What is the difference between acupuncture and moxibustion and which is more effective

Modern people usually think that acupuncture and moxibustion are the same kinds of therapy, but in fact, this is not the case. So acupuncture and moxibustion effect is the same, what is the difference between acupuncture and moxibustion, which of the two is more effective? The following is a compilation of some of the differences between acupuncture and moxibustion and their effects, I hope it will be helpful to you.

The characteristics of moxibustion

First of all, the healing effect of moxibustion is very amazing. Moxibustion therapy has a very wide range of adaptations and was the main treatment for diseases in ancient China. In the words of Chinese medicine, it has the effect of warming yang and tonifying qi, dispelling cold and relieving pain, tonifying deficiency and fixing detachment, warming meridians and channels, eliminating stasis, and dispersing nodules, and tonifying the middle and benefiting qi. It can be widely used in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, and five sensory diseases, especially for mastitis, prostatitis, frozen shoulder, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical spondylosis, and diabetes.

Secondly, moxibustion has peculiar health care effects. Moxibustion has been used for thousands of years in China to prevent diseases and prolong life. The “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine”, “the great wind sweat, moxibustion Yi Xi points”, said a health care moxibustion method. The moxibustion method of anti-cancer research done by the Japanese, such as Sudo, also shows that moxibustion can activate the potential anti-cancer effect in the skin tissue, and play a role in the treatment of cancer and anti-cancer.

Characteristics of Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a treatment that does not rely on medication, but only uses needles in certain parts of the patient’s body to pierce the nerves and cause a local reaction, or uses the warmth of the fire to stimulate and cauterize the area to cure the disease.

In clinical practice, acupuncture therapy is used to diagnose the cause of the disease, identify the key to the disease, and discern the nature of the disease according to the treatment method of Chinese medicine. Then the corresponding prescriptions of acupuncture points are dispensed and treatment is carried out. To open the meridians, regulate the qi and blood, bring the yin and yang into relative balance, and harmonize the functions of the internal organs, to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.

The difference between acupuncture and moxibustion

Both acupuncture and moxibustion belong to Chinese medicine, and many people think they are the same kind of therapy when they are mentioned. Experts in Chinese medicine point out that both acupuncture and moxibustion therapy are used to stimulate the body’s acupuncture points to achieve the purpose of healing and health, but the two therapies are very different and not the same kind of therapy.

Although they are both based on the understanding of the meridian points of the human body, acupuncture therapy produces only physical effects, while moxibustion is a combination of drugs and physical effects. The scope of treatment is also different between the two, and the difference is referred to as “what acupuncture does not do, moxibustion does”.

The first is that acupuncture and moxibustion are both used to stimulate the body’s acupuncture points to achieve the purpose of healing and health, but acupuncture is only physical therapy, while moxibustion is made of “mugwort”, which is known as the “king of all herbs” and is used for moxibustion, which can play a dual role of medicinal treatment and physical therapy. The combination of medicinal treatment and physical therapy.

Secondly, acupuncture can have certain side effects if not grasped properly, and maybe cross-infected if the needles are not sterilized properly, while moxibustion is an external natural therapy with no side effects.

Advantages of acupuncture therapy

First, it has a wide range of indications and can be used for the treatment and prevention of various diseases in the internal, external, gynecological, pediatric, and five senses.

Second, the effect of treating diseases is rapid and significant, especially the effect of stimulating body functions, improving the ability to resist diseases, and sedation and analgesia.

Third, the operation method is simple and easy.

Fourth, the medical cost is economic.

Fifth, there are no or very few side effects, basically safe and reliable, and can be synergistic with other therapies for comprehensive treatment. These are also the reasons why it is always welcomed by the people.

What are the contraindications of moxibustion?

1. do not apply moxibustion to thin skin, less muscle, tendons, and flesh, the lumbosacral and lower abdomen of pregnant women, nipples, pubic area, and testicles of men and women. In addition, do not apply direct moxibustion to the joints. In addition, do not moxibustion at the large blood vessels, heart parts, the eye is part of the face, also do not moxibustion.

2. Do not apply direct moxibustion to any exposed parts, such as the face, to prevent the formation of scarring and affect the aesthetics.

3. extreme fatigue, too hungry, too full, drunk, sweaty, emotionally unstable, or women during menstruation avoid moxibustion.

4. people without self-control, such as psychiatric patients, are not allowed to moxibustion.

5. Avoid moxibustion during certain infectious diseases, high fever, coma, stroke, extreme physical exhaustion, thin bones, etc.