emperor Tai Su, “so-called” Biography “word for” FU “Young Shangshan comment, said:” blowing so hot into to attack the disease. therefore Day diarrhea also. Fu tone is paid. by hand Yong Fu Ai blowing its so anger lingers too. “Yuan Zhu Dan in the” Heart & Supplements Miscellaneous Danxi theory “saying” there make up the fire purging fire moxibustion and if make up the fire, fire Ai yellow to flesh; if purging fire, not to the flesh, then remove the. “Zhu played a” Yellow Emperor “moxibustion reinforcing the essentials. Ming Li Ting in the “Introduction to Medicine” say “virtual who moxibustion, so that anger to help Yuanyang also: moxibustion real person, so that the real evil with anger and divergence also; cold person moxibustion, qi rewarming it also; heat by moxibustion, cited swelter of the gas outward, the fire was dry of righteousness. “Lee not only to adapt the scope and moxibustion moxibustion mechanism were more detailed description, and clearly pointed out in the cold and heat moxibustion for the card. Clear “God moxibustion dispensation” words: “by the warm moxibustion meridian should pass blood, so Nizhe Deshun, stagnation was OK ……” was further added. Looking at the above record shows that moxibustion reinforcing originated in “Yellow Emperor”, after the clinical experience on behalf of physicians play is much more complete.

Ancient physicians not only theoretically elaborated, but also accumulated a considerable experience in this area. Exemplified below.

Fill method: “category by drawing wing” describes moxibustion in the abdominal, sea air to cure “off color white, pulse small, cold limbs …… its effectiveness as a god.” “Ancient and Modern Medical Commission bible” in words: “in the cold , chill Jueleng pulse never want dead, should moxibustion. sea air, the door of God, pubic region, Guan Yuan, moxibustion hundred strong. “” Acupuncture and learn “:” metrorrhagia leave out, in a very, uterus moxibustion. ”

Reducing method: “emergency preparedness Prescriptions”, saying: “Where the soldier suffering from swollen waist, with bone swelling, ulcer, section swelling, swollen skin swim toxic heat, these various diseases, but the beginning of a different feel, that urgent legislation moxibustion more. “” Danxi Heart “moxibustion fever can make” fire to accessibility, pulling hot lead poisoning. “for” meaning also from the rule, “according to fire is on the dry, with gas demand of the reason, or moxibustion to fire of gas, developed through the vent, cited hot outer solution is real hot moxibustion severe acute closure of the key depression. “Medicine man door”, saying: “heat by moxibustion, cited swelter of the gas outward.” “Shou Shi Bao Yuan” rule belly has a positive stool occlusion, heartache all the pain “to Croton meat pound for bread, fill navel, moxibustion three strong. “and so on.

For the mechanism of moxibustion diarrhea, ancient physicians have made a lot of elaborate, such as gold, Liu Hejian elucidate the pathogenesis hot, hot on the record, that he was in surgery yang “sores, fire is a” rule “when outside moxibustion, cited evil out of the party ended. ” Wuyi Ding “God moxibustion dispensation • Surgical card slightly,” said: “Where the sore early on the 7th until ready to use moxibustion, can break the knot of a large firm; cited poison out, moving deep to shallow, rather than drug efficacy.” . Which shows that surgical yang available moxibustion, moxibustion may be cited after the poison out, moving deep to shallow, breaking the knot of Kennedy, dredge the meridians, to reconcile business health, so the disease can be more sore. In regard with the heat of moxibustion, moxibustion Zhu Dan considers that this can “fire to accessibility, pulling hot lead poisoning, this meaning from the rule” also. He moxibustion Yin deficiency, that “with moxibustion pubic region, so there yang, sun shade long it is also.” He has risen to moxibustion heat of rational knowledge. Ming Wang Rock Hill that “real person moxibustion, the real evil with anger and divergence also ……; heat by moxibustion; cited swelter of the gas outward, the fire was dry of righteousness.” These theories on our clinical still has some significance.

