From traditional moxibustion clinics with curling smoke to modern, clean, high-tech wellness centers, intelligent moxibustion robots are entering the public eye as "moxibustion practitioners." Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Shandong AI Smart Health Community Station, Weinan Orthopedic Hospital... More and more hospitals are publicly introducing moxibustion robots and making them standard services. Intelligent moxibustion machines are revolutionizing this long-standing tradition.
Pain Points of Traditional Moxibustion: Bottlenecks Hindering Industry Development
Despite its long history, traditional manual moxibustion faces significant challenges in modern large-scale operations, becoming a pain point that healthcare industry operators urgently need to address:
High Dependence on Technician Experience: The effectiveness of moxibustion treatments relies heavily on the individual's skill and touch. Training experienced "master practitioners" is time-consuming and costly, and talented individuals are scarce.
Difficulties in Standardizing Services: Manual operation struggles to precisely control the distance, angle, speed, and duration of application, leading to inconsistent customer experiences and wide variations in efficacy.
Inadequate Acupoint Location: Manual location is prone to errors, particularly for complex acupoints or patients with varying body shapes, impacting efficacy. High labor costs make scalability difficult: Labor costs continue to rise, and one technician can only serve one customer at a time, resulting in low service efficiency and high expansion costs, hindering store traffic growth.
Moxibustion robots: Driving technological change in the moxibustion industry
However, the introduction of moxibustion robots has revolutionized the traditional moxibustion service industry. Manual moxibustion is subject to individual differences in acupoint placement, making it difficult to ensure consistent and professional service. Moxibustion robots, however, leverage high-precision visual recognition and positioning technology to achieve precise application. Regarding service quality, the robots strictly adhere to pre-programmed procedures, ensuring consistent distance, trajectory, and duration every time. Furthermore, intelligent moxibustion robots support personalized customization of multiple parameters, including force, temperature, acupoints, and technique. They can provide targeted treatment plans tailored to individual user needs, truly achieving "customized treatment for each individual." This shifts moxibustion services from being "experience-driven" to "data-driven," helping store operators overcome the challenges of improving service efficiency and ensuring service quality.
The widespread use of moxibustion robots marks a milestone in the moxibustion industry's progress toward standardization, precision, and scale. As a technology leader, Zhimei Kangmin will continue to drive innovation with stable and reliable intelligent moxibustion solutions, empowering the upgrade of the healthcare industry and bringing efficient, precise, and accessible high-quality moxibustion services to more people.