Traditional Chinese Medicine Beauty is an ancient and emerging discipline, with a history dating back to 2000 years ago. Acupuncture and moxibustion cosmetology has gradually come into our lives. Its natural, safe and effective advantages, combined with the development of modern acupuncture tools, have made acupuncture and moxibustion cosmetology a hot topic in recent years. Next, through the introduction of acupuncture and moxibustion cosmetology, we will let you know about acupuncture and moxibustion in cosmetology.
1、 What is acupuncture and moxibustion beauty?
Starting from the overall concept of Chinese traditional medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion beauty is a method that uses acupuncture or moxibustion as a means to stimulate local skin and acupoints to adjust internal factors, so as to achieve the purpose of maintaining skin, beautifying face, delaying aging, and treating facial skin diseases.
2、 Scope of acupuncture and moxibustion Beauty Treatment
acupuncture and moxibustion can treat a variety of facial disfigurement skin diseases. For common facial disfigurement skin diseases, such as chloasma, pigmentation around the eyes (dark circles), pigmentation after inflammation, freckles, etc., as well as disfigurement skin diseases related to skin accessory organs, such as acne, rosacea, alopecia areata, seborrheic dermatitis, etc., acupuncture and moxibustion has multiple effects in beauty and anti-aging, and acupuncture and moxibustion has good clinical effects. Therefore, the disease spectrum of acupuncture and moxibustion beauty is relatively extensive.
3、 Advantages of acupuncture and moxibustion Beauty
acupuncture and moxibustion meridians and acupoints can regulate the functions of human nerves, body fluids and endocrine organs, make them at a good level, improve the immune function of the body, and promote metabolism. By stimulating the meridians and acupoints on the face, the nutrition of the facial skin can be more regulated, achieving the effect of nourishing and beautifying the face. Acupuncture has a bidirectional regulating effect, which can not only inhibit sebum secretion, reduce skin greasiness, but also promote sebum secretion and prevent skin dryness. Acupuncture can also enhance skin elasticity, eliminate crow's feet at the corners of the eyes and wrinkles on the forehead, as well as eliminate pigmentation and acne.
4、 Treatment of acupuncture and moxibustion Beauty
1. Filiform needle acupuncture
Filiform needle therapy is performed by local facial acupuncture combined with acupoint selection of the whole body. Among local acupuncture methods, there are different techniques such as surrounding needling, hanging needling, penetrating needling, leopard wen needling, hegu needling, row needling, etc. In terms of the size specifications of commonly used needles, they range from the thinnest diameter of 0.12mm to the thicker diameter of 0.35mm. Among them, fine needles (generally with a diameter below 0.18mm) are relatively more commonly used in clinical practice due to the lighter pain of needle insertion. Adopting the method of regulating Chong Ren acupuncture to treat delayed onset acne in women; Acupuncture is used to treat eye wrinkles at points such as Ashi, Zanzhu, Sizhu Kong, Pupil Liao, Quchi, Hegu, Zusanli, and Sanyinjiao.
Acupuncture can significantly reduce follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, and significantly increase serum estradiol, which may be one of the important mechanisms for acupuncture beauty to delay skin aging.
2. Ear acupuncture therapy
Ear acupuncture therapy is commonly used in facial degenerative skin diseases, especially acne and melasma.
3. Fire needle therapy
Fire needle therapy, especially moxibustion, can also be used for the treatment of facial disfigurement skin diseases such as pustular acne.
In addition, there are also therapies such as magnetic pole beauty needles, skin needles, beryllium needles, small needle knives, beauty jars, and acupoint massage, all of which can be used for facial beauty. Among them, acupoint massage and magnetic pole beauty needles have good effects on wrinkle resistance and spot removal, beauty jars treat acne, and skin needles and beryllium needles treat degenerative skin diseases.
Acupuncture and moxibustion beauty has no obvious contraindication, and can improve the efficacy with other beauty and anti-aging treatments. Compared with focusing on local skin nutrition to achieve the purpose of beautifying the face, acupuncture and moxibustion beauty has more obvious and stable effects, which is worth a try!