Supplementing Yang with Long Snake Moxibustion during Sanfu Days
Core Tip: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) health preservation advocates for "nourishing Yang in spring and summer, and nourishing Yin in autumn and winter." In summer, the body's Yang energy tends to float externally, leading to a decrease in internal Yang. To effectively supplement Yang during Sanfu days, one can try Long Snake Moxibustion. Long Snake Moxibustion features a wide application area, large moxa cones, strong fire energy, and a powerful warming and unblocking effect, which general moxibustion methods cannot match, thus providing a better effect in replenishing Yang.
The "Huangdi Neijing" (The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) puts forward the TCM health preservation concept of "nourishing Yang in spring and summer, and nourishing Yin in autumn and winter." In summer, the body's Yang energy is prone to rise and float externally, resulting in less Yang energy within the body. Sanfu days are the period in TCM for treating winter diseases in summer. To effectively supplement Yang during this time, one can try Long Snake Moxibustion.
What is Long Snake Moxibustion?
Long Snake Moxibustion is a common folk term. It is so named because during the application, medicinal herbs must be spread along the spine, resembling a long snake. In medical terms, Long Snake Moxibustion is also known as Du Moxibustion. It is a therapy that applies moxibustion with herbs, ginger, or garlic as a barrier on the Du Meridian. It features a wide application area, large moxa cones, strong fire energy, and a powerful warming and unblocking effect, which general moxibustion methods cannot match, thus providing a better effect in replenishing Yang.
By stimulating and coordinating the various meridians, Long Snake Moxibustion can balance Yin and Yang, expel pathogenic factors, tonify the Du Meridian, and correct deficiency and excess, thereby achieving the goals of health preservation and disease treatment.
Who is suitable for Long Snake Moxibustion?
It is suitable for various Du Meridian syndromes and chronic, deficient, and cold-related diseases, such as Bi syndromes (rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, etc.), back pain (lumbar, thoracic, and cervical spondylosis, lumbar muscle strain, etc.), asthma (chronic bronchitis, rhinitis, bronchial asthma, pulmonary emphysema, etc.), deficiency and consumption (protracted hepatitis, type B hepatitis, neurosis, etc.), chronic gastrointestinal diseases, and postpartum chills. The Du Moxibustion therapy is administered once a week, with 4 sessions constituting one course of treatment. The therapeutic effect is better during Sanfu days.