中医专业英语:常用灸法:艾卷灸

艾条灸

艾条灸是将艾绒卷成艾条，一端点燃，在离开穴位皮肤一定距离进行熏灸。根据操作方法分为温和灸和雀啄灸。

Moxibustion with Moxa Stick

Roll the moxa wool with a sheet of paper into a moxa stick, apply a burning moxa stick with a certain distance apart over the selected point. There are two kinds of method: mild-warm moxibustion and sparrow-pecking moxibustion.

温和灸

将艾条的一端点燃后，距施灸部位皮肤约2-3厘米处进行熏灸，使患者局部产生温热感而无灼痛为宜，一般每穴施灸15分钟左右，以皮肤潮红为度。本法适用于一切需要艾灸的病症。医.学.全.在线.网.站.提供

Mild-Warm Moxibustion

Ignite a moxa stick at its one end and place it two to three centimeters away over the site to bring a mild warmth to the local place, but not burning, for some fifteen minutes until the skin becomes slightly red. It is suitable for all the syndromes indicated by moxibustion.

雀啄灸

本法施术时将艾条燃着的一端，对准皮肤施灸处一上一下如小鸟啄食一样地施灸。另外也可均匀地上、下或左右方向移动或作反复地旋转施灸。本法多用于治疗肢体麻痛者。

"Sparrow-Pecking" Moxibustion

In this method, the ignited moxa stick is moved up and down over the point like a bird pecking or moving left and right, or circularly. It is indicated for numbness and pain of the limbs.