Discussion of Moxibustion Time

This essay discusses that the moxibustion time is one of the major factors for the moxibustion dosages,but the moxibustion time is not clearly defined during the clinical treatment,which might be the main causes of the curative effects differences.The ancient literature recorded that the curative effects required the quantitative moxibustion time,but not defined how long of the moxibustion time or the relations between the moxibustion time and curative effects.The moxibustion time is required very differently during the current clinical application,and mainly depends on the personal experiences of the doctor.It has been considered that in order to define the moxibustion dosage,we have to rely on the following three ways,i.e.the study on the ancient literature,the research on clinical moxibustion treatment process,and clinical observation on time-effect relation of moxibustion.