Is it possible to remove chloasma by moxibustion?

Moxibustion is a popular tool for removing dampness and cold in recent years. It is not only easy to operate, but also has a particularly good effect in removing dampness and cold, so it is loved by people. So for melasma, can moxibustion be used to remove it? Let's learn about moxibustion to remove melasma!

Characteristics of Melasma

1. They occur on the cheekbones, forehead and around the mouth, and are mostly symmetrical and butterfly-shaped, so they are also called "butterfly spots".

2. The initial color is like dust, which deepens over time and becomes light gray-brown or dark brown, dull and dry.

3. The size is irregular, the spots have clear edges, smooth surface, no inflammatory reaction, and no pain or itching.

4. Women who frequently use oral contraceptives and pregnant women will develop "pregnancy spots" on their faces, which is also a type of chloasma.

Acupuncture points

1. Shenque Point

Warming the Yang, rescuing adverse conditions, promoting diuresis and consolidating deficiency. It is mainly used to treat dysentery, abdominal pain around the navel, rectal prolapse, cold uterus and infertility, stroke, edema, enteritis, and postpartum urinary retention.

2. Zusanli

It has a strengthening and health-care effect on the body, can improve the body's absorption of nutrients and enhance immunity. It also has a therapeutic effect on stomachache, vomiting, abdominal distension, breast pain, constipation, edema, and tuberculosis.

Specific operation method

Moxibustion Methods

Slice fresh ginger with a diameter of 2-3 cm and a thickness of about 0.2-0.3 cm. Poke a hole in the middle, absorb the ginger juice, and then place it on the moxibustion head, such as the Shenque point and the bilateral Zusanli point. The skin will feel warm after moxibustion.

Moxibustion Effects

1. Nourish the kidney essence, strengthen the spleen and stomach to prevent new blood stasis, purify the blood, and resolve illness and blood stasis.

2. Cultivate Yang Qi, warm and circulate blood, blood circulation will dissolve blood stasis, and remove long-accumulated stasis (brown spots).

How to operate

Treatment is done once a day or every other day, duration: 20 to 30 minutes. One course of treatment is 10 times.

Meaning of the prescription: The local brown spots and nearby acupoints have the effect of dispersing Qi and blood, activating blood circulation and removing spots; Ganshu soothes the liver and relieves depression, regulates Qi and transforms; Daigui men; Pishu and Shenshu regulate the spleen and kidney, clear away heat and remove dampness; Qihai replenishes Qi and nourishes the kidney, regulates Chong and Ren; Zusanli strengthens the spleen, replenishes Qi and produces blood; Sanyinjiao regulates the three Yin meridians, promotes Qi and activates blood; Taixi nourishes the kidney, clears away deficiency fire and regulates Chong and Ren.