moxibustion

Ear Infection Ear infections are very common in children. It might be caused by swimming when the kids don’t clean the water from their ears immediately. Other than just infection due to the water coming into the ears, some kids might have kidney deficiency or a bit weaker kidney system, […]

Moxibustion For Ear Infection

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Urticaria Urticaria is a little bit different from eczema. If it’s urticaria, the red patches are not stable. They are moving from one area to the other, which reflects one characteristic of a liver issue. While eczema is more of a spleen issue, urticaria will also involve the liver system. […]

Moxibustion For Urticaria

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Eczema Eczema is a very often seen skin problem. It not only happens to children, it also happens to adults. Eczema is a skin condition where the skin is red and sometimes itchy. As mentioned before, any skin issue is rarely just a skin disorder. It’s the combination of internal […]

Moxibustion For Eczema

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Young kids normally pay less attention to environmental changes. Also, because of their general vulnerable body characteristics, they tend to catch cold easily. If your child catches a cold, has a fever, is sneezing with sputum, or coughing with whitish mucus and having nose congestion or a runny nose, you […]

Moxibustion For Catching Cold and Nose Congestion and Coughing

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Warts Moxibustion is a very good way to treat health problems in kids. Your pediatrician might tell you what happened, but often he or she won’t know the real reason behind the problems.  Please don’t get me wrong. They are very professional, and I respect them totally. The issue is […]

Moxibustion For Warts

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  In China, there is a saying: The yang qi from heaven is called the sun; the yang qi from the Earth is called moxibustion. So, you can imagine the great benefit of moxibustion. Moxibustion is one integral part of the acupuncture practice. In Chinese, “Zhen Jiu” is comprised of […]

Functions of Moxibustion Therapy

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What is moxibustion?   Well, moxibustion is the burning of the various moxa products to treat health problems or to do health maintenance. When the moxa products are burnt, they generate heat. This is different from a heating pad or other types of heat, including infrared heat, which can only […]

What Is Moxibustion?

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First of all, it must be made of pure moxa herb leaves. If the moxa stick is made of new moxa leaves (under 1 year of storage), it normally smells stronger, and you feel hotter or a burning sensation when you use it. It’s still okay to use. But for […]

How to Distinguish the Quality of Moxa Products

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  The most common moxa products are long moxa rolls or sticks of various diameters, short moxa rolls or sticks, moxa stickers of different sizes and quality, loose fine moxa and moxa powder.  Other than loose moxa, there are multiple steps in making a typical moxa stick: harvest, dry, store, […]

How Are Moxa Products Made?

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