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What is the application of temperature moxibustion? I. Heating the channel and remove the coldness Human body needs the function of qi-blood to maintain its normal vital activity. Qi runs then blood runs; qi stops then blood stops; blood runs in the channels and veins, totally because of the push from qi. Various reasons such as qi shrinking in coldness and fastening in heat can affect the motion of blood and produced many kinds of diseases. Blood becomes smooth when qi is heated, and becomes coagulated when qi is cold, in other words, the run of qi-blood will change as coming loose by heat and becoming coagulated by cold. So Zhu Danxi said: blood becomes smooth in heat, while becomes coagulated in cold. Therefore all the diseases of qi-blood coagulating without heat symptom can be treated by temperature moxibustion. Linjiu, the True and False of Acupuncture said: when the blood in vein coagulates to stop running, we can take it without temperature moxibustion. Linjiu, Inhibitive Adminstration also said: the vein blood coagulates in the down parts, and become cold, which need to be treated by temperature moxibustion. Make use of the heat stimulant to heat the channels and smooth the necrosis. The stimulant of heat to the channels and veins can heat the channels and remove coldness to reinforce qi-blood motion in human body, which can achieve the treatment function. So heat therapy is obvious helpful to treat the diseases such as blood obstacle caused by coldness, and necrosis syndrome and diarrhea caused by blood coagulation. II. Smoothen qi and channels The channels and vessels distribute in the whole body; internally link the viscera and bowels; externally distribute in the tissues such as surface muscle and bones. For the normal body, qi-blood goes circumfluent in the channels and vessels and never stop. If the local qi-blood coagulates triggered by exogenous attack such as wind, cold, hot, wet, dry, and fire or trauma, the channels and vessels will be blocked, and then comes the tumefaction and ache and a series of function obstacles. At the time, take temperature moxibustion on a certain function point in human body, which can adjust the qi-blood, dredge the channels and vessela, and balance body function. III. Support yang and stabilize collapse Yangqi is the base of human body physical motion. Human will be healthy if the yangqi runs well, but died if the yangqi malfunctioned. Therefore, yin flourishing if yang has disease, the symptom shows as cold and faint; or the vitality becomes weak, vein as weak as to collapsing. At the time, it right likes the saying in Element Asking on Faint: yang qi weak down, which is cold faint. Yangqi weak when yinqi flourishing, no yangqi goes to feet and hands, so they are cold. All the serious diseases and dangerous illness have the symptom of yangqi weak and yin yang separated. Treating it by heavy moxibustion can remove the cold and call back yangqi to save the collapse. The other function point therapies can’t achieve such good result as this. IV. Promote yang and raise the fall Because of the weakness and un-stabilization of yangqi, upper parts weak while lower parts, qi weak and down, results in rectocele, yin flourishing, long term diarrhea, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, and abortion. Linjiu Channels and veins said: treat the weak and down by moxibustion. Always treat the viscera sink syndrome by fire therapy. Regarding the sink syndrome, Li Dongyuan, the farther of spleen and stomach theory, thought: after sink the surface skin could not resist wind and cold; there’s no more things than yin and yang, yang in external and upper part while yin in internal and lower part; here sink refers to yangqi enters into yinqi, yin going upper and covering yangqi; it can be diagnosed by the pulse symptom; then treat it by moxibustion. Therefore, moxibustion not only can heat and flourish yangqi, and stabilize embryo and channels, but also can recover human body from unstable yang and loose site where the skin and muscle are joined. V. Draw toxin and release heat In the past dynasties, there were many medical doctors who brought forward the problem of prohibiting moxibustion in treating heat syndrome, for example, Holy Aid Collection said: it was adverse treat yang diseases by moxibustion. Many acupuncture teaching materials list the heat syndrome in moxibustion prohibited range. But there are many different opinions to this by ancient and modern medical doctors. In ancient literature, there was the record of moxibustion could treat heat syndrome. Moxibustion treating carbuncle and furuncle firstly existed in Huangdi Internal Channels, and medical books in the past dynasties took it as a important therapy to carbuncle and furuncle. Qianjin Important Prescription in Tang dynasty further pointed the elimination function of the temperature moxibustion on viscera and bowels. This book also discussed the fire therapy on the carbuncle and furuncle triggered by heat toxin and yin weak internal heat syndrome in many places. In conclusion, temperature can trigger heat by heat and then remove the heat. It can remove cold and can eliminate heat, so it can adjust the malfunction of human body in double way. VI. Temperature moxibustion has the function of preventing diseases and health care Our ancient medical doctors recognized the importance of preventing diseases very early, and pointed out the science idea of nip in the bud, treating the coming diseases. The fire therapy can also prevent diseases and has the function of health care needless to say its treatment function. It is one of the important methods of preventing disease and health care. There was much recordation in ancient literature about this. Huangdi Internal Channels mentioned: prevent the hydrophobia by moxibustion therapy. Acupuncture and Moxibustion referred: treat the feet sanli function point and jackstraw by moxibustion, which can prevent stroke. Bianque Psychological Therapy said: always treat the function points such as Guanyuan, reservoir-sea of qi, gate of life, and Zhongyuan when a man doesn’t suffer from disease, which can prolong his life though can not make him eternal of life. Folk culture said: keeping sanli function point moist can maintain health for one; treating sanli function point with moxibustion continuously can cure all the diseases. Because temperature moxibustion can heat yang and complement weak, treating feet sanli and zhongyuan function points by moxibustion can flourish stomach qi, then qi-blood are adequate. Body true fire is in the gate of life which is the base of human; the function points of guanyuan and reservoir-sea of qi are the place where store up the strength and energy; treating the upper function point can flourishing yangqi and make strength and energy adequate, and then reinforce the resistance force of human body; make it difficult for disease to invade human body to achieve the health care function.