moxibustion

n. oriental medicine therapy in which moxa is burnt on the skin as an anti-irritant and to treat diseases or produce analgesia

Moxibustion is an oriental medicine therapy utilizing moxa, or mugwort herb. It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet, and Mongolia. Suppliers usually age the mugwort and grind it up to a fluff; practitioners burn the fluff or process it further into a stick that resembles a (non-smokable) cigar. They can use it indirectly, with acupuncture needles, or sometimes burn it on a patient's skin.
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Moxibustion /mox·i·bus·tion/ the stimulation of an acupoint by the burning of a cone or cylinder of moxa placed at or near the point. [more]Moxibustion - Community and Resources

1. Moxabustion. 2. Application of heat to acupoints either in the manner of moxabustion or with an electrical heat source.

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