Can I use moxibustion when my period comes?

Moxibustion is a type of acupuncture therapy in traditional Chinese medicine. As the name suggests, it involves mugwort leaves. Usually in traditional Chinese medicine, moxa sticks or moxa sticks made of mugwort are ignited and then placed on the acupuncture points for a period of time to achieve the health-care effect of moxibustion. The mechanism is actually similar to that of acupuncture. It is particularly noteworthy that moxibustion has the effects of warming qi and blood, and expelling evil spirits, but female friends with cold constitution should reduce the number of moxibustion treatments. Can women who are menstruating use moxibustion?

Moxibustion has a history of thousands of years in my country. It has a unique health-care effect. Moxibustion can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relax muscles and tendons, and many people use moxibustion to treat dysmenorrhea and some female diseases, pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis, endometritis, cervical erosion, infertility and many other gynecological diseases. Then you can't avoid having your period.

Women are experiencing double pressure from life and work. Women often have irregular diets, stay up late, and wear clothes that expose their navels and backs, etc. This has become the main reason for irregular menstruation among modern women. When women have problems such as irregular menstruation, excessive or small amounts of menstruation, many people are often hesitant and procrastinate because of the ancient custom that "moxibustion is not allowed during menstruation", and they don't know what to do, and instead fall into the abyss of women's diseases.

So, can moxibustion be used during menstruation?

Chinese medicine experts said that it needs to be viewed dialectically and differ from person to person. The following head brother will explain it in detail. Theoretically speaking: the menstrual period is the time when a woman's body is at its weakest, so it is the right time to use moxibustion to replenish the body. In other words, theoretically, moxibustion during menstruation will not cause harm to the body.

Moxibustion can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relax muscles and tendons, and it can also regulate the body and treat dysmenorrhea and other diseases. There is a lot of controversy about this issue, and each expert has a different opinion. However, when regulating the body, the effect must be the criterion. As a founding shareholder of Feng Cunrentang Moxibustion Patch, after contacting a large number of female moxibustion patients, the overall feedback is that moxibustion during menstruation is very effective!

Who can do moxibustion during menstruation and who cannot?

Generally speaking, women can do moxibustion during their menstrual period.

If the menstrual flow is relatively light, it is mostly due to deficiency of both Qi and blood, which causes the endometrium to grow too thin. Well, the menstrual period is very suitable for moxibustion. Moxibustion can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, warm the meridians, and help expel blood stasis, waste, blood clots, etc. from the body by increasing the amount of blood discharged during menstruation. To achieve the purpose of treating the disease.

For scanty menstruation, it is recommended to use moxibustion on the following acupoints: Sanyinjiao, Shenque, Zusanli, Shenshu, Taixi, Guanyuan, Hegu, and Yinlingquan. If you use an improved product, the moxibustion patch (such as Feng Cunrentang's), since the application area is relatively large and there is no need to ignite it, basically all points like Shenque and Guanyuan can be covered. There is no need to find the acupoints accurately, just know the approximate location.

However, moxibustion during menstruation must be tailored to the individual. A small number of women will experience some discomfort symptoms after moxibustion during menstruation, so these women should not use moxibustion.

These people include: those who already have heavy menstrual flow, and those who are skeptical, superstitious and worry that moxibustion during menstruation will cause metrorrhagia. Their inner cowardice will affect the effectiveness of the moxibustion, and subsequent troubles will come more from the person performing the moxibustion, so this type of people should simply not have moxibustion.

In addition, some people experience excessive bleeding, prolonged menstruation, and bright red blood after moxibustion during menstruation. In this case, heavy moxibustion on Duanhong and Yinbai can be used to stop the bleeding. If the menstrual bleeding is excessive and uncontrollable after each moxibustion, you should be careful in this case.

Except for the above situations, everyone else can rest assured to do moxibustion during menstruation, and you will get better moxibustion effects than usual.