Is the smoke produced by moxa sticks harmful to your health? Is moxibustion often harmful to people?

1 Is the smoke produced by moxa sticks harmful to health? A small amount of inhalation has little effect on health, but long-term or large-scale inhalation of the smoke produced by moxa sticks will definitely have adverse effects on health.

Cigarettes contain beneficial and harmful substances, so a small amount of inhalation is acceptable. However, moxa sticks will produce a lot of volatile oil and smoke particles during combustion. Excessive inhalation can easily cause changes and even allergies of human skin and mucosa, excite people's central nervous system and affect the health of respiratory system.

Is the smoke of moxa sticks harmful to children? Children's respiratory tract is relatively immature, and long-term inhalation of moxa stick smoke is harmful.

Especially those children who cough easily when they smell the smoke of moxa sticks, it is obvious that their bodies are resisting the smoke of moxa sticks. In this case, it is recommended to turn on the range hood when moxibustion is given to the child to extract the smoke generated by the burning of moxa sticks.

What are the benefits of using moxa sticks to smoke the house to repel mosquitoes? In the midsummer season when flies and mosquitoes fly around, you can light some moxa sticks and put them in your room. Moxa smoke produced by moxa sticks can drive away flies and mosquitoes and prevent people from being bitten by mosquitoes.

The ash of Artemisia argyi lit by removing peculiar smell gives off a faint fragrance and does not produce a strong pungent smell. It can be used to smoke houses, remove the peculiar smell in houses, smoke some houses that have not been inhabited for a long time, and drive away mosquitoes in houses.

Disinfection and sterilization of Artemisia argyi leaves have a certain disinfection and sterilization effect, so in winter and spring, the weather is cold, the air is not circulating, and a large number of bacteria breed in the house. At this time, you can use wormwood to smoke in the room, which can well inhibit bacteria and viruses in the air.

Is moxibustion often harmful to people? It depends.

The main functions of moxibustion are warming meridians to dispel cold, supporting yang to disperse stagnation, preventing diseases and protecting health. Acupoint moxibustion can play the role of disease prevention and health care, which can not only cure diseases, but also prevent them before they get sick, so it is harmless to do moxibustion often.

But in the process of moxibustion, we should pay attention to our physical condition. If it is a syndrome of excess heat, moxibustion is not necessary when it is particularly hot. If it is a syndrome of deficiency and cold, the effect of yang deficiency is very good.