The next morning, Wang Ruiying, enduring her discomfort, opened the box of Moxibustion Sticks.
She lit one and, mimicking a video she'd seen online, aimed it at her Guanyuan Acupoint (three inches below the navel) and slowly warmed the area.
The mugwort smoke curled upwards, carrying a unique, toasted aroma. The heat penetrated her skin and seeped into her body, making her feel a little more comfortable.
'It should be working, right?' she thought, continuing the treatment for a full twenty minutes.
But not long after she put the Moxibustion Stick down, the abdominal pain returned with a vengeance, even more intense than before.
"How could this be?" Panicked, she pulled out her phone and searched again for "Four-Ingredient Soup, menstrual pain, no effect." A slew of discussions popped up:
"Four-Ingredient Soup is for blood-deficiency type menstrual pain. If you have the qi-stagnation and blood-stasis type, drinking it will actually make the pain worse!"