Recent clinical observations suggest that in the leaves as raw material moxibustion therapy, its effects and moxibustion moxibustion reinforcing and reducing methods are closely related: as with diarrhea moxibustion Baihui acute neurovascular headache, the effect is significant: with moxibustion treatment of enuresis complement very good effect. Use in patients with hypertension moxibustion reducing method. Results after moxibustion drop in blood pressure in patients with more than 80% of patients with hypotension and fill method of moxibustion, moxibustion results in all patients after blood pressure were increased. Reducing method using moxibustion treatment of herpes zoster, after inflammation can control symptoms. Visible moxibustion reinforcing cold and heat has been applied in a variety of syndromes.

Many modern scholars moxibustion reinforcing mechanism also made some study, reducing method is generally believed that the mechanism of moxibustion line five: 1 ① with hot hot lead: the evil out to achieve with hot lead heat, so that the scattered evil heat vent The. And that this fierce fire moxibustion Jun, not deep, difficult to follow through deep penetration far, there is no entry in to help heat the disadvantages of the reason for this with gas demand to heat hot lead of the law also. ② open portal, cited evil out: that moxibustion hair after blistering sores, are a way out to the evil. ③ temperature prevailing scattered, Xiaoyu sanjie: Because blood is too hot, line the pass, General scattered, so the stagnation can pass, the fire source can be clear, Ecchymosis can be scattered. ④ moxibustion Fu Yang, sun shade Length: moxibustion after Fu Yang Yin, Qi Sheng Jin. ⑤ heat due to heat with: Yin Sheng Geyang for winter heat of the true meaning of having emergency. Some scholars believe that moxibustion can be used for all acute infectious fever, either viral or bacterial infections are advised, it belongs to the “Yellow Emperor” in the “From the governing law” and “fire Yu made the” principle of treatment. In short, moxibustion produces reinforcing mechanism can be summarized as “double regulation” effect, that is, when the body is weak moxibustion can make up, evil real moxibustion can be diarrhea.

Modern information moxibustion reinforcing mechanism of experimental research data is still rare. Modern pharmacological studies have shown: the leaves contain a variety of chemical ingredients that can dilate blood vessels, accelerate blood cell velocity. Favor diseased tissue repair and regeneration, improve blood circulation, increase oxygen supply to tissues and organs. Promote inflammation and localized, there beneficial anti-inflammatory, increase metabolism to achieve stasis new health effect.

Second, the role of reinforcing and reducing moxibustion

Is the use of moxibustion moxibustion fire (or other similar stimuli) stimulating specific role of stimulating acupoints factor from this “air parade of people,” the portal into the body, and then along the meridian passage of the corresponding organs, direct drive to disease. There are cold then warm and eliminate it, swelter then cited the bulk of the vent, blood stagnation is the temperature through the line, then the yang qi and yang weakness fill it, so as to achieve blood flow, dredge meridians. Rousing, Chubing analgesic purposes. It contains a complement and diarrhea.

Moxibustion reinforcing, instant virtual who moxibustion, then righteousness may help; untruthful moxibustion, a profit is evil. From the terms of the type of moxibustion, another hot moxibustion, moxibustion cold, ice moxibustion points. Hot moxibustion, multi-Fu Yang Ji Yin has, deficiency of warm and cold to fill the role of the main; rather cold moxibustion, moxibustion ice, there are detoxification, swelling and stasis, antipyretic analgesic diarrhea effect. From moxibustion materials, present, moxibustion materials mainly leaves. Medicinal leaves, Qing Wu Yi Luo’s “Materia Medica” says: “Kuxin leaves, raw warm, cooked hot, Chun-yang nature, never to return to the yang pendant, through twelve, walking yin (liver, spleen, kidney), the rationale for blood, but also cold temperature, warm in the uterus …… moxibustion, can penetrate through the addition of various diseases. “leaves with Kuxin two taste, acrid be declared pass, with warming of the force, it could be warm and cold, Yang deficiency, such as “Danxi Heart”, said: “ill collapse, this is the yang, with moxibustion pubic region, so there yang, yin yang sang too long.”: bitterness clear, there is diarrhea fever can be, the pungent declared scattered together, it can Xiere Sida, Xiaoyu relieves congestion, as “Introduction to Medicine” says: “heat by moxibustion, cited swelter of the gas outward, dry the fire of righteousness. “and moxibustion heat of fire, blood is too hot line, stagnation Yongzhi be scattered, and the source of the fire has gone, the heat can be attributed to calm down. Surgery carbuncle, gangrene, sores, ulcers, erysipelas embolism, by exogenous cult poison, there Yun heat, heat toxin Yongzhi meridians made. Moxibustion treatments are available, then the “swelling of the inner heat conduction by fire, with the fire out of it.” (“San Franciscans overall record”) Therefore, the leaves as the basic material also has a warming moxibustion and spilled hot double regulation.

