When is the best time for men to do moxibustion?

We all know that moxibustion is a "treasure" left to us by our ancestors, just like acupuncture and cupping. It can cure diseases and provide health care. So when is the best time for moxibustion?

Best time for moxibustion

Chinese medicine experts point out that the best season for Chinese medicine moxibustion therapy is summer. Because people wear less clothes in summer, it is very convenient to do moxibustion at home even if they don't go to the hospital. It's not like in winter when you take off your clothes and do moxibustion at home, which makes you catch a cold easily. In addition, the weather is hot, and the human body is more sensitive to temperature, so it is not easy to get burned. The most important thing is that moxibustion in summer is in line with the theory of "treating winter diseases in summer" in Chinese medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people with yang deficiency and qi deficiency are more suitable for acupuncture therapy. Most sick people have a yang deficiency constitution. Mugwort is warm in nature and belongs to pure yang. Moxibustion can warm and dredge the meridians, remove cold and dampness, and replenish the body's yang. Summer happens to be the time when the yang in nature is the heaviest. The yang and heat of the two are combined, and the warming and replenishing effect is stronger. Therefore, moxibustion in summer when the yang in nature is the heaviest can achieve the best tonic effect.