Where does moxibustion for colds work best?

If you are familiar with moxibustion, you can also use moxibustion at home for conditioning treatment, so where is the best effect of moxibustion for colds?

The Great Vertebrae point at the back of the neck

The large vertebrae is the meeting of the Governor and the Yang meridian, the main Yang Qi, moxibustion gentle moxibustion behind the neck large vertebrae point 20 minutes, with points can choose Fengmen point, moxibustion 3 to 5 minutes. The location of the large vertebrae point: when the head is lowered, the most prominent at the back of the neck, when the head is turned left and right, the spinous bone chosen with the head is the seventh cervical vertebrae, and the depression below it is the large vertebrae point. Moxibustion of Dazhi point can effectively improve the body's immunity, prevent influenza, and mainly treat fever and cold symptoms. Fengmen point: two vertebrae down from the large vertebrae point, 1.5 inches away from the spinous process. Fengmen point is the gateway for the entry and exit of wind evil, moxibustion of this point can remove wind and disperse cold, treating wind-cold colds.

Hegu point

When you have a cold, moxibustion at the Hegu point can effectively relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion and runny nose. When moxibustion, we should pay attention to the left side of the nasal congestion, then moxibustion right Hegu point, if the right side of the nasal congestion, then moxibustion left hand, each moxibustion five minutes.

Fengchi point

The lower edge of the prominence of the human ear, backward when you can feel a depression, this part is the Fengchi point, there is one on the left and right, this point is an important acupoint on the human foot Shaoyang bile meridian, moxibustion of this point, can relieve the table to disperse cold, the treatment of headaches caused by colds, neck pain and other symptoms.

Fengfu Point

This point is an important acupuncture point on the Governor's Vessel, and moxibustion of this point can relieve headaches and dizziness and neck stiffness caused by colds and flu.

Moxibustion locations for different cold symptoms

Wind-cold cold

1. Select the Baihui point, the Dazhi point, the Fengmen point and the Lung Yu point for mild moxibustion, until the local skin appears warm and red, which can relieve the symptoms of cold, once or twice a day. 2. Choose Dazhi, Hegu, Lung Yu, and Liyu points for 15 minutes each, until the skin is warm and red and the symptoms of cold are relieved.

Wind-heat cold

1. Select Dazhi, Quchi, Shuzhe, and Hegu points with moxa pecking, each point for 10 to 15 minutes, once or twice a day, and stop moxa once or twice after the symptoms disappear. 2. Select the Sun acupuncture point, Yin Tang acupuncture point, Qu Chi acupuncture point, and He Gu acupuncture point, and use moxa stick to peck moxibustion, each point for 10 to 15 minutes, once or twice a day, and then stop moxibustion once or twice after the symptoms disappear.

Heat and humidity cold

1. Choose Lung Yu, Zhi Yang, Yin Ling Quan, and Foot San Li points for moxibustion, each point for 15 minutes, until the local warmth and redness appear, once a day, until the fever, dizziness, headache, chest tightness and other symptoms disappear, then add moxibustion 1 to 2 times. 2. Choose Lung Yu, Heart Yu, Diaphragm Yu, Tiantu, Tanzhong, Shenjue and other points, moxibustion with moxa, that is, ginger cut into 2 mm thick slices of ginger, small holes in the ginger, up to the moxa column, when the column to be burned out, the skin has a burning sensation removed, each point five to seven columns, once or twice a day, the cold is cured.