Moxibustion

Today, I tried moxibustion at Chengshan point. It seems like I found the right location, and it’s not very painful. After a short while, I started to feel a warm sensation.

I placed the moxa stick on the handle of the needle and lit it.

At first, everything was fine, and the sparks slowly ignited.

A tiny spark can ignite a huge fire, and the smoke started to increase. I guess it was a bit intimidating.

The discomfort became stronger and stronger, to the point where I had a strong illusion that the acupuncture point was burned. Quite awkward, huh?

I quickly poured water on it, and heard a sizzling sound, followed by a lot of smoke, as if I was forging something.

The moxa stick, which I didn’t intend to burn entirely, persisted stubbornly. So I had no choice but to grab a cup of water.

Although in the end it was like the smoke that had not completely burned, reluctantly extinguishing,

The moxa stick and the needle seemed to be inseparable, no matter how hard I tried, they couldn’t be separated.

I didn’t dare to make any big movements, after all, the other end was stuck in my flesh, o(╯□╰)o

Because there was a blob of moxa stick on top, I had to forcefully pull it out. It felt as if there were 101 things sticking to it, extremely painful.

I was covered in sweat, but when I washed my face, I felt quite refreshing on my calf.

Upon reflection:

I should have stayed in defense mode, but instead I used hit run hit.

And without the assistance of lateral friction, the damage increased significantly.

So the excessive heat may have been an illusion, and the movement and stimulation of the nerve fibers by the shifting needle tip was the actual cause.

Of course, the most likely reason is that I’m just a bit paranoid.

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