How to treat facial paralysis with reed tube moxibustion?

Reed tube moxibustion is one of the ancient moxibustion methods, which is mainly used to treat facial neuritis. As early as the Tang Dynasty, it was recorded in Sun Simiao's "Thousands of Women to the Square": "To caress the tuyere, a reed tube is five inches long, and one end has a harsh hole. Don't be discouraged when you face it all around, and one end is burned with soybeans and moxa sticks. The seventh strong moxibustion is poor." Yang Jizhou's acupuncture attainments in Ming Dynasty and Liao Runhong's acupuncture integration in Qing Dynasty are also recorded.

(1) Manufacture of reed pipe. Take a reed with a length of 6 ~ 7 cm and a nozzle diameter of 0.5 ~ 0.7 cm, cut one end of the reed tube into an inclined plane, and the nozzle at the other end is smooth, so as to insert it into the ear for moxibustion.

In addition, take a thin metal sheet with a length of 5cm and a width of 3.5 ~ 4 cm, insert one end of the thin metal sheet under the inclined end of reed switch in parallel, with a depth of about 65438+3.5~4cm, and expose the nozzle to connect the metal sheet with reed switch. The other end of the metal sheet is cut into a semicircle, and the two sides of the metal sheet are bent upward to look like duckbill, so that moxa sticks can be placed during moxibustion.

(2) Moxibustion. First, insert the smooth end of the reed tube into the ear, put the big moxa cone on the duckbill-shaped metal plate and light it. After a few minutes, there will be a warm feeling in my ears. If you don't feel warm, you can adjust the angle of the reed tube to let the moxa smoke pass into your ears.

(3) the amount of moxibustion. Generally, the onset is acute within 2 ~ 3 weeks, and it will recover after 3 weeks.

The treatment of acute stage is mainly to dispel wind and cold, combined with acupuncture. During this period, facial paralysis was mainly treated with reed tube moxibustion. Moxibustion once a day, 3 ~ 5 cups each time, about 30 ~ 40 minutes, moxibustion for 2 ~ 3 weeks. The recovery period is mainly to dredge facial meridians, and acupuncture combined with cupping can also be used. You can use reed tube moxibustion, each time 1 ~ 2 moxa cones, about 10 ~ 15 minutes, once a day or every other day.