I guess this is not unfamiliar. There are so many people who suffer from lower back pain. There are several reasons for lower back pain: cold and dampness, tension from other muscles, weakness related to kidney deficiency, or from having a big belly that is blocking the qi from moving. Some acute lower back pain might recover faster.

I have a returning client who came back to buy more moxibustion products. She told me that she used the moxibustion jar that she bought last time, and cured her lower back pain. She said she suffered from lower back pain, which was maybe due to minor strain. She felt much better even after the first day of moxibustion.

My husband once suffered from severe lower back pain. It was so severe that he couldn’t even stand up. He had to walk like an old man. He was a total believer in Western medicine and didn’t listen to me. I used moxibustion but also together with some herbal tea, and he recovered soon, in about 10 days or so. But he said he had recovered due to his exercise. I don’t know what to comment. But even if he said so, he must admit in his heart that moxibustion helped him. After that, at least he was not against Chinese medicine.

It doesn’t matter. Whichever way he thinks really helped him, that’s okay, as long as he stays healthy.

In April 2020, another client, Ms. Huang, came here to purchase more moxa stickers. She said she had used moxa stickers and cured her husband’s lumbar disc herniation. I forgot to ask her how long it took her. She had used up all the moxa stickers she had bought from another source, and wanted to buy more to help secure the effect for her husband.