Third, the method of reinforcing and reducing moxibustion

For clinical moxibustion in the treatment process generates a predetermined reinforcing effects of syndrome differentiation must be based on the patient’s condition, a reasonable selection of points, in accordance with the appropriate choice of treatment needs moxibustion materials and methods, and through reinforcing and reducing operation to ensure reinforcing effect generation.

(A) syndrome differentiation is the basis for reinforcing moxibustion

Chinese ideology and treatment is most characteristic in the differentiation syndrome as a basis for hair cut herbs. Chinese medicine treatment of moxibustion is one of the primary means of learning, so the clinical syndrome moxibustion natural for a close relationship. The first step is to distinguish dialectical incidence of the disease, seeking the source of pathogens. The second is based on the nature of disease and its occurrence and development of a variety of law, and to develop a variety of appropriate measures and methods. Method is the treatment plan, prescription treatment. Side with law office, law separated side. The purpose of moxibustion syndrome is to legislation, rules set out the measures. Nized clinical moxibustion produces reinforcing effects and therapeutic purposes, must be based on the disease syndrome differentiation.

1 dialectical election syndromes application reinforcing the law helps to improve the effect of moxibustion and moxibustion used to accurately fill diarrhea.

Fill method: This method or multi-use direct moxibustion Moxibustion treatment of chronic diseases. Such as: chronic diarrhea, chronic colitis, gastroptosis qi deficiency, gas off license, permit gas is not taken blood, blood deficiency, the essence of the deficiency, heart yang storm off the card, the gas settlement permit, Chinese cold syndrome, spleen Yang deficiency, kidney qi certificate of kidney deficiency, Chong and Ren wasting card.

Reducing method: direct moxibustion more common in the treatment of boils ulcer, dog snake bites and the like, and can be used for mild moxibustion moxa treatment of exogenous cold, fever, rheumatism, trauma, bleeding, etc.; tonsillitis, mumps, acute lymphoid go far Inflammation use more lights moxibustion. Neurodermatitis, herpes zoster wide, corns and other more local moxibustion.

2 dialectical election moxibustion points acupoints human metaphor gateway acupoints role mainly in response syndromes, to help diagnose and receiving stimulation, disease prevention, in terms of both its therapeutic effect there will be regional, holistic, two-way adjustable, relative specificity , synergy and finger resistance and other characteristics, ie each point, generally have their dominion specificity. Selection of different acupoints moxibustion, are often able to receive different compensation diarrhea treatment. Such as air-sea cave as qi points, for deficiency patients may I moxibustion sea air hole at the line and fill method, the tonic effect doubled Feishu as relieving cold cave, cold table card for those who can Feishu Office purulent moxibustion moxibustion diarrhea or general rule up to Shufeng solution form, Xuanfei cold effect. Another example is mild moxibustion Baihui, can cure gastroptosis, uterine prolapse and rectal prolapse and other diseases, and play qi by lifting effect; but with garlic dressing or a bird pecking moxibustion moxibustion treatment Yongquan hemoptysis, epistaxis embolism, then can Xiehuo bleeding. Yang storm off, with a large Shenque moxa box, although fire Jun Meng, their effectiveness as Yang Jun fill back off to save; rather chill condensation abdominal pain, with a slow moxibustion, also reached by cold reducing method it can go . This is the same point differently reinforcing effect. So we in the clinical application of moxibustion reinforcing can be based on the characteristics of a reasonable selection of acupoints can improve fertilizing moxibustion moxibustion treatment effect.

