Moxibustion originated from primitive society in China. After people used fire, they were burned by fire and found to have the effect of treating diseases and healing. But the specific founder is unknown. The invention of moxibustion originated in the north. In medical monographs, it was first seen in Su Wenyi's Medical Treatise on French Prescriptions: "The northerners are hidden in heaven and earth, with high mountains and cold places. Their folk music is foraging in the wild, dirty and cold, and their treatment is suitable for moxibustion, so those who moxibustion ice also come from the north." The application of moxibustion is closely related to the cold living environment.

The so-called moxibustion therapy is a method of making moxa sticks from mugwort leaves, burning them in different ways at certain acupoints, directly or indirectly applying appropriate warm stimulation, and achieving the purpose of treatment and health care through the conduction of meridians. To be sure, moxibustion was very popular as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, so moxibustion should appear earlier. At present, the medical records of moxibustion treatment are not recorded in medical books, but in the historical book Zuo Zhuan.

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Because moxibustion fumigation uses fire moxibustion, careless moxibustion may cause local skin burns. On the other hand, some Xue Jing will be injured in the process of moxibustion, so some parts or some people can't be moxibustion. These are all taboos of moxibustion. There were many taboos about moxibustion in ancient times. Although some taboos can be broken, some situations should be taboo.

1, face and other exposed parts, do not directly moxibustion to prevent scarring and affect the appearance.

2, thin skin, less muscle, muscle aggregation, pregnant women's lumbosacral, lower abdomen, male and female nipples, genitals, testicles and so on. Do not moxibustion. In addition, do not directly moxibustion joints. In addition, don't moxibustion big blood vessels and heart. The eyeball belongs to the face, so don't moxibustion.

3, extreme fatigue, hunger, satiety, drunkenness, excessive sweating, emotional instability, or women avoid moxibustion during menstruation.

4, during some infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or extreme physical exhaustion, avoid moxibustion.

5, people who have no self-control ability, such as mental patients, avoid moxibustion.

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