PERSONAL RESEARCH

The use of heat (moxibustion) for fertility in Chinese medical classics.

Acupuncture and Moxibustion cannot be separated, they are both expressed using the same ideogram "Zhen Jiu".

Unfortunately many practitioners have stopped using it due to the inconvenience of the smoke.

The use of heat, combined or not with acupuncture, remains the best technique for the treatment of 'Cold' (rheumatism, arthristis, lower back pain...) and "Dampness" (Mucus in general, including many different symptoms from slow digestion to mental health disorders).

To avoid the inconvenience of the smoke, different products are now available; for example a liquid moxa extract (artemisia vulgaris) can be heated using an infrared lamp.

The technique is particularly adapted to Nothern countries like Scotland.

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©Pascal DaSilva 2010