Phlegm Vs Damp and moxa- a resounding maybe

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I hesitate to chime in here, and love the old classics to the point of

almost worship, but my chinese training was ok w moxa with the 'general' caution

in cases of true and false heat(meaning heat, period). I have read older

material that sometimes recommended moxa for conditions including those

involving damp and phlegm, and teachers from china I have had saw the subject

as, sometimes the moxa's stimulating effect is seen as more than the heating

effect, but as the patients often show both heat and cold signs, it seemed

better to weigh each aspect of each case.

Season,constitution and usual considerations also determine what action to

take. So not being an authority, all I can say is I use it. (one for moxa in

damp/phlegm.. ah... sometimes)

 

>Fire is within any particle of phlegm, be it cold or damp

> or stagnated.

I took that to mean fire is a causative in making phlegm from damp, and a

resultant in the lingering prescence of damp/phlegm, be it true fire, yin def

fire, summer fire, or good old yin fires.