When I scroll through our moxibustion group chat, I often see friends sharing stories of using a moxa bed. After six months of being “grass-planted” by their enthusiasm, I finally took advantage of a promotion and ordered one myself.
First night on the moxa bed
I lay on it for almost four hours and worked up a heavy sweat. The next morning I woke up feeling incredibly clear-headed and light on my feet—my stride felt twice as long. I also had a detox reaction: red, itchy rash all along my thighs. I’d never experienced that with point-by-point moxibustion before. I realized it was partly because my previous moxa sticks were lower quality, and partly because small-area treatments only clear local stagnation. The moxa bed treats the entire body—especially when you angle it to stimulate the gallbladder meridian—so it’s like a full-body moxibustion session.
I soothed the rash with a little massage oil and a quick gua sha, and the itching stopped. By the second session on the bed, no rash appeared. Compared to hand-held moxibustion, the bed saves sticks, lets you lie back without needing an assistant, and works in any season.
Helping a friend with full-body itch
One busy friend came to me complaining of full-body itching—her scalp, back, everywhere she’d scratched left red marks. I cleared her entire back meridians, then sent her to rest on the moxa bed. Four hours later she’d gone through several towels worth of sweat. I also served her bowls of ginger-red-date-longan paste before, during, and after the session to replenish energy. After that single treatment, she called me to say the itching was gone.
Another friend had chronic eczema so bad she’d scratched her skin raw. A dermatologist told her to stop moxibustion altogether and run more tests, which felt like a dead end. She rang me in desperation, and I explained that eczema often stems from dampness in the body—and moxibustion drives out that dampness. I opened her back meridians (Governing Vessel upward-tonification, Bladder-meridian detox), then let her lie on the moxa bed. The itching vanished almost immediately. After a few more sessions, all her scratch marks healed—and she was back in summer dresses, feeling beautiful again.
Surprising a classmate
A classmate visiting over the weekend agreed to try the moxa bed. After I worked her back meridians until she joked she felt “like barbecue,” she lay down for her session. Minutes later she exclaimed, “Weird—my vision is crystal-clear! Everything on my phone screen is sharp; it was blurry before.” The next day she rang again to say her hemorrhoids had visibly shrunken. She was amazed.
Why everyone loves the moxa bed
Now I rarely sleep more than two hours on it—my body simply feels rejuvenated sooner. When dampness is heavy, I can stay on it for four hours. That eczema friend once stayed nearly six hours, saying it was the most comfortable sleep she’d ever had. Since her treatments two years ago she’s had no recurrence.
High-quality moxa sticks plus the right tool save money, time, and hospital trips. You can manage your own health at home.
I hope more kindred spirits will try moxibustion for themselves and their families—and use it as a shield to safeguard everyone’s health!
