The moxa select particular about

The moxa select particular about

The moxa quality of the merits of the decision with the treatment effect is good or bad, good quality the moxa depends on the following conditions: growth origin, harvesting time, the production process, storage period of.

Origin: wormwood in most of our geographical have growth, such as the Yangtze River north and south divide can be divided into large leaf Ai and lobular Ai. For Ye Ai north of the Yangtze River, this thick, wide leaves fluff, fiber coarseness moxa high yield, fragrant, soft fire. River south of the Ai lobular Ai Ye, thin, low yield, smoke, fire is strong, the low yield. A good moxa procurement north leaves texturing.

Picking: season leaves picked before and after the annual Dragon Boat Festival selection Ai mining, the enemy goes: Dragon Boat Festival season grass lush, wild Ai downy light clothing. This season is the most productive period of wormwood growth experienced herbs will take looks like a man-leaves. Or will see in the days before Cai Ai wormwood feet overwhelming to pick when picking while standing up wormwood leaves, such Ai has great vitality, it is made of moxa therapy the effect of power is enough.

Production: texturing is the most important in the whole process, the ancients more than for a handmade velvet, are mechanical texturing, which is very different from the effects of treatment. Ancient handmade velvet First the good leaves and ash watered mixing into clay-like, and then leaves the mud made of pie, dried sealed out of the use of a cake hands repeatedly rub, to weed out the gray stems and then repeatedly rubbing Serve the floccules The moxa, handmade velvet angry, so in the past this method.

Chen Ai Ai who, Mencius, in his book also talked about this problem, storage: Herbal speaking, he stresses: seven years of the disease, seek three years of AI. The purpose of the storage of Ai, mainly through a long period of storage to dry gasification out its moxibustion fire will be more soft and comfortable. Now on the market three years, Chen Ai little more than half of new and moxa do moxa, which is already good.

With these four points, such as France produced moxa, color, quality, flavor, smoke, fire and general moxa would be very different.

Color: velvet color yellowish brown or golden-free when Ai's green.

Quality: moxa overall upright solid soft, velvet soft branch impurities.

Taste: the aromatic scent of the old and the moxa when Ai grassy.

Smoke: Ai smoke pale strong pungent smell of incense.

Efficacy of fire: fire and soft, not staunch, strong the moxibustion sense of penetration.

During moxibustion points according to the above we can distinguish the moxa is good or bad!