哪些人群艾灸时要谨慎

女性若月经量大，则应在月经前5天及经期停止艾灸。而孕妇特别是孕早期是禁止艾灸的，避免热刺激及艾灸通经活络的作用导致滑胎。

日常艾灸时，头部尽量避免施灸，不仅因为头部肌肉薄弱且毛发丰厚，也因为艾灸头面部穴位易导致阳气过于上行，引起头晕目眩等症状。

小儿本为纯阳之体，若无病痛一般不灸。而对于肺气虚弱引起的咳嗽、哮喘，脾胃虚弱引起的腹泻、纳差，中气虚弱引起的遗尿等，可以适量施灸，相较于成人小儿的灸量宜轻。

糖尿病患者艾灸时更需要注意，由于糖尿病可能引起周围神经病变等并发症，导致皮肤感觉不敏感，应适当降低艾灸温度，避免艾灸伤害、皮肤难以愈合。

艾灸要注意哪些事项

艾灸不可过量，一般一周3次左右，一次不超过3个部位，每个部位20分钟即可。

多次艾灸过后可能出现口干、咽干、咽痛、眼干、眼痒、流泪、鼻干、流涕等上火症状，或失眠、嗜睡、便秘等症状。上述症状多较轻微，部分症状可能为灸疗起效的反应，多不必处理，休息1~2天后可自行缓解。

艾灸后可多喝温水，在施灸过程中注意房间的通风及保暖，选用优质陈艾，以减少艾烟及其挥发物的含量。

If women have a large amount of menstruation, they should stop moxibustion 5 days before and during menstruation. However, moxibustion is forbidden for pregnant women, especially in the early pregnancy, so as to avoid slippery fetus caused by heat stimulation and moxibustion.

In daily moxibustion, avoid moxibustion on the head as much as possible, not only because the muscles of the head are weak and the hair is rich, but also because moxibustion on acupuncture points on the face of the head easily leads to excessive upward movement of yang, causing dizziness and other symptoms.

Children are pure yang, so they usually don't moxibustion if they have no pain. For cough and asthma caused by deficiency of lung qi, diarrhea and anorexia caused by weakness of spleen and stomach, enuresis caused by weakness of middle-qi and so on, moxibustion can be applied appropriately, which should be lighter than that of adults and children.

Patients with diabetes need to pay more attention when moxibustion. Because diabetes may cause complications such as peripheral neuropathy, which leads to skin insensitivity, the moxibustion temperature should be appropriately lowered to avoid moxibustion injury and difficult skin healing.

What should I pay attention to in moxibustion

Moxibustion should not be excessive, generally about 3 times a week, with no more than 3 parts at a time, and each part can last for 20 minutes.

After repeated moxibustion, symptoms such as dry mouth, dry throat, sore throat, dry eyes, itchy eyes, tears, dry nose and runny nose, or symptoms such as insomnia, lethargy and constipation may occur. Most of the above symptoms are mild, and some of them may be the response of moxibustion, so they need not be treated, and can be relieved by themselves after 1~2 days rest.

You can drink warm water after moxibustion, pay attention to the ventilation and warmth of the room during moxibustion, and choose high-quality Chen Ai to reduce the content of moxa smoke and its volatiles.