6.2 Moxibustion Research & Evidence

"Moxibustion is often incorporated into a treatment when symptoms are due to an overall lack of energy or deficiency. So for people who experience more health issues when they feel depleted or fatigued and have difficulty rebuilding their stamina, moxa is a great therapeutic tool.

For those that need a scient-oriented explanation, consider that there are specific and very sensitive neural receptors just beneath the skin called heat-activated transient receptors that have specific balancing effects on the immune system.  Interestingly, these heat receptors that are in the upper levels of the skin are best activated with warm (but not hot) gentle temperatures (38-41 degrees Celcius). Often the idea that gentle and comfortable treatments can be effective defies conditioned beliefs that tend to rely on heroic or ‘more is more’ approaches, however the body’s nervous, immune, and pain receptors are set up to respond favorable to prolonged comfortable and balancing techniques."