There are valid TCM industry concerns about the carcinogens emitted by \u2018sidestream\u2019 Moxa smoke. What are the effects of these carcinogens being inhaled by practitioners, staff members and patients \u2013 both short-term and long-term \u2013 in the closed-up confines of a clinic space?<\/p>\n
Despite 2,500 years of therapeutic usage, Moxibustion cannot escape the modern scrutiny of all combustible smoke inhalation risks, due to the awareness created by Tobacco smoking fatalities. <\/p>\n
Since the 1950s the ongoing Tobacco health crisis has prompted the refinement of research methods to confirm the causality between smoking \u2013 as in \u2018active\u2019 or \u2018passive\u2019 smoking – and Lung Cancer.<\/p>\n
This course explores the types of research directed towards the analysis of Moxa smoke in the clinic setting, especially those reputable research methods borrowed from the Tobacco industry. It highlights the relative lack of Epidemiology studies as the major weak area in Moxa smoke research. <\/p>\n
Mitigation methods are recommended for TCM practitioners using Moxibustion regularly in the workplace. But the main focus is on the modern thermal substitutes in the form of Infrared lamps and hand-held devices, for Moxa-averse practitioners wishing to follow the \u2018precautionary principle\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every TCM Practitioner has the right to know if the sidestream smoke emitted by Moxa is safe to inhale on a long-term basis. This workplace concern is overdue for attention, especially in the light of what we now know about Tobacco smoke carcinogens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":54583,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1923],"product_tag":[1553,1461,1462,1527,1198,621,519],"class_list":["net-of-knowledge-course-product","post-39084","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-moxibustion-courses","product_tag-cancer-prevention","product_tag-heat-therapy","product_tag-moxibustion","product_tag-safety","product_tag-smoking-cessation","product_tag-smoky-moxa","product_tag-toxins","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/39084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=39084"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=39084"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinabooks.com.au\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=39084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}