Moxibustion chest acupoints

Breast care is very important for women, because the breasts are prone to various diseases due to emotions, stress or improper underwear selection, the most serious of which is breast cancer. For this reason, many women adopt various methods to maintain their breasts in daily life, and moxibustion is one of them. So, how to select acupoints for moxibustion on the chest?

1. Guanyuan

Location: 3 inches below the navel. On the midline of the abdomen.

Main indications: It has strengthening and health-care effects, can enhance the elasticity of abdominal muscle fibers, and can also regulate female endocrine balance, treat irregular menstruation, enuresis, frequent urination, urinary retention, irregular menstruation, leucorrhea and infertility, etc.

2. Liver acupoints:

Location: 1.5 inches lateral to the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra.

Acupoint location based on experience: The distance between the two spinous processes directly below the Geshu point.

Indications: Skin pigmentation and blood circulation disorders, rib pain, jaundice, red eyes, back pain, dizziness, etc.

3. Eagle Window:

Location: Third intercostal space on the anterior chest, 4 inches lateral to the midline.

Indications: cough, asthma, chest and rib pain, breast pain, etc.

Operation: Use moxibustion instrument or moxa on the above acupoints. Moxibustion time: 15-30 minutes/time, once a day or every other day, 10 times as a course of treatment.

1. People who are on an empty stomach, overfull, drunk, extremely tired, or have any hot, red, or swollen diseases should avoid moxibustion to prevent dizziness.

2. Avoid direct moxibustion on exposed parts, such as the face, to prevent the formation of scars and affect the appearance.

3. Avoid direct moxibustion on joints.

4. Avoid moxibustion on large blood vessels, heart area, and eyeballs.

5. Women should avoid moxibustion during menstruation.

1. Use your thumb on one side, and put the other four fingers together on the other side, open the base of your thumb, and push from the outside of the chest to the center to prevent the chest from expanding outward, 30 times on each side.

2. Keep your hands in the same shape and start from the right chest. Use your right hand to push the right breast toward the center from the outside. After it reaches the center, use your left hand to push the right breast upward from the bottom to the clavicle. That is to say, use both hands to push the right breast. The same goes for the left breast.

3. Use both hands to gently pat the right breast upwards 30 times. The same goes for the left breast.

4. Then use the base of your hands to make a circle and gently press the right breast. Repeat the action 30 times. The same goes for the left breast.

5. Put your hands together and gently push from the outside of the breasts to the center. Repeat 20 times.

6. Put your hands together and gently lift your breasts under your breasts. Repeat 20 times.

7. Put your hands together, put the backs of your hands together, and gently push up between your breasts. Repeat 20 times.