Riding Bamboo Horse Moxibustion is a relatively unique method of moxibustion. It is recorded in the Song Dynasty's Beiji Jiufa: "Have the patient... sit on a bamboo pole with the coccyx bone, both feet hanging, not touching the ground, and the body suspended upright." Later generations of physicians have made various improvements to its specific operation methods in practice. This method is mainly used to treat various types of Yongju conditions: "back nape gangrene, intestinal abscess, toothache, all kinds of Yongju boils and sores in the lower limbs, fish-belly ghost-arrow snake-head whitlow (felon), etc., or chest and abdomen discomfort, migratory impediment tumors, firm and red swelling, malignant lump scrofula, and conditions related to lactation." Modern acupuncture and moxibustion practitioners also use it clinically, and through experimental animal observation, it has been confirmed that Riding Bamboo Horse Moxibustion indeed has anti-inflammatory effects. Operation method: The key to Riding Bamboo Horse Moxibustion lies in locating the Riding Bamboo Horse acupoint. There are various historical records on how to locate this acupoint.
One method is to have the patient sit on a bamboo pole with both feet touching the ground, and locate the acupoint on the back. The method is to measure the length from the patient's middle fingertip to the midpoint of the elbow crease, then measure straight up from the tip of the tailbone, and the points on either side at the end of this measurement, each one middle finger body-cun away, are the acupoints.
The second method is recorded in the Ming Dynasty's Zhenjiu Juying: "Measure the acupoint according to the method, located outside the Zhiyang (GV9) and Jinsuo (GV8) acupoints on the Governor Vessel (GV) back midline, within the Geshu (BL17) and Ganshu (BL18) acupoints on the Taiyang meridian back line, not exactly on the acupoint."
The third method is at the sides of the 10th thoracic vertebra, 0.5 cun away from each side. (Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion)The fourth method is 1 cun away from each side of the Jinsuo (GV8) acupoint. (Atlas of Extraordinary Acupoints)
The fifth method, determined by modern acupuncture and moxibustion practitioners through observation and clinical verification of 100 cases, locates the Riding Bamboo Horse acupoint at 1.5 cun lateral to the 7th thoracic vertebra, which is the location of the Geshu (BL17) acupoint.
Therefore, it is recommended: The acupoint can be located using the first or fifth method. Moxibustion can be performed using direct moxibustion with 3 to 7 cones or sparrow-pecking moxibustion with moxa sticks for 15 to 30 minutes, until local redness appears.
Indications: Various types of abscesses, thrombotic occlusive vasculitis, etc.