Tibetan
moxibustion practice was developed thousands of years ago and this
method of healing is very appreciated in Tibet.
It is effective and its
material, the different types of Artemesia species that widely grow in
Tibet used as moxa wool, is not expensive in high altitude land (now
available in Chinese medicine and acupuncture shops). The technique
principle is to warm or give heat on the natural body points shown by
the disease. The body is like a bamboo basket full of natural energy
passages and connections between the external body and the internal
organs. Psychic and body functions open and close these natural points.
In other words, the body respires automatically. By the disease and
under certain conditions, the points unusually open and the body's
positive energy is lost, weakening the person or blocking the energy
and producing pain. To restore the health, moxibustion removes the
negative energy, closes the points, controls the wind disorders, and
helps the positive energy circulation in the passages, which is the
life force and vital function of the person.
Tibetan physicians also discovered many
other Tsug or heating therapies, which are also
warming and heating therapies. They use various other materials such as
tiger eye or gZi stone, golden needle therapy for
the neurological disorders, copper heating for the blood vessels, etc.
There are four different moxa
application methods
• Cooking moxa: Used one after the
other for continuous heat
• Burning moxa: Direct, cone moxa for
general disorders.
• Heating moxa: light direct and
indirect moxibustion on the skin points
• Warming moxa: Light moxa for children
Indications
Generally, moxa therapy is used for the
following disorders:
Indigestion, low metabolism, low
temperature, melancholy, pain caused
by stress and tension, insomnia, anxiety, fear, panic attacks, stomach
distension, vertigo, hiatus hernia, benign tumors, cold bile disease,
joint pains, arthritis, orthopedic complaints, joint inflammation,
superficial fever (empty fever), post-menopause syndrome and nerve
inflammation (sciatic nerve, neurological disorders, etc.). In short,
moxa treatment is effective for diseases that manifest from Phlegm and
Wind humoral disorders.
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