Moxibustion Therapy for Pollinosis. I.

VernacularTitle:花粉症に関する灸療法　Ｉ
Author: Tadashi SAKAI
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 1991;41(2):198-205
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: When I think pollinosis from a viewpoint of the Oriental medicine, I judged it is an abnormal symptom of the lungs system and the large intestine system.
So I burnt moxa on an effective spot, “Tsubo” of above mentioned systems of the pollinosis patients.
On this report, I want to report two other things. One of them is about the change of the symptoms of the patients against increase or decrease of flying pollens.
I examined ten Japan cedar pollinosis patients, whom I burnt moxa on each one spot selected from “Daitsui”, the lungs system and the large intestine system……on three spots. As a result, the symptoms of the patients have been steadied regardless of number of flying pollens. So I thought moxa cautery can control the symptom of pollinosis.
The other examination is about nasal congestion of the patients.
Nasal congestion of pollinosis patients is caused by expansion of a blood vessel. If the patient keeps the skin heat of the root of a nose lower, he can prevent expansion of a blood vessel.
This time I took this skin heat of the patients, and made an index from it. And the index I made showed that moxa cautery is effective for the cure of nasal congestion of the pollinosis patients, too.