【One Ai a Day】Go away all gastrointestinal cramps

Due to the fast pace of life and regular eating habits, many people suffer from gastrointestinal diseases, but repeated treatments may not necessarily improve them. Here, I recommend a type of moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine, hoping it can help you.

Gastrointestinal spasms (gastritis, gastric ulcer)

Moxibustion acupoints: Zhongwan, Tianshu, Guanyuan, Ashi

Choice of moxa cake: It is recommended to use the local moxa cake

Symptom Analysis

Gastrointestinal spasm is a common clinical acute abdominal pain caused by sudden and intense contractions of gastrointestinal smooth muscles. The disease is characterized by sudden and paroxysmal stomach and abdominal pain, and the absence of abnormal signs between attacks. Local cold, unhealthy (or unclean) diet, binge eating, and occasional vigorous exercise are the causes. Among them, gastric spasm is commonly seen in diseases such as acute gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric cancer and gastric neurosis in Western medicine. Gastrointestinal spasm is more common in children, and most of them have a history of recurrent attacks.

Gastrointestinal spasm belongs to the category of "stomach pain" and "abdominal pain" in traditional Chinese medicine. This disease is mostly caused by food stagnation and cold accumulation in the stomach and intestines, which leads to malnutrition of the gastrointestinal meridians, stagnation of gastrointestinal qi, and loss of harmony and descent of the gastrointestinal viscera, resulting in pain.

Moxibustion acupoint selection plan

1. Zhongwan acupoint

【Effects】Soothes the stomach and strengthens the spleen

Zhongwan acupoint is located in the upper abdomen, on the anterior midline, 4 inches above the navel. To locate the acupoint, lie on your back and locate the acupoint at the midpoint of the line connecting the lower end of the sternum and the navel.

2. Tianshu Point

【Effects】Regulates the liver and spleen, expels cold, dredges the large intestine, promotes the production of body fluids and facilitates bowel movements.

Tianshu acupoint is located 2 inches (3 horizontal fingers width) to the left and right of the navel, one acupoint on each side.

3. Guanyuan Point

【Effects】Strengthen the body's health, replenish the vital energy and tonify the deficiency.

Guanyuan acupoint is located 3 inches (4 horizontal finger widths) below the navel.

4. Ashi Point

The pain point is the Ashi point.

Diagnosis and moxibustion

Symptom 1:

* Food stagnation type: abdominal pain like a knife, refusing to be pressed, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Sour breath, pale complexion, sweating and cold limbs; white and greasy tongue coating, and tight pulse.

Additional moxibustion: Jianli, Weishu

Jianli

【Effects】Regulates the spleen and stomach, eliminates stagnation

In the upper abdomen, on the anterior midline, 3 B-cun superior to the umbilicus.

Stomach Shu Point

【Effect】Disperses heat from the stomach and intestines

The Weishu point is located 1.5 inches to the left and right of the 12th thoracic vertebra spinous process on the back. There is one point on each side. When selecting the point, stretch your arms straight and close to your body. The intersection of the line connecting the two elbows and the midline of the spine is the 11th thoracic vertebra. Count down one section, and the Weishu point is 1.5 inches to the left and right of the 12th thoracic vertebra spinous process.

Symptom 2:

*Cold attacking the stomach and intestines type: stomach pain as if pricked by needles or twisted by a knife, acute cramps in the abdominal skin, preference for warmth and pressure, pale complexion, sweating and cold limbs; white tongue coating, tight and slippery pulse.

Additional moxibustion: Neiting and Hegu

Inner Court

【Effects】Clears stomach heat and resolves stagnation

On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression anterior to the junction of the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones.

Hegu Point

【Effects】Calming and soothing the mind, promoting blood circulation, regulating qi and relieving pain

The Hegu point is located at the base of the palm on the back of the hand, in the depression between the first and second metacarpal bones. There is one point on each hand.

The above acupoints are moxibustioned with Ai Yisheng moxibustion instrument. It is recommended to do it once a day, 2 to 3 acupoints each time, 30 to 40 minutes for each acupoint, and 10 days as a course of treatment [If there is enough time and there is a need, you can moxibustion more acupoints. The specific time needs to be adjusted according to your own physical condition]

Tips for caring for AIDS

1. Develop good eating habits, eat regularly, avoid overeating, avoid greasy food, and avoid strenuous exercise after fullness.

2. For gastrointestinal spasms caused by severe gastrointestinal obstruction or cancer, great attention should be paid to the treatment of the primary disease.

3. Dietary therapy: ginger, sugar and safflower drink. Put 5g ginger (cut into shreds), 3g safflower and 6g yam into a tea cup, add boiling water, soak for 10 minutes, add brown sugar and mix well, drink while hot. It has the effects of sweating, dispelling cold and strengthening the stomach, and can treat gastrointestinal spasm caused by cold in the stomach.