How Do You Select A Moxibustion Practitioner?
Moxibustion has been performed for centuries in the Far East. Developed in Mongolia, it quickly reached all corners of the Eastern world as a way to treat nearly every kind of disease. Practitioners discovered that by waving sticks of burning mugwort over certain points along the energy lines of the body (or by burning piles of mugwort directly on specific spots on the body), they could affect deep healing in a short amount of time. Today, acupuncturists all over the world practice moxibustion, as do practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, you should have no trouble when you want to select a moxibustion practitioner. Call the acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in your area to see if they perform moxibustion on patients. Most of them do, and it is actually rare to find someone who practices moxibustion alone. It is typically used in conjunction with other therapies. In fact, moxibustion is considered part of traditional Chinese medicine. Check
