moxibustion – Bob Quinn Seminars

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Amy Homer

Moxafrica

A Blue Poppy blog post by Bob Quinn

Tuberculosis is once again rearing its ugly head globally as it did 100 years ago. In those long ago days we did not yet have antibiotics to combat this killer. Surprisingly there were practitioners in Japan in that era reporting success using direct moxa treatments on their TB patients. Wow, what a surprise! I believe patients received in general three treatments a week for six months.

Obviously burning this herb material on the skin does not kill bacteria. That should be clear. In our modern way of thinking of things we’d probably say that moxa seems to strengthen the host immunity, so that the patients can better combat the disease.

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Bob Quinn

Moxa – An Art

A Blue Poppy blog post by Bob Quinn

I taught a class on moxa this morning at NUNM in Portland, OR where I am employed as an instructor. It is always gratifying to open the “moxa door” to another group of practitioners. I myself waited probably 5-7 years after I acquired my license before I brought in moxa in a meaningful way. For the sake of my earlier patients I wish I had begun earlier, because I now see moxa as almost indispensable. It does something that needles cannot do (of course the reverse is true as well, what needles do cannot be done with moxa).

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Bob Quinn

Direct Moxa In The Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease

A Blue Poppy blog post by Bob Quinn

Many people have by now read the extremely helpful material (literally life-saving for some patients) put out by Heiner Fruehauf, Ph.D. on the treatment of Gu syndrome. This was discussed in my last blog. Chronic Lyme disease is, in his opinion (and mine at this point), a modern instance of this ancient syndrome. Always the focus in Heiner’s material is herbal medicine. Here I want to briefly mention how direct half-rice grain moxa (or smaller) can be used to help these chronic Lyme patients.