[Moxibustion for gynecological diseases]Methods of moxibustion for gynecological diseases
Moxibustion for gynecological diseases
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Women are common and frequently-occurring diseases, but because many people lack proper understanding of gynecological diseases, lack of health care for their bodies, and various bad living habits, their physical health is deteriorating, resulting in some Women are afflicted with diseases, which can not be cured for a long time and have recurring attacks, causing insomnia and dreaming, restlessness, frigidity, endocrine disorders, haggard appearance, and even early menopause and a series of complications, which bring great inconvenience to normal life and work.
Gynecological diseases may seem intractable, but moxibustion is actually simple and effective in treating gynecological diseases! Let’s find out together.
Conventional acupoints for the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic effusion, and annexitis: Zhongwan, Guanyuan, Uterus, Guilai, Bliao, Zusanli, and Sanyinjiao.
Prescription of moxibustion for cervicitis
Selected points for moxibustion: Guanyuan, Uterus, Kuailai, Sanyinjiao and Bliao points.
Method: moxibustion with moxa sticks or moxibustion with a moxibustion device, moxibustion until the skin appears flushed, warm and comfortable, moxibustion at 5-6 acupoints for 20-30 minutes each time, seven days One course of treatment, one day off, and then a second course of moxibustion, usually 3 courses of moxibustion.
Moxibustion prescription for pelvic inflammatory disease
Moxibustion points selection: Sanyinjiao, Ashi points
Method: Moxibustion with moxa sticks or moxibustion with a moxibustion instrument, the pain points of moxibustion will feel warm and comfortable, until the skin becomes flushed, moxibustion for 20 to 30 minutes each time, a course of treatment for seven days, after a day or two of rest, the first Two courses of treatment, generally 1 to 2 courses of moxibustion. In addition to moxibustion at Sanyinjiao point, it can also moxibustion on abdominal tenderness points.
Moxibustion therapy for irregular menstruation
There are many reasons for irregular menstruation, such as work stress, mental factors, psychological factors, greed for cold Demeanor not temperature) Expert analysis: Women who suffer from cold during menstruation will constrict the blood vessels in the pelvis, leading to ovarian dysfunction, which can cause oligomenorrhea and even amenorrhea.
Traditional Chinese medicine generally refers to menstrual disorders as irregular menstruation, and then summarizes irregular menstruation as early menstruation, late menstruation, menorrhagia or oligomenorrhea. But clinically, it is often not a single symptom. For example, menorrhagia often occurs with early menstruation, and oligomenorrhea often occurs with late menstruation.
Irregular menstruation of blood deficiency type
The symptoms of late menstrual period, small amount, light color, thin quality, accompanied by dizziness, insomnia, palpitations, complexion Pale, Shenpi fatigue, pale tongue, weak pulse.
Acupoint selection for moxibustion: Tanzhong, Guanyuan, Uterus, Neiguan, Yongquan. Use the moxibustion instrument to perform the same moxibustion on the five acupoints.
Time: Guanyuan uterus shall not be less than 40 minutes, Neiguan and Yongquan 20-30 minutes each.
Irregular menstruation due to kidney deficiency
The symptoms include late menarche, delayed menstrual period, small amount, normal or dull color, thin texture, accompanied by Back pain, normal or pale tongue, deep pulse. Governance nourishes the kidney and nourishes the blood.
Acupoint selection for moxibustion: mild moxibustion at Biliao, Guilai, and Sanyinjiao, and the same moxibustion with a moxibustion instrument.
Time: no less than 20 minutes for returning home; no less than 35 minutes for Bailiao and 20 minutes for Sanyinjiao.
Blood-cold type of irregular menstruation
The symptoms of late menstruation, small amount and dark color, lumps, or light color and thin quality, accompanied by abdominal cold Pain, liking warmth and liking pressing, reduced when warm, or aversion to cold limbs, clear and long urination, thin stools, pale tongue, thin white coating, tight or slow pulse. It is suitable for warming and dispelling cold and regulating menstruation.
