Benefits and efficacy of dog days moxibustion

1. Treating winter diseases in summer: There is a traditional saying in China that "treating winter diseases in summer". Dog days are the hottest period of the year, and the climate is hot in dog days, when the body is full of yang. If acupuncture points are locally stimulated with specially-made wormwood at this time, it can help yang dispel cold and dispel winter diseases, such as bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary heart disease and chronic cough.

2. Eliminating summer heat and dampness: Folium Artemisiae Argyi is a warm medicinal material. Moxibustion in dog days can expel the damp and cold gas accumulated in the body, and at the same time remove the unbearable summer heat, so it has the health care function of removing summer heat and dampness.

3, improve the body's immunity: dog days moxibustion is one of the traditional projects in China, which can help the body to remove blood stasis, make the blocked meridians unblocked, promote the body's metabolism, improve the body's immunity, and prolong life for the elderly whose immunity begins to decline.

4, warming yang and tonifying kidney: dog days are the most prosperous time of the year. At this time, the body is full of yang. Moxibustion can enhance physical fitness and help people with poor physical fitness to maintain their health, especially those with insufficient yang and kidney qi. The effect is more direct, and it can warm yang and tonify kidney.

5, improve appetite: dog days are the hottest period of the year, because the heat is unbearable, so many people lose their appetite in dog days. Moxibustion can stimulate human acupuncture points, which can strengthen the digestive system function of the human body, enhance appetite and promote digestion.

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