Moxibustion is a very important modality of Chinese Medicine. It is an external heat therapy applied over an acupoint or an affected site by burning the dry herb of mugwort, Artemisia Vulgaris. Moxibustion strengthens our body’s Qi, warms the channels and frees the flow of Qi and Blood thus alleviating pain. The herb mugwort has warming nature and relieves all kinds of “cold” conditions – either the cold that we have contracted from the nature or the cold that was generated internally within our body. Moxibustion also improves immunity and has longevity benefits. There is an old Chinese saying that it can heal diseases other modalities could not.
It is especially good with conditions of pain, cold, low energy, strengthening internal organs and nourishing life and prevent disease.
Moxa comes in various forms – in a shape of a cigar/stick, moxa rolls on top of acupuncture needles, moxa cones that rolled and placed on a slice of ginger on acupoints, mini stick-on moxa cones. The most common method is the moxa stick.
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