Acupoint selection for moxibustion: Guanyuan, Biliao, Sanyinjiao, Zusanli
Time: Use gentle moxibustion and moxibustion with the same moxibustion instrument. Guanyuan and Biliao points were moxibustion for 30 minutes, Zusanli Sanyinjiao for 20 minutes each.
Irregular menstruation of Qi stagnation type
It is seen in the late period of menstruation, the amount is small and dark with lumps, the discharge is not smooth, accompanied by less abdominal distention and pain, breast milk Pain in the hypochondriac, depression, normal or slightly dark tongue, and astringent pulse. Governance qi and blood circulation.
Moxibustion acupoints: Guanyuan, Mingmen, Jianjing, Taichong
Time: Guanyuan and Mingmen for 30 minutes each. Jianjing and Taichong for 20 minutes each.
Menorrhagia, often due to blood loss due to chronic illness or postpartum consumption of essence and blood, or deficiency of spleen and blood; Eating cold or feeling cold, the blood is congealed; mental depression, poor mood, Qi stagnation and blood stagnation, etc. Expert Professor Huang He introduced that menorrhagia and too little are not normal, all because the endocrine is not very good.
The above conditions are divided into four different symptoms for reference and treatment.
In fact, in addition to treatment, it is also necessary to adjust the mentality, have a normal life pattern, and relieve mental stress. At the same time, pay attention to diet, do not eat cold food, do not smoke or drink, maintain emotional stability and have a healthy state of mind.
Moxibustion for leucorrhea and genital itching
Moxibustion acupoints: Daimai, Qihai, Sanyinjiao, Zusanli. For those with damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, add Taichong, Xingjian, and Yinlingquan; for those with spleen-deficiency dampness, add Fenglong, Pishu, Zhongwan, and Xiaochangshu; for those with damp-heat due to yin-deficiency, add Shenshu, Taixi, Fenglong, and Xingjian.
Methods:
1. Moxa sticks are used for hanging moxibustion at 3 to 5 acupoints each time, each acupoint is moxibusted for 10 to 15 minutes each time, and the moxibustion is treated once a day, 7 times for 1 course of treatment.
2. The moxibustion instrument uses 5-6 acupoints each time for mild moxibustion, and each acupoint is moxibusted for 25-30 minutes each time, and the moxibustion is treated once a day, five times as a course of treatment;
Moxibustion in the treatment of uterine prolapse
Uterine prolapse, which also belongs to the range of vaginal prolapse and vaginal hemorrhoids. Refers to a woman’s uterus falling, or even protruding out of the vaginal opening.
The symptom is that the uterus prolapses or protrudes out of the vaginal opening, or even bulges together with the vaginal wall or bladder and rectum.
Mostly due to qi deficiency, subsidence of qi, missed appointments with the meridian, loss of qi and ren, or prolific, dystocia, excessive exertion during childbirth, premature participation in heavy physical labor after childbirth, etc. Caused by the loss of maintenance of the uterus.
Moxibustion acupoints: Baihui, Shenque, uterus, Sanyinjiao and other acupoints. Baihui can moxibustion with moxa sticks for 10 minutes each time, once a day. Other acupoints can be moxibusted at the same time with a moxibustion instrument, so that the treatment is more convenient. Sanyinjiao can be started once a day, and after 5 days, it can be once every other day.
Methods of moxibustion to stop bleeding in women
Metrorrhagia is the name of traditional Chinese medicine, which describes menorrhagia or irregular menstruation, like a river bursting its banks and collapsing This symptom can occur in gynecological diseases such as functional uterine bleeding, genital inflammation, and tumors.
Severe patients can continue to bleed for dozens of days and develop a series of severe anemia symptoms such as pale complexion, dizziness, palpitation, shortness of breath and general weakness.
There are many ways to treat menorrhagia, but if they are not used properly, there are often some side effects. Traditional Chinese medicine has a certain effect in the treatment of metrorrhagia, and the side effects are also small, but it is time-consuming and troublesome to eat decoction.
Moxibustion at Yinbai point in the treatment of metrorrhagia is simple and effective, and the effect is obvious.
