Bad breath not only represents the internal body in addition to the problem, will also affect the conversation with friends around the exchange, Chinese medicine can use moxibustion to treat bad breath, moxibustion is lit with moxa cones made of moxa leaves, moxa strips as the main, smoked human acupuncture points to achieve health care treatment of a natural therapy. So where is moxibustion for bad breath?
The heart fire caused by bad breath
Moxibustion location: Laogong point, Quchi point, Tianshu point, Taixi point.
Moxibustion method: apply moxibustion at a distance of 2 cm from the acupuncture point, so as to feel the local warmth, the local skin can have a red phenomenon. Each point in turn moxibustion 10-15 minutes, moxibustion 1 time a day, 10 for a course of treatment, rest 2-3 days between courses.
How to determine: heart fire people have bad breath, in addition to dry mouth, bitter, constipated stool, urine short red, red tongue, yellow greasy coating, smooth pulse and other symptoms.
Bad breath caused by strong stomach and weak spleen
This type of halitosis is the most common. If the stomach is strong and the spleen is weak, the appetite is large but the spleen is deficient, resulting in incomplete digestion and absorption, and the accumulated food in the stomach is diffused from the mouth, resulting in bad breath, which can be manifested as cold-dampness or damp-heat.
Cold Dampness
Moxibustion locations: Spleen point, Life Gate point, Left Yang Chi point, Middle Epigastric point, Foot San Li point.
Moxibustion method: apply moxibustion at a distance of 2 cm from the acupuncture point, so as to feel local warmth, and the local skin may be red. Each point in turn moxibustion 10-15 minutes, moxibustion 1 time a day, 10 for a course of treatment, rest 2-3 days between courses.
All the points can be moxibustion, ginger moxibustion or garlic moxibustion.
How to determine: cold and damp evidence of people in addition to bad breath, but also the fear of cold, loose stools, like hot drinks, fat tongue, side with teeth marks and other clinical manifestations.
Damp-Heat Evidence
Location of moxibustion: Stomach point, Waist point, Middle Epigastric point, Tianshu point, and Foot Sanli point.
Moxibustion method: apply moxibustion at a distance of 2 cm from the acupuncture point with a lighted moxa stick, so as to feel local warmth, and the local skin may have a red phenomenon. Each point in turn moxibustion 10-15 minutes, moxibustion once a day, 10 for a course of treatment, rest 2-3 days between courses.
All the points can be moxibustion, ginger moxibustion or garlic moxibustion.
How to determine: damp-heat evidence of people who have bad breath, in addition to dry mouth, like cold drinks, dreamy, constipated stool, yellow tongue coating and other clinical manifestations.
Halitosis caused by fire in the liver and gallbladder
Moxibustion locations: Liver point, Gallbladder point, Middle Epigastric point, Foot San Li point, Tai Chong point.
Moxibustion method: apply moxibustion at a distance of 2 cm from the acupuncture point, so as to feel the local warmth, and the local skin may be red. Each point in turn moxibustion 10-15 minutes, moxibustion once a day, 10 for a course of treatment, rest 2-3 days between courses.
How to determine: people with liver and gallbladder fire will generally have bad breath, but also irritability, irritability, head and eyes swelling and pain, red tongue with yellow coating, string veins and other clinical symptoms.
Moxibustion contraindications
1, all exposed parts, such as the face, do not directly moxibustion, to prevent the formation of scarring, affecting the beauty.
2, thin skin, less muscle, tendons and flesh gathered, the lumbosacral region of pregnant women, the lower abdomen, men and women's nipples, pubic area, testicles, etc. Do not apply moxibustion. In addition, do not apply direct moxibustion to the joints. In addition, do not moxibustion at the large blood vessels, heart parts.
3, extreme fatigue, too hungry, too full, drunk, sweaty, emotionally unstable, or women's menstrual period avoid moxibustion.
4, certain infectious diseases, high fever, coma, during the stroke, or extreme physical exhaustion, thin bones and other contraindications to moxibustion.
5, people without self-control, such as mental patients, etc. contraindicated moxibustion.
Moxibustion precautions
1, moxibustion should pay attention to the accuracy of the body position, acupuncture points: the body position should be suitable for the needs of moxibustion, on the one hand, while paying attention to the body position comfortable, natural, according to the prescription to find the right parts, acupuncture points, to ensure the effect of moxibustion.
2, to pay attention to warmth and heat: because the application of moxibustion to expose part of the body surface parts, in winter to keep warm, in the summer when the high temperature to prevent heat stroke, but also pay attention to the regulation of indoor temperature and open the ventilation fan, timely exchange of fresh air.
3, to prevent infection: septic moxibustion or due to improper application of moxibustion, local burns may start sores, produce moxibustion sores, must not break the sore, if it has broken infection, to use anti-inflammatory drugs in a timely manner.
4, to master the procedure of applying moxibustion: if the acupuncture points are many and scattered, should be carried out in the order of back first, then chest and abdomen, first head and body and then limbs.
5, pay attention to the time of moxibustion: some diseases must pay attention to the time of moxibustion, such as insomnia to apply moxibustion before going to bed. Do not apply moxibustion on an empty stomach before or immediately after a meal.
6, after moxibustion therapy to drink more water, rest a little, and pay attention to keep warm.
Can moxibustion treat bad breath?
Moxibustion is effective in treating bad breath.
It is possible to get rid of bad breath with moxibustion. Most bad breath is caused by heat in the stomach. There is also a kind of bad taste in the mouth, which refers to the feeling of abnormal taste in the mouth, such as feeling sweet and sticky in the mouth, or sour and bitter in the mouth. Although you feel these abnormal sensations consciously, you do not have bad breath, that is, others will not smell the self-conscious odor in your mouth. This condition usually belongs to spleen deficiency or liver and gallbladder heat evidence. Bad breath is mainly treated with moxibustion on the Juxu point, which aids in the treatment of what is usually called bad breath, that is, a bad odor in the mouth.
