Moxibustion is one of the oldest therapies in Chinese medicine, and the earliest existing written records are contained in Zuo Zhuan. Moxibustion was popular as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Medical works such as Huangdi Neijing, Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Bian Que Shuxin have recorded moxibustion in detail. Moxibustion is widely spread among the people because it is economical, effective and easy to master.
The origin of moxibustion therapy-the lower limit of moxibustion therapy will not be later than the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it has been quite popular during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The Book of Songs in the Spring and Autumn Period said "I love you", while Mao Heng and Ranunculus ternatus in the Western Han Dynasty explained that "love is the cure". Judging from the fact that the actual clinical application in ancient times was earlier than written records, the lower limit of moxibustion therapy will not be later than the Western Zhou Dynasty. In Shen Kuo's Meng Qian Bi Tan (volume 18) in the Song Dynasty, Xirong divination was recorded: "Take the sheep of Ai Zhuo as a sign and call it death." . This proves that the Oracle Bone Inscriptions divination method before the Shang Dynasty in China can also use moxa as fuel. "Mencius Li Lou" contains: "I want to get Wang Yin sick for seven years and love for three years." It can be seen that moxibustion therapy has been quite popular in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Therefore, the origin of moxibustion treatment should also be before the Western Zhou Dynasty.