Can I use moxibustion after abortion?

As we all know, abortion is very harmful to women's bodies. It will seriously damage women's vitality and often cause symptoms such as lack of qi and blood, mental fatigue, physical weakness, and decreased memory. Therefore, you must take good care of your body after an abortion. So some people thought of using moxibustion for recuperation. There are many acupuncture points in the human body, and moxibustion requires certain methods to help improve physical condition. So how to use moxibustion after an abortion?

1. Can I use moxibustion right after an abortion?

Regarding the question of whether moxibustion can be used after an abortion, first of all, we know that abortion will definitely cause great damage to women's vitality. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that miscarriage can easily cause problems such as qi and blood deficiency or liver and kidney deficiency in women. If a woman experiences long-term fatigue, dizziness, and palpitations after an abortion, or if she often suffers from insomnia and memory loss, these are all related to physical weakness after the abortion. Moxibustion has always been believed to be able to replenish qi and nourish blood. At this time, you can use moxibustion on Zusanli, Guanyuan, Qihai, Pishu, etc., which can all have a good effect in regulating qi and blood. Therefore, as for the question of whether moxibustion can be performed after abortion, female friends in need can use moxibustion scientifically under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.

2. Post-abortion care

2.1. It is a "small confinement period". You also need to pay attention to all taboos during the confinement period, especially to get enough rest and avoid cold water to avoid getting cold, so as to avoid any disease.

2.2. Pay attention to nutritional supplements. Only with adequate nutritional supplements can your body recover to normal faster. In addition, in terms of hygiene and cleaning, you must pay attention to changing sanitary napkins frequently to prevent bacteria from breeding and inducing postoperative inflammation.

Can I do moxibustion right after having an abortion?

3. Moxibustion method

3.1 Moxibustion

Take 24 grams of pure and soft moxa, spread it flat on a piece of fine straw paper 26 cm long and 20 cm wide, and roll it into a cylindrical moxa roll with a diameter of about 1.5 cm. It is required to be rolled tightly, wrapped with soft, loose but tough mulberry paper, and sealed with glue or paste. There are two methods of moxibustion: warm moxibustion and sparrow pecking moxibustion.

3.2 Warm acupuncture

It is a method that combines acupuncture and moxibustion, and is suitable for diseases that require retention of needles and are suitable for moxibustion. During the operation, after inserting the needle into the acupoint to obtain qi, appropriate tonifying and draining techniques are given and the needle is left in place. Then, pure and soft moxa is pinched on the tail of the needle, or a moxa stick about 2 cm long is inserted on the needle handle and ignited for moxibustion. After the moxa or moxa stick is burned out, remove the ashes and take out the needle.

3.3 Moxibustion with a moxibustion device

It is a special cylindrical moxibustion tool made of metal, so it is also called warm cylinder moxibustion. The bottom of the tube is pointed or flat, and there is a small tube inside the tube with holes around it. When performing moxibustion, put the moxa or mixed medicine into the small tube of the moxibustion device, light it, fasten the cover of the moxibustion device, and then place it on the acupoints or the area to be moxibustioned, and perform moxibustion until the skin of the area to be moxibustioned becomes rosy. It has the effect of harmonizing qi and blood, warming the middle and dispersing cold.