What kind of moxa sticks are of good quality? Experienced moxibustion friends talk about it

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Pick the clean leaves, remove the dust, put them into a stone mortar, pound them with a wooden pestle, remove the residue with a basket, and pound them again until they are as soft and rotten as cotton. When used, the moxibustion fire will be effective. "Classical books on traditional Chinese medicine often record that excessive impurities can easily damage the skin, and branches and stems can damage the meridians. The moxa velvet is fine and has no branches or impurities. This is the best moxa velvet for moxibustion. The quality of the moxa velvet inside the moxa stick has a great influence on the effect of moxibustion. A good moxa stick has high moxibustion efficacy and good curative effect, and vice versa. Inferior moxa velvet has the disadvantage of burning violently and making the patient feel unbearable burning pain. Moreover, due to the large amount of impurities, it often has the disadvantage of bursting when burning, and the heat of the moxa fire cannot penetrate deep into the skin. In "Mencius - Li Lou Chapter" it is said: "If you are sick for seven years, seek moxa for three years." It shows that the ancients had considerable experience in selecting Ai. Three-year-old moxa is Chen Ai. The advantages of Chen Ai are that it contains less volatile oil, burns slowly, has mild firepower, has less smoke after burning, and the moxa ash is not easy to fall off. New Ai does not have these advantages. New Ai has a pungent smell and contains volatile oil. A lot of moxa burns quickly and has strong firepower. It smokes a lot after burning. The moxa ash falls off easily and can easily damage the skin and blood vessels. Therefore, Chen Ai should be used clinically instead of New Ai. It is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Any use of moxa leaves that need to be aged for a long time will make the treatment soft and soft, which is called cooked moxa. If the moxibustion fire is generated, it will easily hurt the muscles and veins." The moxa moxibustion fire is "warm but not dry, and moisturizing." Tongjing”. The color is khaki or golden, and the moxa velvet is soft and free of impurities, which is considered top quality. Nowadays, moxibustion green therapy has gradually become favored by Chinese people, and ordinary people have also joined the moxibustion health care group. The market is also filled with a large number of inferior moxa sticks that are inferior to good ones. The moxa sticks produced by many moxa stick manufacturers do not even have product execution standards. No, there is no quality control; the manufacturers dare not indicate the contact number, what is their intention; some pretend to have non-existent drug control device (accurate) number and put a tiger skin coat on the product. Such moxa stick products require consumers to Distinguish carefully. For moxibustion, you need to find a regular manufacturer, and Ai Doctor’s products are pretty good.