Can I use moxa fumigation when I have my period?

Nowadays, many people are often obsessed with moxibustion. Although moxibustion has a strong smell, it can prevent some complications and can treat diseases without taking medicine. Nowadays, many women feel uncomfortable before menstruation and often feel weak after menstruation. In severe cases, they may also experience abdominal pain, so moxibustion can be used after menstruation.

There are many reasons for irregular menstruation, such as work pressure, mental factors, psychological factors, and greed for coolness (preferring style rather than temperature). Expert analysis: If women get cold during menstruation, the blood vessels in the pelvis will contract, leading to ovarian dysfunction, which can cause too little menstrual flow or even amenorrhea.

Traditional Chinese medicine generally refers to menstrual disorders as irregular menstruation, and classifies irregular menstruation into early menstruation, late menstruation, excessive menstruation or oligomenorrhea. However, clinically, it is often not just one symptom that appears. For example, menorrhagia is often accompanied by early menstruation, and oligomenorrhea is often accompanied by late menstruation.

① Irregular menstruation due to blood deficiency. Symptoms include late menstruation, small amount of light color, clear and thin menstruation, accompanied by dizziness, insomnia, palpitations, pale complexion, fatigue, pale tongue, and weak pulse.

Acupoints selected for moxibustion treatment: Tanzhong, Guanyuan, Zi, Neiguan, Yongquan.

Use ginger moxibustion or mild moxibustion, and use a moxibustion box with a three-eye moxibustion box for moxibustion in the lower abdomen, and a single-eye moxibustion box can be used for the uterus, Neiguan, and Yongquan.

Requirements: Guanyuan Gongzi should not be less than 20 minutes, Neiguan and Yongquan should be 10 minutes each.

② Irregular menstruation due to kidney deficiency. Symptoms include late menarche, delayed menstruation, scanty menstruation, normal or dark color, thin texture, accompanied by back pain, normal or pale tongue, and deep pulse. Treatment should be aimed at tonifying the kidney and nourishing blood.

Acupoints for moxibustion: Baliao, Guilai, Sanyinjiao

Use ginger moxibustion or gentle moxibustion, and use a three-eye moxibustion box to moxibustion the lower abdomen. Guilai and Ba Liao points are moxibustioned with a three-eye moxibustion box, and Sanyinjiao points are moxibustioned with a single-eye moxibustion box.

Requirements: Guilai should be no less than 10 minutes; Ba Liao acupoint should be no less than 15 minutes, and Sanyinjiao acupoint should be 10 minutes.

③ Irregular menstruation due to cold blood. Symptoms include late menstruation, small amount of dark color, clots, or light color and loose texture, accompanied by cold pain in the lower abdomen, which prefers warmth and pressure, and is relieved by heat, or is afraid of cold and has cold limbs, clear and long urine, loose stools, pale tongue, thin white fur, and a deep and tight pulse or a deep, slow and weak pulse. The treatment should be to warm the meridians, dispel cold and regulate menstruation.

Acupoints for moxibustion: Guanyuan, Baliao, Sanyinjiao, Zusanli

Use ginger moxibustion or gentle moxibustion, and use a moxibustion box to moxibustion on the lower abdomen. Use a three-eye moxibustion box, and you can insert three moxa sticks or two moxa sticks at the same time, so that the fire power will be stronger. Moxibustion on Guanyuan and Baliao points for 20 minutes, and Zusanli and Sanyinjiao points for 10 minutes each.

④ Qi stagnation type menstrual irregularity. Symptoms include late menstruation, small amount of dark-colored menstruation with clots, poor discharge, accompanied by lower abdominal distension and pain, breast distension and flank pain, depression, normal or slightly dark tongue, and wiry and hesitant pulse. Treatment should be aimed at promoting qi and activating blood circulation.

Moxibustion acupoints: Guanyuan, Mingmen, Jianjing, Taichong

Guanyuan and Mingmen can be moxibustioned with a three-eye moxibustion box or with ginger. Jianjing and Taichong points can be moxibustioned using a single-eye moxibustion box or hand-held moxa sticks.