Can girls do moxibustion during menstruation?

Moxibustion has a history of thousands of years in China and has unique health-care effects. Moxibustion has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, relaxing muscles and tendons, and activating collaterals and dredging meridians. Many people use moxibustion to treat dysmenorrhea and some female gynecological diseases. During the treatment process, avoid encountering the menstrual period. So, can girls do moxibustion during menstruation?

We often encounter this topic. From the perspective of TCM theory: the menstrual period is the time when the female body is most vulnerable. If you apply moxibustion at this time, it is a good time to let the moxa replenish the body. Because women will experience more than 400 menstrual periods in their lifetime, each lasting 2-8 days. During menstruation, the body's basal metabolic rate is three or four times higher than before. At this time, moxibustion can help women excrete toxins from the body and repair the body! Women tend to live longer than men, the reason is because they have a uterus, menstruation, an extra channel for the body to detoxify. It is the most important. In other words, theoretically speaking, moxibustion during menstruation is not likely to cause harm to the human body.

However, Chinese medicine is different from Western medicine in that it emphasizes treatment based on syndrome differentiation. Whether moxa treatment can be used during menstruation depends on the individual. This kind of treatment cannot be a rigid approach. When we use moxibustion on acupoints, we must vary according to the individual. We cannot say with absolute certainty that moxibustion is not allowed during menstruation, nor can we say that moxibustion is definitely allowed during menstruation. We must decide according to our own situation. Moxibustion during menstruation can sometimes have a very good effect. It can help the body to expel dampness and cold, some blood clots, etc. while the opposite is detrimental to human health. Is it possible to do moxibustion during menstruation? Next, let's analyze several common conditions of moxibustion during menstruation:

1. Can moxa be used during menstrual period?

The fundamental reason for heavy menstrual flow is that spleen deficiency cannot control menstruation, resulting in heavy bleeding. Can I use moxa when my menstrual flow is heavy? This also requires syndrome differentiation and treatment. Some people experience excessive increase in blood count, prolonged menstruation, and bright red blood after moxibustion during menstruation. In this case, heavy moxibustion on Duanhong and Yinbai can be used to activate blood circulation. If the menstrual period is excessive and uncontrollable after each moxibustion, you should be careful in this case.

When women's menstrual period comes, blood circulation rushes and is more active than usual. Moxibustion just happens to have the effect of invigorating qi and activating blood circulation. At this time, moxibustion can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, which will cause a larger amount of menstruation, and some people will cause themselves anxiety and worries. In addition, there are people who are skeptical and believe in superstitions and worry that moxibustion during menstruation will cause metrorrhagia. This kind of psychological fear will affect the effect of moxibustion. The subsequent inconvenience comes mostly from the moxibustion practitioner himself, so such people should definitely not use moxibustion.

2. Can I use moxa if my menstrual flow is light?

There are generally two reasons for scanty menstruation: one is blood stasis and the other is deficiency. The stasis is due to some reasons, either evil dampness or dampness, which resides in the uterus and blocks the meridians, especially affecting the blood and qi communication of the Chong and Ren meridians, resulting in insufficient menstrual flow. Deficiency is caused by insufficient blood and qi. At this time, the meridians are open, but because the kidney qi is weak, the blood and qi do not have sufficient biochemical sources, and the menstrual volume will certainly not increase.

As we all know, moxa-moxibustion actually has several major benefits, one is warming, and the other is nourishing. Warm means that moxa can dredge the meridians, and at the same time it can resolve and discharge the blockage of the meridians, which belongs to the process of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. To supplement means that moxa has the effect of replenishing yang energy and strengthening positive energy. Moxa replenishes qi and blood to the internal organs through acupuncture points and meridians, allowing them to play their best role, and then grow sufficient blood and qi, and of course the menstrual volume will increase.

People with scanty menstrual flow can use moxa treatment during their menstrual period. At this time, moxa treatment can help the body expel blood clots and remove blood stasis. It is precisely through moxa treatment that blood circulation, blood stasis, meridians and meridians are activated, and some congestion in the body can be eliminated, thereby achieving the purpose of disease prevention.

Of course, in most cases, too little menstrual flow, or unexplained amenorrhea, is a normal condition for women. At this time, moxibustion is very suitable. On the one hand, it can treat possible gynecological safety risks. On the other hand, with the help of moxibustion, it can clear the body's blockages, increase menstrual flow, restore it to normal, and thus immediately eliminate waste toxins in the body!