Seems easy but....How to lit tiny moxa cones.

Indeed, it may seem an easy maneuver but in fact this can make you lose your patience. You need to remember two general rules: 1. Avoid the ash on the incense. 2. Lit the cone with a gentle incense's caress. I want to make a comment on the the fact of lit moxibustion cones. Obviously, small cones of direct moxa should be lit with an incense because if you use a lighter you will not need the cone (I'm sure of this). But, something that is not obvious, and is common, is the fact that people lit large cones with a lighter because usually they think: "If I have big cone, I will need a large flame". Nothing is further from reality, the energy system is very subtile and when we lit a cone with a lighter, the energy system become stressed by the amount of flame and noise of the lighter. So much better is use to lit all our cones (large and small) with an incense because in this way we will not disturb Qi. This only makes an exception and that is: With large cones and searching a dispersing effect you can use a lighter. Health and moxa!