3 dialectical election moxibustion materials that are based on different nature of the disease, the treatment options appropriate efficacy of moxibustion drugs Jia Ruyi in (drug Ai), or separated at Ai lower (Moxibustion), or moxibustion materials (such as peach branches, Sang branches, sulfur, yellow wax, etc.), produce different reinforcing effect. Such as garlic moxibustion insecticide detoxification, moxibustion can monkshood yang solid back off, Ginger can be warm in dispelling. Moxibustion on these three apartments have reinforcing meaning. Others, such as peach branches moxibustion can be warm and cold, rule “confidants Leng Tong, cold and dampness” (“Compendium of Materia Medica”), while the mulberry moxibustion on sores collapse may have been “fill then yang, Qufushengji” ( “Compendium of Materia Medica”), and its role in reinforcing and reducing the former obviously different. In short, plus moxibustion medicine should take full account of their sexual taste, functions, attending to produce different reinforcing effect.

4 dialectical election moxibustion in the clinical condition of patients only reasonable choice under appropriate moxibustion methods in order to better play its reinforcing effect. If purulent moxibustion, moxibustion foam can reach open portal, cited evil out effect; lights moxibustion can Shufeng solution table, air entraining Lee phlegm, stagnation thoracotomy. Wake faint twitch set (“You integration”): warm acupuncture or moxibustion moxa cone directly line fill method, you can warm meridians, promoting blood circulation: For qi and blood circulation, you can use mild moxibustion moxa; acute heat syndromes the multi-use of skin moxibustion, bird pecking moxibustion and so on. In addition, the moxa cone moxibustion reinforcing and reducing the size and number of hours is consistent with the strong. General deficiency, cold syndrome with Ai fill method, moxa cone should be large, strong number should be more (its size and strong moxa number of hours depending on the specific condition may be), for evidence, heat syndrome with Ai reducing method, moxa cone should be small , the number should be less strong. Its mechanism of action different moxibustion are not the same, should the clinical syndrome differentiation, selection of appropriate moxibustion in order to receive good treatment effectiveness.

In short, to improve the therapeutic effect of moxibustion, syndrome differentiation must be based on the patient’s condition, a reasonable selection of points. Moxibustion appropriate choice of materials and methods. By reinforcing and reducing operation to ensure the generation of reinforcing effects.

(Two), moxibustion reinforcing the concrete operation

Like with acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, hand skills is the key. Moxibustion reinforcing and reducing illness and operation in addition to the size and Ai fire and how strong the number of closely related. Moxibustion reinforcing specific methods of operation, is divided into two areas.

1 moxibustion reinforcing means depending on the disease situation, a reasonable choice of different moxibustion of the law, in order to achieve the role of real tonic diarrhea.

Moxibustion variety, although both moxibustion, but the effect on a certain distinction can be noted in the role of different characteristics have decided to use complementary nature or diarrhea moxibustion.

Fill method to use more irritating weaker moxibustion, diarrhea rule moxibustion using a strong irritant, so that patients have a strong thermal stimulation. The former can moxibustion to the skin slightly red, the latter, or the formation of foam after moxibustion moxibustion sore appropriate. Clinical and Experimental confirmed, moxibustion can improve immunity, enhance the body compensatory capacity so strong body upright. Therefore, in general, moxibustion mostly fill method. Such as temperature and acupuncture, moxibustion directly in no scarring moxibustion, electric moxibustion, sun moxibustion, moxa moxibustion moxibustion, moxibustion roundabout, aluminum and various generations moxibustion moxibustion ointment, so that patients have a mild comfort. More typical of certain drugs separated moxibustion moxibustion and complement deposition diarrhea. Pursuant to apply moxibustion Moxibustion and used when drugs, according to the taste of drugs, functions, indications, etc. to be used. Emphasis on the selection of drugs for diarrhea or deposited partitioned moxibustion moxibustion, you can play the role of diarrhea. Such as euphorbia apply moxibustion is more used by watery water; choose emphasis on complementary drugs or apply moxibustion Moxibustion can play a complementary role. Such as monkshood Moxibustion is used for tonic yang. Governance Jueni, impotence, nocturnal emission; Ginger warm and cold; lilac dressing warm in the Jiangni moxibustion, kidney yang and rule Deficiency diarrhea, impotence, cold. Gall apply moxibustion Gujing sweating and conquer nocturnal emission, enuresis, spontaneous sweating, night sweats; warm in the cold by the pepper-and-conquer confidants Leng Tong and so on. But there are some aimed Endometriosis, Xiaoyu pain, remove rot abscess moxibustion can be classified as reducing method, such as purulent moxibustion, moxa moxibustion of bird pecking moxibustion, moxibustion lights. There garlic moxibustion insecticide detoxification swelling and ulcer treatment Boil ringworm sores, cantharidin apply moxibustion sore pitting attack drug, expelling and ulcer treatment relieves congestion, sore throat, scrofula; buttercup apply moxibustion dampness swelling and pain Governance Crane knee wind, malignant sore ulcer, stomach pain, swelling detoxification Shilong Rui apply moxibustion and rule boils, snake bites; Clematis apply moxibustion Qufengchushi, pass through the pain and rheumatism arthralgia, Ban Langen apply moxibustion detoxification and treatment of mumps; euphorbia apply moxibustion diarrhea by drinking water and rule edema, apply moxibustion book Dutch evacuation of wind-heat-and-conquer influenza.

