moxa

Examples

• All

• During the session, the therapist applied moxa near her patient’s shoulder to alleviate pain.

• She burned moxa on either side of the bridge of his nose, and he felt the heat on his eyelids.

  Fiction book (1996)

• When she lit moxa on the crown of his head, he felt a sharp, quick burn, like when he touched the metal handle of the ramen broth pot, and inside his narrow chest, thin spring ice cracked over a rushing stream.

  Fiction book (1996)

• They burn moxa close to the skin to enhance the effects of acupuncture.

Synonyms

M

moxa stick

vsmoxa

• Specialized

9.9

A stick of dried plant leaves that people burn near the skin to give warmth in East Asian medicine

is loose dried plant material used to apply heat in traditional treatment

S

stick moxa

vsmoxa

• Specialized

9.5

A stick made from dried mugwort leaves that therapists burn near the skin for traditional heat therapy

is loose dried plant material used to apply heat in traditional treatment

M

moxa roll

vsmoxa

• Specialized

9.9

A stick of dried mugwort leaves that you light to warm body points in traditional therapy

is loose dried plant material used to apply heat in traditional treatment

Compounds

M

moxa roll

• Specialized

9.9

A stick of dried mugwort leaves that you light to warm body points in traditional therapy

M

moxa stick

• Specialized

9.9

A stick of dried plant leaves that people burn near the skin to give warmth in East Asian medicine

S

stick moxa

• Specialized

9.5

A stick made from dried mugwort leaves that therapists burn near the skin for traditional heat therapy

Surface Forms

Etymology