Today I arrived at Dr. Song’s office to finish off
the rest of my hours. I started learning about Moxibustion a similar practice
to acupuncture, but with moxi sticks, which are herbs, that are burned and
placed over points of the body. I have to say this one of the practices of
acupuncture that I’m more skeptical about because as I see it you’re
potentially burning the body and not necessarily moving body chi. I guess that’s
why I had such a hard time grasping the concept of it. There are several ways
to administer moxibustion; using a moxi stick, using moxi wool or placing the
wool on a needle and puncturing the needle into the necessary point. To me this
is a little puzzling because how can holding smoke over a point make someone
feel better. I guess its one of those things that you can’t question much if
you’ve never experienced it. Nevertheless it’s a practice that is close to acupuncture.
At this point of my project I’ve learned so much, but it’s not everything I can
learn. Over the past few months I’ve only been learning the bare minimum of
acupuncture and its sub practices.
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