How Do You Treat A Cold With Moxibustion?
Moxibustion is an excellent and effective method to use if you want to treat conditions caused by an excess of cold or dampness in the body. In fact, moxibustion was developed in the extremely frigid temperatures of northern China thousands of years ago as a way to ward off conditions caused by the cold. In moxibustion, mugwort is burned over energy lines along the body to dispel cold and increase health. Today, the mugwort is commonly burned in sticks, but it can also be burned in a powder directly on the body as it was in the past. You can treat a variety of conditions with moxibustion, from infertility to the common cold. Peel a moxa stick down halfway, and then light the end of it with a lighter. Blow out the flame and make sure the end of the moxa stick remains smoking. Wave the moxa stick in front of the web of tissue between your thumb and index finger on your right hand. This is part of the large intestine energy meridian and is very effective at stopping a cold in its tracks.
