Athlete's foot and stinky feet are a very annoying disease that will have many adverse effects on life. Therefore, some methods need to be used to regulate and recover to avoid causing greater harm to health. So how to cure athlete's foot and stinky feet? ? How to use traditional Chinese medicine moxibustion therapy for athlete’s foot? Let’s learn more about moxibustion treatment methods for athlete’s foot and foot odor, as well as what you need to pay attention to.
1. How to use moxibustion to treat athlete's foot
1. Soak your feet in hot water before moxibustion. You can add salt, vinegar or Sichuan peppercorns to the foot washing water. Only one of the three can be added. Don’t soak your feet in salt frequently, and don’t use vinegar if your feet are rotten.
2. Dry your feet. Be sure to dry it. You must dry your feet after washing them, even if you don't have athlete's foot.
3. Focus on moxibustion at Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Yongquan, Yanglingquan, especially Yongquan.
4. Moxibustion can also be applied to itchy areas and ulcerated areas. If there are rotten skin, blisters, cracks, or itching between the toes, moxibustion can be used. Generally, 15-25 minutes at a time can relieve the itching immediately, and the blisters will slowly collapse.
5. If there are blisters, it is best to use a needle to burn red in an alcohol lamp and then prick it, and apply moxibustion to the blisters.
6. If there are ulcers on the toe seams, moxibustion can be focused on the Xiaxi point.
2. Precautions for moxibustion
1. Environmental ventilation
The environment should be kept ventilated to avoid excessive moxa smoke, which may harm the human body. Patients with respiratory diseases, especially those with asthma, should use moxibustion with caution.
2. Avoid burns
When applying moxibustion, the distance between the moxibustion fire and the skin should be adjusted in time. Some patients have strong local coldness and have strong tolerance for moxa fire during initial moxibustion. They often bring moxa fire close to the skin unknowingly, resulting in burning of the skin. In fact, it is advisable to moxibustion until the skin becomes red, and the moxibustion lasts for 10 to 15 minutes each time.
3. Pay attention to the number of times
Those with strong physique, mild illness, and short course of disease can receive moxibustion treatment 1-2 times; those with poor body constitution, severe illness, and long course of disease can receive moxibustion for several times. months or even more than 1 year. In the initial period of moxibustion, it should be done once a day; for long-term moxibustion treatment, it should be changed to once every 2-3 days after 3 times.
3. Taboos of moxibustion
1. Places with thin skin, few muscles, and muscle gatherings, the lumbosacral and lower abdomen of pregnant women, the nipples, vulva, and vagina of men and women. Do not perform moxibustion on the testicles. In addition, do not moxibustion directly on the joints. In addition, do not moxibustion on large blood vessels or the heart, and do not moxibustion on the eyeballs, which belong to the face.
2. Do not apply direct moxibustion to any exposed parts, such as the face, to prevent scar formation and affect the appearance.
3. Moxibustion should not be used if you are extremely tired, too hungry, too full, drunk, sweating profusely, or emotionally unstable.
4. Moxibustion is not recommended during certain infectious diseases, high fever, coma, convulsions, or extreme physical exhaustion, such as emaciation and bone loss.
5. People who have no self-control, such as mental patients, should avoid moxibustion.