Can pregnant women smell moxa sticks?

Pregnant women cannot perform moxibustion casually. For ordinary people, moxibustion can play a role in curing diseases and maintaining health. Pregnant women cannot use moxibustion in the early stages of pregnancy. Moxibustion requires acupuncture therapy, which may cause bleeding and have adverse effects on the fetus. However, some pregnant women with cold body can use moxibustion to dispel the cold and stabilize the fetus. So, can pregnant women smell moxa sticks? Let’s take a look below.

Can pregnant women smell the smell of moxibustion?

Pregnant women can smell the smell of moxibustion, but of course they cannot smell it often. Moreover, pregnant women must use good moxa sticks with guaranteed quality. The smoke from the burning of adulterated moxa sticks on the market is harmful to pregnant women. Therefore, there is no need to advise pregnant mothers not to use moxibustion. The key is to try their best to avoid the smoke of fake moxa sticks.

The smoke from high-quality moxa sticks has a stabilizing effect on pregnancy

The moxa smoke produced when high-quality moxa sticks are burned has no harm to pregnant women, and can also help to stabilize the fetus. The moxa smoke can also purify the air and kill and inhibit bacteria. Scientific experiments have proved that moxa smoke has a killing and inhibitory effect on pneumococcus, influenza bacillus, Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, etc. The smoke from burning mugwort can kill up to 70% of the bacteria in the air.

But pregnant mothers should remember that they cannot stay in moxa smoke for a long time just because it has certain benefits, because moxa smoke contains both substances that are beneficial to the human body and ingredients that may have adverse effects on the human body if exposed to it for a long time. Therefore, you should avoid smelling the smell of moxa for a long time.

Poor quality moxa stick smoke has many harmful effects

The smoke from burning poor quality moxa sticks can be harmful to pregnant women because the smoke contains more toxic components, such as aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, terpenoids and their oxides, phenols, naphthalene, tar, benzaldehyde, phenol, 2,4-dimethylphenol, chlorophyll, a-thujone and other components. It may cause symptoms such as swollen tonsils, itchy throat, eye pain, etc. in pregnant women, and may also have a certain impact on fetal development.

a-Thujone has toxic side effects on the human nervous system, and large amounts of exposure can cause epileptic convulsions.

b-Benzaldehyde and phenol have the strongest toxic side effects on the central nervous system and blood.

c-Fused-ring aromatic hydrocarbons are carcinogenic and have the potential to produce genetic toxicological changes.

D-tar contains 2 parts per million of benzopyrene, a strong carcinogen.