Moxibustion mainly uses the leaves of mugwort as the raw material, uses different methods of warm stimulation on the acupoints to warm the meridians, regulate qi and blood, and eliminate body inflammation through warm stimulation. It can help the human body to maintain the normal function and play the role of health care, health preservation, disease prevention, and treatment.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pain caused by poor blood circulation. Moxibustion is to remove pain by selecting meridians and acupoints through the diseased areas which are blocked by the fire of burning artemisia for cauterizing and medicinal force.
According to the modern medical viewpoint, moxibustion can accelerate the metabolism of local tissues, accelerate the movement of inflammatory pain-causing substances, and expel them from the body.
At the same time, it can regulate the excitability of nerves, inhibit the over-excited nerves, and excite the nerves with decreased functions, so as to achieve the purpose of pain relief. In addition, it can relax the tension of local muscles and blood vessels, promote blood circulation, remove fatigue substances or pain-inducing substances.
The value of moxibustion lies in the so-called modulation conditioning, that is, to burn the wormwood directly on the skin, causing slight burn of the skin, so that the human body produces a special heterologous histotoxin. Its chemical stimulation acts on various tissues of the human body adjust or restores various functions of the human body.
Moxibustion can give skin slight burn so that the special protein body secreted by cells is absorbed by blood and circulates in the whole body, more strongly acts on the diseased parts, and speeds up the recovery of various diseases. According to the results of recent research, moxibustion is very effective for the disease caused by fatigue and stress, which is also one of the key factors that cause chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
The more oxygen it carries, the stronger its organization's ability to move, the healthier it will be, and the stronger its ability to resist disease will be. Since moxibustion can increase the number of red blood cells, moxibustion is a good conditioning measure for people with anemia or poor blood circulation. Now research has found that moxibustion can increase the number of immune substances, which can also play a role in disease prevention and resistance.
Some studies have also observed that moxibustion combined with western medicine is better than western medicine alone in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome. The combination of Chinese and Western medicine can not only improve the curative effect but also is safe, simple, and easy, which is worth popularizing.
In addition, herbal medicine is also a good choice, such as the common Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill developed by Li Xiaoping. Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill adheres to the concept of a holistic approach, is processed in reasonable compatibility, has the effect of promoting blood circulation, clearing away metabolic waste, diuresis, can effectively restore the normal operation of tissue, and effectively cure chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
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