Yinbai is located on the inside of the big toe, 1 minute away from the corner of the toenail, one on the left and one on the left. Suspended moxibustion or moxibustion with moxibustion device, moxibustion with moxa sticks for 15-20 minutes (moxibustion on one side first, then moxibustion on the other side), moxibustion with moxibustion device for 25-30 minutes, until the skin around Yinbai point turns red and hot feel so far.
Moxibustion can be performed 3 to 4 times a day, and after the bleeding stops, moxibustion can be continued for 1 to 2 days to consolidate the curative effect. During moxibustion, patients often feel that the original tension or emptiness in the lower abdomen disappears, and their mood is also cheerful. The menstrual volume often decreases significantly soon after moxibustion.
Why does moxibustion at Yinbai point stop bleeding and metrorrhagia? The motherland medicine believes that the main reason for blood metrorrhagia is that the two channels of Chong and Ren are not solid, and the organs are out of balance. Therefore, in the treatment, we should focus on nourishing the liver, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the kidney, and nourishing the spleen. Among them, strengthening the spleen is the most important.
Yinbai acupoint is an important acupoint on the spleen meridian of Foot Taiyin. According to the principle of meridian theory, stimulating Yinbai acupoint has the effect of strengthening the spleen, regulating blood, nourishing the middle and benefiting qi.
Although moxibustion at Yinbai point is effective in treating metrorrhagia, patients should be sent to the hospital in time when the amount of bleeding is large and the condition is critical.
Guan Yuan:
When the navel is 3 cun below the middle. The medial branch of the anterior cutaneous branch of the twelfth intercostal nerve, the branch of the superficial epigastric artery and vein, and the branch of the inferior epigastric artery and vein.
[Indications]
Indications for apoplexy, dyspnea due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, impotence, hernia, enuresis, stranguria, frequent urination, urinary retention, hematuria, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, Amenorrhea, vaginal discharge, metrorrhagia, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentery and urinary tract infection, functional uterine bleeding, uterine prolapse, neurasthenia, syncope, shock, etc., and has a strong effect. Moxibustion can be performed with moxa sticks or a moxibustion device for 25-30 minutes each time. During this period, adjust the temperature and time according to your own perception.
Uterus:
In the lower abdomen, 3 cun lateral to the middle pole.
[Indications]uterine prolapse, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, functional uterine bleeding, endometritis, infertility. Indications for women’s infertility, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, yin, and appendicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, rhinitis and so on.
Return:
It belongs to the stomach meridian of the foot Yangming. On the lower abdomen, 2 cun from the anterior midline.
[Indications]Stroke collapse, cold limbs, corpse, epilepsy, physical fatigue, abdominal pain around the navel, edema and swelling, prolapse of the anus, diarrhea, constipation, inability to urinate, five stranguria, women Infertility. Return and uterus belong to the adjacent acupoints, so when moxibustion at the uterus point, it is inevitable to moxibustion to return, so that the moxa velvet sheet can be attached to the two acupoints at the same time, and moxibustion is performed for 20-30 minutes.
Sanyinjiao:
Location: Three cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the tibia.
[Indications] Weakness of the spleen and stomach, indigestion, abdominal distension, bowel sounds, diarrhea, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge, amenorrhea, uterine prolapse, dystocia, postpartum haemorrhage, lochia, nocturnal emission, Impotence, pain in the penis, edema, dysuria, enuresis, arthralgia in knees and feet, beriberi, insomnia, eczema, urticaria, neurodermatitis, hypertension, etc.
You can use the moxibustion apparatus to moxibustion at the same time, which saves time. Moxibustion at each point for 10 minutes.
Baliao Point:
Location: Sacral vertebra. Also known as Shangliao, Subliao, Zhongliao and Xialiao, there are eight acupoints on the left and right, which are located in the first, second, third, and fourth posterior sacral foramen, collectively referred to as “eight acupoints”.
[Indications]Indications include lumbosacral diseases, low back pain, sciatica, lower extremity paralysis, dysuria, irregular menstruation, lower abdominal pain, pelvic inflammatory disease and other diseases.