2 moxibustion reinforcing means using a different operating techniques reinforcing the law.

(1) moxa cone moxibustion reinforcing: This method first appeared in the “Yellow Emperor”: “to those who make up the fire, not blowing their fire shall be self-destruction also; diarrhea who by fire, disease blowing their fire, pass their Ai be its fire is out, too “(” coffin back Yu “). “Danxi Heart & Supplements Miscellaneous theory” also said: “If you make up the fire, fire Ai Rui to meat; if purging fire, do not remove it until the meat.” “Prescriptions” moxibustion cases Yiyun: “moxibustion raw and cooked France, above the waist to the upper part of the lower part below the waist, outside the Ministry of Yang Rong, Wei within the genitals, the organs weeks stream, it is called meridians.” “Moxibustion of raw and cooked, should be matched scrimp and heading, France when moved with the disease changed, Dafa qi Service Health; cooked inside the gas works, the rest with the appropriate ear. “Thus, the ancient method of operation reinforcing moxibustion very early there are differences.

Operation: moxa cone moxibustion fill method, namely ignited moxa cone, do not blow fire Ai, let Xu burning self-extinguishing, fire micro and mild, and the time should be long, for a few more strong moxibustion, moxa large. Moxibustion After pressing his hand moxibustion acupuncture, that the infuriating and leave together, can fire Xu jog, play warm meridians, dispel pathogenic cold, Fu Yang Qi, qi and blood circulation. strong function of the warming effect. Moxa cone moxibustion moxa cone reducing method that ignited after the speed blowing Mong its fire, fire more fierce, fast-burning fast off, when the patient feels local burning hot, that is rapidly replacing moxa cone moxibustion again. Moxibustion short time, a small number of strong, small moxa cone, moxibustion after not their point, however, said that opening of its hole and evil can be scattered. Fire can heat toxin and scattered by the muscular form, so as to achieve the purpose of thermal hot lead.

Generally, you can use moxibustion complement deficiency law, and you can use moxibustion diarrhea empirical method, moxa cone moxibustion “Ji Xu” in the apartment two reinforcing method, that disease can do diarrhea, Xu fill up.

Moxa cone moxibustion reinforcing key operational Xu disease and Ai moxa cone of fire size and how much.

(2) the complement of diarrhea Moxibustion: moxa moxibustion reinforcing the key technologies in the operation. Mild moxibustion with moxa moxibustion or maneuver, per hole every 3 ~ 5min or so, can help promote physiological function, relieve excessive inhibition, causing the normal excitatory role, namely complement, while bird pecking moxibustion with moxa, Meixue Each 5 ~ 7min, about 60 to 100 next; and noted in the condition appropriate to extend the time or increase the intensity of moxibustion. Can be calming, mitigation, stop, and promote the role of the normal suppression is reducing method. In addition, Shi fill method, moxa should be small and thin; reducing method, the moxa should be large and thick.

The above is only a rough classification, reducing the role of the complement of moxibustion and acupuncture function, clinical syndromes, moxibustion stimulation of the size (include: moxibustion methods, moxa cone size, the number of how many strong, distances, moxibustion length of time), the site of lesion and the patient’s body are closely related. Regardless of the complement clinical diarrhea, should follow the principle of syndrome differentiation, flexible use, in order to obtain better clinical results.